Space Research Laboratory

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASERS, PLASMA AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Institute of Space Sciences

Space Research Laboratory

(Fundamental research in theoretical and experimental physics and astrophysics, mathematical physics)

Head of the Laboratory

Dr.Cecil Pompiliu GRUNFELD

RESEARCH GROUPS:

1. THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

- atomic and molecular physics in cosmic space
- quantum field theory
- dynamical systems
- statistical physics
  - non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
kinetic theory of the simple gas and reactive kinetic theory
equilibrium statistical mechanics
- phase transitions and exactly soluble models

2. COSMOLOGY

- cosmic background radiation;
- non-accelerator high energy astrophysics with cosmological relevance.

3. COSMIC RAYS AND NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS

- nuclear astrophysics;
- properties of cosmic rays and accelerated particles;
- detectors development for corpuscular, X and gamma cosmic radiation.

- RECENT RESULTS:
  a) Papers
  b) Preprints (under construction)

Satellites and space stations with experiments from
Space Research Laboratory earch Laboratory

Flight year	Satellites and space stations
1972	INTERCOSMOS 6
1974	COSMOS 690
1975	COSMOS 782
1977	INTERCOSMOS 17 COSMOS 936
1979	COSMOS 1129 SALIUT 6
1981	Experiments in the scientific program of the romanian astronaut- SALIUT 6
1982	COSMOS 1514 SALIUT 7
1985	SALIUT 7
1986	COSMOS 1781
1989	COSMOS 2044
1993	COSMOS 2229

International Cooperations

Astrophysics

Project NOTTE
(Neutrino Oscillation with Telescopes during the Total Eclipse)
Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Bologna, Italy

Project PLANCK
The cosmic microwave background radiation: Mesurements and interpretation.
Istituto di Tecnologie e Studio delle Radiazioni Extraterrestri, Bologna, Italy

Project SPOrt Istituto di Tecnologie e Studio delle Radiazioni Extraterrestri, Bologna, Italy

The structure and dynamics of atomic sytems in intense electromagnetic fields. Laboratoire de Physique des Atomes, Lasers, Molecules et Surfaces, CNRS-Universite Rennes I, Rennes, France

The Structure and Dynamics of Collisional Systems containg Atoms, Molecules and Clusters. Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moleculaires, Universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France.

Advanced theoretical techniques in the semiclassical treatment of the non-adiabatic molecular reaction dynamics. Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moleculaires, universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France.

Collisions atomiques en presence de champ magnetique. Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France

Quantisation of the Systems with Constrains Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey

Cosmic Rays

Project EMU01

University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

Project MACRO
(Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory)
Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita,
Bologna, Gran Sasso, Italy

Study of the multiplicity processes in 4pi
geometry in heavy ion interactions
Join Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.

Last updated at: June 15, 1999
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Project NOTTE (Neutrino Oscillation with Telescopes during the Total Eclipse)	Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Bologna, Italy
Project PLANCK The cosmic microwave background radiation: Mesurements and interpretation.	Istituto di Tecnologie e Studio delle Radiazioni Extraterrestri, Bologna, Italy
Project SPOrt	Istituto di Tecnologie e Studio delle Radiazioni Extraterrestri, Bologna, Italy
The structure and dynamics of atomic sytems in intense electromagnetic fields.	Laboratoire de Physique des Atomes, Lasers, Molecules et Surfaces, CNRS-Universite Rennes I, Rennes, France
The Structure and Dynamics of Collisional Systems containg Atoms, Molecules and Clusters.	Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moleculaires, Universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France.
Advanced theoretical techniques in the semiclassical treatment of the non-adiabatic molecular reaction dynamics.	Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moleculaires, universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France.
Collisions atomiques en presence de champ magnetique.	Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France
Quantisation of the Systems with Constrains	Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey

Project EMU01	University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
Project MACRO (Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory)	Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita, Bologna, Gran Sasso, Italy
Study of the multiplicity processes in 4pi geometry in heavy ion interactions	Join Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.