Lebedev Physical Institute

<h2 id="directors-of-the-institute">Directors of the Institute</h2>
<ol><li><a href="/facts/Sergey_Ivanovich_Vavilov/vpgHSNf9">Sergey Vavilov</a> (1934–1951)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dmitri_Skobeltsyn/aD77jIEK">Dmitri Skobeltsyn</a> (1951–1972)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nikolay_Basov/oGkeuIvx">Nikolay Basov</a> (1973–1988)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Leonid_Keldysh/IhtdIdx2">Leonid Keldysh</a> (1988–1994)</li>
<li>Oleg Krokhin (1994–2004)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gennady_Mesyats/Anql7DzP">Gennady Mesyats</a> (2004–2015)</li>
<li>Nikolai Kolachevsky [ru] (2015–)</li></ol>
<h2 id="nobel-prizesawarded-to-fian-scientists"><a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize/3z1Y3oFL">Nobel prizes</a> awarded to FIAN scientists</h2>
<ul><li>1958 — <a href="/facts/Pavel_Cherenkov/q7bCFUTU">Pavel Cherenkov</a>, <a href="/facts/Igor_Tamm/s3MDVyJj">Igor Tamm</a>, <a href="/facts/Ilya_Frank/kJhjCDzC">Ilya Frank</a>: "for the discovery and the interpretation of the <a href="/facts/Cherenkov_radiation/lSPJAC3U">Cherenkov-Vavilov effect</a>".</li>
<li>1964 — <a href="/facts/Nikolay_Basov/oGkeuIvx">Nikolay Basov</a>, <a href="/facts/Alexander_Prokhorov/XdHaCBYA">Alexander Prokhorov</a>: "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the <a href="/facts/Maser/yqdMpoDv">maser</a>-<a href="/facts/Laser/jk6PTvvT">laser</a> principle".</li>
<li>1975 — <a href="/facts/Andrei_Sakharov/fryrhYEK">Andrei Sakharov</a> won a <a href="/facts/Nobel_Peace_Prize/2wVhmLrX">Peace Prize</a> for his campaigning for human rights.</li>
<li>2003 — <a href="/facts/Vitaly_Ginzburg/uscYaLgY">Vitaly Ginzburg</a>: "for pioneering contributions to the theory of <a href="/facts/Superconductivity/pqQAlSzJ">superconductors</a> and <a href="/facts/Superfluid/QuePDujN">superfluids</a>".</li></ul>
<h2 id="facilities">Facilities</h2>
<p>The institute has, among other research facilities, a particle accelerator: 1.2 GeV electron synchrotron called "Pakhra", located in <a href="/facts/Troitsk%2c_Moscow/5k17ESXI">Troitsk</a> near Moscow (at the LPI's HEP department). However, the institute is not totally (or even perhaps mainly) focused on accelerator/particle physics, but the scope of the research of the institute contains most of the areas of modern physics.
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<h2 id="publications-of-the-institute">Publications of the Institute</h2>
<ul><li>"Краткие сообщения по физике" (in Russian); English version: <i><a href="/facts/Bulletin_of_the_Lebedev_Physics_Institute/F4LBVE77">Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute</a></i></li>
<li>"Квантовая электроника" (in Russian); English translation: <i><a href="/facts/Quantum_Electronics_(journal)/HNxDBkqk">Quantum Electronics</a></i> (formerly <i>Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics</i>)</li></ul>
<h2 id="films-about-the-lebedev-physical-institute">Films about the Lebedev Physical Institute</h2>
<p>In 2021 it was released a documentary “Mishik Kazaryan: The Path of an Explorer” (2021) ( <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWuZsXSCFxo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWuZsXSCFxo</a> ). The film (original title «Мишик Казарян: путь Искателя») was directed by Leonid Ioffe. It narrates about the life and work of Professor Mishik Kazaryan, an experimental physicist, laureate of the USSR State Prize, who worked in the Lebedev Physical Institute. The film also allows to immerse into the life of the Lebedev Physical Institute since middle of 1960-s.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li>A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute [Wikidata]</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pushchino_Radio_Astronomy_Observatory/DefWzR2d">Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.lebedev.ru/en/">Lebedev Physics Institute official web site</a></li></ul>
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