Pyotr Ivanovich Fomin ( Ukrainian: Petro Ivanovich Fomin ; June 20, 1930 , p. Zhikharevo , Central Black Earth Region (now in the Oryol Region) - October 5, 2011 ) - Soviet theoretical physicist in the field of astrophysics, quantum field theory and elementary particle physics; Professor , Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine , Honored Scientist of Ukraine , Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology and the Prize named after M.P. Barabashova of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Chief Researcher, Department of Astrophysics and Elementary Particles, Institute of Theoretical Physics M. M. Bogolyubova of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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| Academic degree | Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences | ||
| Academic rank | Professor Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR corresponding member of NASU | ||
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Biography
He graduated from Kharkov State University in 1953. He entered the graduate school of the same university, where he worked under the scientific supervision of the world famous theoretical physicist Academician Alexander Ilyich Akhiezer.
Since 1957 he worked at the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology , where he defended his candidate and doctoral dissertations. Since 1972 he worked at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Kiev.
In 1990, he was elected a corresponding member of the NAS of Ukraine. President of the Ukrainian Gravity Society, editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the Astronomical School.
Scientific activity
The main areas of research:
- quantum cosmology,
- relativistic astrophysics,
- particle theory,
- the structure of the physical vacuum and the manifestations of its properties in various physical processes.
He prepared five doctors and 16 candidates of sciences. The author of more than 170 scientific papers.