POLAND - SWIANT

NUCLEAR THEORY DEPARTMENT
THE ANDRZEJ SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES

Hoza 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw

Telephone: +48 22 553 2275
Telefax: +48 22 621 6085
E-mail: eryk.infeld@fuw.edu.pl

Head of Department:

Wilk, Grzegorz (E-mail: Grzegorz.Wilk@fuw.edu.pl )

Plasma Theory Group

Infeld, Eryk (Leader)
Goldstein, Piotr

Perlinska, Elzbieta (Postdoc)
Senatorski, Andrzej (Part time)

Skorupski, Andrzej (Part time)

Research activities:
Theoretical studies in the field of plasma physics and controlled fusion research are carried out by the plasma theory group headed by Prof. E. Infeld. The main theme of research is nonlinear phenomena in two-component plasmas. The investigations concern general problems of nonlinear plasma theory, dynamics of nucleation of coherent structures, solutions to a generalized Klein-Gordon equation, a new soliton equation for dipole chains, spontaneous transition from flat to spherical solitons, soliton decay, and the formation of surface plasma solitons. Other theoretical problems explored are e.g. optical guiding of ultrashort laser pulses in a plasma.

Books: E. Infeld and G. Rowlands, Nonlinear Waves, Solitons and Chaos, CVP, 1990 and 1992; E. Infeld, R. Zelazny and A. Galkowski, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex and Chaotic Systems, CVP, 1997.