The institute of physics is a part of the Faculty of natural sciences of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice in Slovakia. Its director is currently Michal Jaščur. Primary activities of the institute are:
education of students trying to obtain a Master degree in physics or in any other subject in combination with physics.scientific research within areas of magnetism, physics of low temperatures, nuclear physics, biophysics, theoretical physics, astrophysics and theory of physics education.Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
The Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics provides education within all basic disciplines of theoretical physics. Through series of mandatory science courses, it educates students for specialization either in physics of condensed matter, nuclear physics, computer physics or astrophysics.
The research at the department employs:
theoretical study of magnetic properties of certain materials and phase transitions in magnetic systemsdevelopment of mathematical tools in geophysicstheory of elementary particlesphysical properties of interacting binaries (binary stars)The research of the department involves collaboration with:
Department of Solid State Physics, University of Lodz, Lodz, PolandDepartment of Applied Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Natural Science Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, JapanGerhard Mercator Universität Duisburg, Duisburg, GermanyJoint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, RussiaDepartment of Theoretical Physics, Uzhgorod State University, Uzhgorod, UkraineUniversity of Athens, Athens, GreeceInstituto de Astrophysique, Paris, FranceDipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universita di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, ItalyAstronomical institute of Czech academy of sciences, Czech RepublicThe scientific work of the department has an inter-disciplinary character. Our scientific interest is mainly focused on the investigation of new photosensitizers, which could be used for diagnostic and treatment of cancer diseases.
There is a collaboration of the department with numerous universities and research institutes in the world including both research (common projects) and pedagogical activities (few-months stages of our students abroad, and co-tutoring programs).
International Laser Center, Bratislava, Slovak RepublicUniversité P. et M. Curie, Paris, FranceCentre de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Orleans, FranceFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep.Instituto de Estructura de la Materia CSIC, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, USAStockholms Universitet, Stockholm, SwedenInstituto de Ciencias Fotónicas, Barcelona, SpainRice University, Houston, USAUniversidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USAThe personnel of the department is participating in the classwork of basic physics courses and also prepares specialized classes devoted to the magnetism, metal physics, low-temperature physics, physics of new advanced materials and experimental techniques. Research programs of our department are focused on magnetic and transport properties of different classes of materials - amorph, nano-structural, low-dimensional and molecular magnets in the temperature range from room temperature down to the lowest temperature of 30 mK.
The department carries out research in collaboration with:
DESY Hamburg, GermanyInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales, CSIC, Madrid, SpainFaculty of Physics and Mathematics, Charles University and Institute for Physics of Czech academy of sciencesUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USAResearch center Dresden-Rossendorf, GermanyIFW Dresden, GermanyResearch center Julich, GermanyRoyal Holloway, University of London, Great BritainInstitute of nuclear physics, Belehrad, SerbiaLaboratory of strong magnetic fields, CNRS, Grenoble, FranceCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, ChinaClark University, Worcester, Ma., USATechnical University Clausthal, GermanyInstitute of physics problems of P.L.Kapicu, Russian academy of Sciences, Moskau, RussiaB. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Charkov, UkrajinaV.N. Kharazin Kharkiv National University, Charkov, UkraineState University Užhorod, Užhorod, UkraineCentre for research at very low temperatures CNRS, Grenoble, FranceCretian University, Heraklion, GreeceUniversity Bayreuth, Germanyand others.
Department of Nuclear Physics and Sub-nuclear Physics
The research in a field of nuclear and sub-nuclear physics focuses on high-energy collisions of heavy ions, correlation and spin effects in low-nucleon systems in interactions with protons with light nuclei at medium energies. Special attention is given to a participation of employees on the experiment ALICE of the new LHC collider in the CERN complex and to an experiment STAR on accelerators of BROOKHAVEN.
The department carries out the research with the following institutions:
European Organization for Nuclear Research - CERN, Geneva, SwitzerlandJoint institute of nuclear research - JINR, Dubna, RussiaInstitute of nuclear physics - FZ Jülich, GermanyBrookhaven National Laboratory - BNL, Brookhaven, USADeutsches Elektronen Synchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany