Topics of the BLTP particle physics studies are specified by the physics programmes of international collaborations (LHC, RHIC, FAIR, K2K, etc.) and the JINR main facilities, primarily the NICA/MPD Project.
The key areas are the precision tests of the Standard Model (SM), new physics beyond it, hadron structure and spin physics, phase transitions in hot and dense hadron matter and the mixed quark-hadron phase, neutrino physics, the dark matter problem, and astrophysics aspects in particle physics.
Among the most important topics of nuclear and heavy ion physics research are the structure of the nuclei far from the stability line; nuclear reactions; few-body systems; heavy ion interactions at intermediate and high energies. These studies include the development of new methods that exceed the limits of the mean field and random phase approximations; new strict approaches in the theory of nuclear reactions; and the models and methods of description of the nuclear matter state equation.
Theoretical research in condensed matter physics is aimed at supporting experimental studies of the characteristics of various modern nanomaterials and nanostructures. Special attention is paid to analysing systems with strong electron correlation, new cooperate phenomena, new ordering types, magnetism in low-dimension systems, and quantum critical phenomena.
Research in mathematical physics is characterised by a growing interest in identifying and effectively using integrability properties in various fields, along with applying powerful mathematical methods of quantum groups, supersymmetry, and noncommutative geometry to both quantum theories of fundamental interactions and classical models. Developing mathematical methods for solving the most important problems in modern theoretical physics is one of the Laboratory’s key objectives.
BLTP conducts interdisciplinary studies directly integrated into international projects and closely coordinated with JINR’s experimental programmes.
As an educational centre for young scientists and students from many countries, BLTP has expanded its activities in this field thanks to implementing the scientific and educational project titled “Dubna international advanced school of theoretical physics (DIAS-TH)” and opening new chairs of theoretical physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Dubna State University in close cooperation with the JINR University Centre (UC).
The structure, the level, and the style of the laboratory’s scientific and educational activities align with the tasks and challenges of modern theoretical physics.
