Department of Physics of Stellar and Planetary Systems

The Physics of Stellar and Planetary Systems (PSPS) is a department of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russia Academy of Sciences.

Personnel

Chair: Prof. Alexei M. Fridman

Secretary: Dr. Alexandra K. Terent'eva

Dr. Valerii L. Polyachenko

Dr. Oleg V. Khoruzhii

• Prediction and discovery of new structures in spiral galaxies: giant anticyclones.
• Physics of planetary rings: celestial mechanics of continuous medium.
• Physics of gravitating systems: collective processes and structures.
• Determination of the 3D distribution function in stellar clusters and relaxation mechanisms of stellar population in the solar neighbourhood.

Major-priority programs of the department

Spiral-Vortex structures of galaxies

Mini-Bars

Galactic Center Dynamics

Research activities:

• Formation and dynamics of spiral-vortex structures
• Formation and dynamics of bars
• Galactic gaseous disks
• Planetary disks
• Accretion disks
• Asteroids

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Last update: 31-June-1997