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Centre for theoretical astrophysics

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Three Workshops Organized by IF SU Opava in 2012

Supporting International Collaboration and Innovations

Two large projects supporting international collaboration and innovations in science and education are starting at Opava in 2012:

New Computerlab

New computer laboratory has been launched in 2011. Read more...

COSLAB / LPS: Computational Simulations LaboratoryCOSLAB / LPS: Computational Simulations LaboratorySGI Altix & IBM Blade ServerCOSLAB / LPS: Computational Simulations Laboratory


Doctoral Study in English

The Institute of  Physics provides doctoral (Ph.D.) studies in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics available in  Czech and English. Student candidates may find   information on the study programme and the admission policies here.

Recent Doctoral Theses



Briefly about Institute

As a part of the Faculty of Philosophy and Science at the Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, the Institute of Physics provides studies and research in various areas of both theoretical and experimental physics.

It guarantees numerous study programmes leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees  in Physics and Applied Physics. The specific areas of studies offered within the bachelor's programmes comprise Astrophysics, Monitoring of Environment, Computer Technics and its Applications, and starting from the academic year 2009/2010 also Multimedia Techniques. The master's degree programmes involve studies in Theoretical physics and Secondary School Teacher Training in Physics and Mathematics, and last, but not least, the Institute also guarantees  doctoral (Ph.D.) studies in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. The educational programmes are closely linked to the Institute's  scientific work and students are highly encouraged to participate in diverse research activities carried out by the Institute. The studies of Applied Physics largely emphasize the connection between the physical theory and modern technologies.

In the field of theoretical physics the Institute is oriented on a wide range of areas including the theory of gravitation, theory of elementary particles, quantum field theory, or the quantum physics of molecules. A substantial attention is paid to applications of the above-mentioned fundamental theories in astrophysics and cosmology. The research is particularly focused on collision processes of highly interacting particles, inflationary cosmology, behaviour of particles and fields in the vicinity of compact objects (black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs), and the theory of accretion discs. In the experimental physics the specific areas of interest are the optoelectronics and physics of ionizing radiation. Essential component of the research is represented by computer implementations of numerical methods, statistical data processing and realistic physical simulations.

 
Current Research Projects

During past years the Institute has been successfuly solving the extensive research grant MSM 4781305903 that conducts research in multiple research topics related to relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. Another  project dedicated to astrophysics - The Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics (CTA) - has been realized jointly with the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. Furthermore, The Centre of Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics (CENAP), carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Experimental and Technical Physics of the Czech Technical University in Prague, has been devoted to fundamental areas of experimental nuclear and neutrino physics.

At present the research carried out jointly with several other institutes is supported through institutional support as well as by Czech Science Foundation.  In particular the projects  Current Problems of Gravitation, General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics (GAČR 202/09/0772), General Relativity and its Applications in  Astrophysics and Cosmology (GAČR GAČR 205/09/H033), Non-equatorial Orbits Near Compact Objects (209/10/P190), and  High Frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillations and Compact Object Properties (GAČR 209/12/P740) are concerned. The are also projects devoted to a participation of PhD. and masters students in the specific research peformed in Opava: FPF SGS/1/2010 "Black holes, galactic nuclei, neutron and strange stars..." and FPF SGS/2/2010 "The influence of dark energy...".   Read more...

 


Recent Publications

P. Bakala, M. Urbanec, E. Šrámková, Z. Stuchlík, G. Török: On magnetic-field induced corrections to the orbital and epicyclic frequencies Paper II: Slowly rotating magnetized neutron stars, Classical and Quantum Gravity, (2012), vol. 29/6, 065012, p. 1–22

J. Kovář, P. Slaný, Z. Stuchlík, V. Karas, C. Cremaschini, J. Miller: Role of electric charge in shaping equilibrium configurations of fluid tori encircling black holes, Physical Review D, (2011), vol. 84, 8, p. 1–15

M. A. Abramowicz, W. Kluźniak: Radiative Corrections to the Neutron Star Mass Inferred from QPO Frequencies, Acta Astronomica, (2011), vol. 61, 4, p. 319–324

M. A. Abramowicz, S. Kato, M. Jaroszyński, J. Lasota, A. Rozanska, A. Sadowski: Leaving the ISCO: the inner edge of a black-hole accretion disk at various luminosities, Astronomy & Astrophysics, (2010), vol. 521, A15, p. 15–28

O. Straub, E. Šrámková: Epicyclic Oscillations Of Non-Slender Fluid Tori Around Kerr Black Holes, Classical and Quantum Gravity, (2009), vol. 26, 5, 0901.1635v1