Aleksandr Gurevich
Aleksandr (Alex) Viktorovich Gurevich (Russian: Александр Викторович Гуревич) (b. September 19, 1930[1]) is a Soviet and Russian physicist. In 1992 he proposed the theory of lightning initiation known as the "runaway breakdown".
Gurevich graduated from Moscow State University in 1952. In 1984 he became a Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991).[2] He was the head of the I. E. Tamm Theoretical Department at the Lebedev Physical Institute. From 2010 he is the head of Academic Department of Physics and Astrophysics Problems in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.[3]
Fields of Research[]
His work has focused on:
- (1955-)
- (1955-)
- Nonlinear dynamics of non-collisional plasmas (1963-)
- Nonlinear waves in (1973-)
- Artificial in the atmosphere (1977-)
- The electrodynamics of neutron star magnetospheres (1983–1993)
- Nonlinear dynamics of dark matter (1988-)
References[]
- ^ (in Russian)Aleksandr Viktorovich Gurevich - article in Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk on his 70th anniversary
- ^ Биография.ру | Biografija.ru | Г | Гуревич Александр Викторович
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-08-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Gurevich at I. E. Tamm Laboratory
- Studies of Plasma Instability Processes Excited by Ground Based High Power HF (Heating) Facilities (abstract)
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