Lebedev Physical Institute

Lebedev Physical Institute
Russian: Физи́ческий институ́т имени П. Н. Ле́бедева Российской академии наук (ФИАН)
Agency overview
Formed1934
Headquarters119991, Moscow, Leninsky Avenue, 53
Employees1600
Agency executive
Parent agencyRussian Academy of Sciences
Websitelebedev.ru (in Russian)

The Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Физи́ческий институ́т имени П. Н. Ле́бедева Российской академии наук) is a Russian research institute in Moscow, specializing in physics.[1] The institute was established in its present shape in 1934 by academician Sergey Vavilov.[2] It moved to Moscow and was named after a Russian physicist Pyotr Lebedev the same year. It is also known as P. N. Lebedev Institute of Physics or just Lebedev Institute. In Russian it is often referred to by the acronym FIAN (ФИАН) standing for "Physical Institute of the Academy of Sciences". The range of the research activities includes: laser technology, dark matter structure, nanostructures, superconductivity, cosmic rays, and gamma-astronomy. The institute developed a technique of crystallizing cubic zirconia (which was called Fianit in Russia, named after FIAN).

Directors of the Institute

  1. Sergey Vavilov (1934–1951)[2][3]
  2. Dmitri Skobeltsyn (1951–1972)[4][3]
  3. Nikolay Basov (1973–1988)[5][3]
  4. Leonid Keldysh (1989–1994)[6][3]
  5. Oleg Krokhin (1994–2004)[7][3]
  6. Gennady Mesyats (2004–2015)[3]
  7. Nikolai Kolachevsky (2015–)[8][3]

Nobel prizes awarded to FIAN scientists

Facilities

The institute has, among other research facilities, a particle accelerator: 1.2 GeV electron synchrotron called "Pakhra", located in Troitsk near Moscow (at the LPI's HEP department).[13]

Andreyev Acoustics Institute is part of the Institute, and is named for Nikolay Andreyev.[14]

Publications of the Institute

See also

References

  1. ^ "LPI - About LPI". lebedev.ru. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  2. ^ a b cern (2004-11-12). "Sergei Vavilov: luminary of Russian physics". CERN Courier. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "LPI - Directors of the modern Physical Institute". lebedev.ru. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  4. ^ Bazilevskaya, G. A. (2014-01-01). "Skobeltsyn and the early years of cosmic particle physics in the Soviet Union". Astroparticle Physics. Centenary of cosmic ray discovery. 53: 61–66. doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.05.007. ISSN 0927-6505.
  5. ^ "Nikolai Gennadievich Basov". PHYSICS TODAY. 2002-10-01. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  6. ^ "Leonid Keldysh". PHYSICS TODAY. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  7. ^ "Oleg Nikolaevich Krokhin (on his 90th birthday)". Physics-Uspekhi. 65 (3): 313–314. 2022-05-01. doi:10.3367/UFNe.2022.02.039157. ISSN 1063-7869.
  8. ^ "Conference". conference.rqc.ru. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  9. ^ "Nobel Prize in Physics 1958". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  10. ^ "Nobel Prize in Physics 1964". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  11. ^ "Nobel Peace Prize 1975". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  12. ^ "Nobel Prize in Physics 2003". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  13. ^ Alekseev, V. I.; Arkhangelskiy, A. I.; Baskov, V. A.; Batischev, A. G.; Vlasik, K. F.; Galper, A. M.; Dronov, V. A.; L’vov, A. I.; Koltsov, A. V.; Polyanskiy, V. V.; Sidorin, S. S.; Uteshev, Z. M. (2023-12-01). "Calibration Beam of Low-Energy Secondary Electrons at the Pakhra Accelerator of the Lebedev Physical Institute". Instruments and Experimental Techniques. 66 (6): 948–956. doi:10.1134/S0020441223040103. ISSN 1608-3180.
  14. ^ "Об институте". АО "АКИН" (in Russian). 2025-12-25. Retrieved 2026-01-30.

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