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Institute of Theoretical Physics
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General information
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Address:
| ul. Hoża 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw
phone: 48-22-5532000 (switchboard), 48-22-5532277,
48-22-6283396
fax: 48-22-6219475
email: iftuw@fuw.edu.pl
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| Director:
| Professor Marek Napiórkowski
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| Deputy Directors:
| Professor Jerzy Lewandowski, Professor Marek Olechowski
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The Institute of Theoretical Physics consists of six chairs:
- Theory of Particles and Elementary Interactions,
- Theory of Hadrons and Leptons,
- Theory of the Structure of Atomic Nuclei,
- Quantum Optics and Atomic Physics,
- Condensed Matter Physics,
- Theory of Relativity and Gravitation,
the Laboratory of Computer Physics and the Library.
The research at the institute covers a
broad spectrum of topics involving physical systems with various degrees
of complexity:
- The phenomenological and formal problems in the theory
of particles and elementary interactions are related to the standard
model and its supersymmetric extensions, unification of interactions,
theory of superstrings and supergravitation, substructure of quarks and
gluons, nonperturbative methods in QCD and cosmological applications.
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nuclei far from stability with low binding energy and those with high
angular momentum are investigated, and self-consistent approach within the
density functional theory is developed.
- Quantum optics, quantum information
theory, QED and atomic physics are developed with emphasis on high
precision tests of QED, properties of atoms in strong laser fields, and
cold matter condensation.
- Another field of research includes quantum theory
of semimagnetic semiconductors, semiconductor microstructures, and high
Tc superconductors. Both equilibrium and nonequilibrium
statistical physics methods are applied to classical and quantum many
particle systems with emphasis on surface phase transitions, critical
phenomena, kinetic and transport theory.
-The research comprises also the structure of space-time,
theory of gravitation and its possible extensions, in particular the
formulation of quantum gravity. The relations between cosmology
and theoretical astrophysics on one hand, and particle and nuclear physics
on the other hand are investigated.
The Institute was headed successively by the directors: Leopold Infeld
(1952 - 1966), Józef Werle (1966 - 1975), Andrzej Trautman (1975 - 1984),
Stefan Pokorski (1984 - 1993), Stanisław G. Rohoziński (1993 - 2005),
Marek Napiórkowski (2005 - ).
Institute of Theoretical Physics - Reports
1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03 (PDF files)
Our institute in autumn (photo:
Krzysztof
Pachucki)
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