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Centre for theoretical astrophysics



Cooperation with Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

In 2010, we have launched an official collaboration with Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. It is focused especially on the work of students attending courses of Monitoring of Environment.

SGS Projects

The Institute of Physics has launched two projects devoted to a participation of PhD. and masters students in the specific research realized in Opava. Both projects, FPF SGS/1/2010 "Black holes, galactic nuclei, neutron and strange stars: the analysis and modeling of astrophysical observations" and FPF SGS/2/2010 "The influence of dark energy in astrophysical and cosmological processes" are planned for a three years period 2010-2012.

Multimedia Techniques as a Brand New Field of Study

Our study programm Multimedia Techniques brings a possibility to learn audio, video and 3D production, providing new ways of integrating the spheres of art and modern technologies. Read more...

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 (2010)


Charged Discs in Hawaii


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.

 


Recent Publications

M. Urbanec, G. Török, E. Šrámková, P. Čech, Z. Stuchlík, P. Bakala: Disc-oscillation resonance and neutron star QPOs: 3:2 epicyclic orbital model, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, (2010), vol. 14731

J. Kovář, O. Kopáček, V. Karas, Z. Stuchlík: Off-equatorial orbits in strong gravitational fields near compact objects—II: halo motion around magnetic compact stars and magnetized black holes, Classical and Quantum Gravity, (2010), vol. 27, 13, p. 135006, 1005.3270v1

G. Török, P. Bakala, E. Šrámková, Z. Stuchlík, M. Urbanec: On Mass Constraints Implied by the Relativistic Precession Model of Twin-peak Quasi-periodic Oscillations in Circinus X-1, The Astrophysical Journal, (2010), vol. 714, 1, p. 748-757

M. A. Abramowicz, D. Barret, M. Bursa, J. Horák, W. Kluźniak, P. Rebusco, G. Török: The correlations and anticorrelations in QPO data, Astronomische Nachrichten, (2005), vol. 9, p. 864-866

G. Török: A possible 3:2 orbital epicyclic resonance in QPOs frequencies of Sgr A*, Astronomy and Astrophysics, (2005), vol. 440, p. 1-4