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(DOC in Polish)		 Guidelines for PhD students
(DOC in Polish)		 PhD thesis archive

Our PhD Studies are a part of the International Post-Graduate Studies program of the
Polish Academy of Sciences, 3rd Division, Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sciences.

IPJ offers PhD studies

Research fields: Tutors:

  • elementary particle physics

  ¤.relativistic ion collisions ¤.dark matter in LHC ¤.little Big Bangs ¤.quark and gluon structure of matter ¤.modelling of high energy collisions ¤.New Physics search in LHCb experiment ¤.rare decays of B mesons ¤.leptoproduction of vector mesons ¤.high energy diffractive processes ¤.search for the proton decay ¤.search for CP violation in the η→π +π –e +e – decay ¤.spin structure of the nucleon ¤.hadronic structure in hard exclusive processes

  • cosmic radiation physics, cosmology and astrophysics

  ¤.rapidly changing astrophysical objects ¤.search for neutrinos from supernovae ¤.evolution of the Universe ¤.string theory ¤.cosmic ray air showers

  • nuclear physics (from low to highest energies)

  ¤.superheavy nuclei ¤.nuclear dynamics ¤.cluster structure of 8He ¤.structure of the nucleon ¤.nuclear states of antiprotons and K mesons ¤.hypernuclei ¤.collective dynamics of fermionic systems ¤.experimental nuclear spectroscopy ¤.quark-gluon plasma physics ¤.nucleus-nucleus collisions at intermediate energies ¤.Coulomb barriers

  • plasma physics and technology

  ¤.non-linear processes ¤.plasma physics and technology

  • solid state physics and material studies (nuclear and plasma methods)

  ¤.electronic structure of crystals ¤.materials research ¤.ion beam analysis
  Professor Helena Bialkowska
Professor Jan Blocki
Professor Janusz Dabrowski
Professor Ludwik Dobrzynski
Professor Eryk Infeld
Assoc. Professor Roscislaw Kaczarowski
Professor Danuta Kielczewska
Professor Stanislaw Mrowczynski
Assoc. Professor Eryk Piasecki
Assoc. Professor Wlodzimierz Piechocki
Professor Ewa Rondio
Professor Leszek Roszkowski
Professor Krzysztof Rusek
Professor Marek Sadowski
Assoc. Professor Andrzej Sandacz
Professor Teodor Siemiarczuk
Assoc. Professor Janusz Skalski
Professor Adam Sobiczewski
Assoc. Professor Michal Spalinski
Professor Joanna Stepaniak
Assoc. Professor Marek Szczekowski
Assoc. Professor Lech Szymanowski
Professor Andrzej Turos
Professor Janusz Wilczynski
Professor Grzegorz Wilk
Professor Wojciech Wislicki
Professor Grzegorz Wrochna
Professor Slawomir Wycech
Professor Janusz Zabierowski
Professor Pawel Zupranski

The qualifying exam will be held on January 26, 2010 (winter session) and September 7, 2010 (summer session).

The exam consists of 3 parts:

Part I (10 min): Presentation of research work already performed by the applicant.

Part II (15 min): Presentation of one subject randomly taken from the list below:

  1. Inertial frames of reference; the Galilean and Lorentz transformations
  2. The Lagrange formulation of mechanics
  3. The Hamiltonian in classical and quantum mechanics
  4. Symmetries and integrals of motion
  5. Maxwell equations
  6. Electromagnetic waves
  7. Electric and magnetic properties of matter
  8. The Schrödinger equation and the interpretation of the wave function
  9. Observables in quantum mechanics; the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
  10. Quantum description of the hydrogen atom
  11. Principles of thermodynamics
  12. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions
Part III (20 min):Presentation of a selected topic related to the future research programme. The topic will be sent to the candidate by ordinary mail or e-mail two weeks before the exam date.

An applicant may be admitted to our Post-Graduate Studies Program if each of the three exam parts will be evaluated at least satisfactory.
An applicant may apply for a scholarship in the amount of about 300 US$ per month if the entire exam will be evaluated at least good.

The relevant documents (application, CV, university degree, personal questionnaire, abstract of the exam cards, recommendations of the academic tutors, and 5 photographs) should arrive to:

mgr Tomasz Papuziński
Instytut Problemów Jądrowych
05-400 Otwock-Świerk
Poland

or should be submitted in person to the Theoretical Physics Department (P-VIII) IPJ office, 
69 Hoża str., pavilion room 23, Warsaw, Poland

at least 2 weeks before the exam date

Additional information may be obtained from:

Tutor of the IPJ PhD students: Krzyszof Kurek
tel. (0-22) 5532239

IPJ Scientific Secretary: Associate Professor Janusz Skalski
tel. (0-22) 5532241

Secretary: mgr Tomasz Papuziński
tel. (0-22) 7180588
(formalities concerning admission, scholarships etc.)

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