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Faculty of Physics

Welcome to the website of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw

The Faculty of Physics is a large research and teaching center. It consists of The Institutes of Theoretical Physics, Experimental Physics, Geophysics, The Astronomical Observatory and The Department of Mathematical Methods in Physics.

The Faculty is regarded as one of the best in the country, recognized internationally for the high quality of research and education.

News

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grants for researchers from the Faculty of Physics of the Univeristy of Warsaw

The creation of ultracold polyatomic molecules and an energy-efficient valleytronic transistor will be the research topics of two fellows who will carry out postdoctoral fellowships at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw. The young researchers are winners of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships competition. | More

Quantum control of collisions beyond ultralow temperatures

At ultracold temperatures, interatomic collisions are relatively simple, and their outcome can be controlled using a magnetic field. However, research by scientists led by Prof. Michal Tomza from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw and prof. Roee Ozeri from the Weizmann Institute of Science shows that this is also possible at higher temperatures. The scientists published their observations in the scientific journal “Science Advances”. | More

From classical hydrodynamics to quantum hydrodynamics and back again – how the Navier-Stokes equations describe quantum systems

Although the Navier-Stokes equations are the foundation of modern hydrodynamics, adopting them to quantum systems has so far been a major challenge. Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Maciej Łebek, M.Sc. and Miłosz Panfil, Ph.D., Prof. UW, have shown that these equations can be generalised to quantum systems, specifically quantum liquids in which the motion of particles is restricted to one dimension. This discovery opens up new avenues for research into transport in one-dimensional quantum systems. The paper, published in the prestigious Physical Review Letters, was awarded an ‘editors’ suggestion'. | More

8th Warsaw School of Statistical Physics

An international school of statistical physics, the ‘8th Warsaw School of Statistical Physics’, organized by researchers from the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw, will be held from 29 June to 5 July 2025 at the European Centre for Geological Education of the University of Warsaw in Chęciny. Lectures will be on the physics of growth processes, complex systems, quantum nonequilibrium processes, topology and mechanics of soft matter and quantum thermodynamics. | More

A new class of cosmic X-ray sources discovered

An international team of astronomers, led by researchers from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, have identified a new class of cosmic X-ray sources. The findings have been published in „Astrophysical Journal Letters”. | More

Upcoming events

Calendar icon 2025-04-03 (10:15) :: Optics Seminar
Towards an artificial muse for new ideas in Physics

Calendar icon 2025-04-03 (10:15) :: "Theory of Duality" (KMMF) Seminar
The Bondi-Metzner-Sachs group and the gravitational memory effect

Calendar icon 2025-04-03 (11:15) :: Joint Seminar on Quantum Information and Technologies
QMetro++ - Python package for large scale quantum metrology

Calendar icon 2025-04-03 (15:00) :: Gamma Seminar
To be announced

Calendar icon 2025-04-04 (10:15) :: Solid State Physics Seminar
"Crystal Lattice Damage and Recovery of Rare-Earth implanted beta-Ga2O3"

Calendar icon 2025-04-04 (11:30) :: High Energy Physics Seminar
Developments towards light Dark Matter Detection and Medical Applications

Calendar icon 2025-04-04 (12:15) :: Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Altermagnetic, or not?

Research Highlights

Invariant forms of dissolution fingers
S. Żukowski, S. Magni, F. Osselin, F. Dutka, M. Cooper, A.J.C. Ladd, and P. Szymczak
Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 094101, 2025
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.094101

Exploring Atom-Ion Feshbach Resonances below the s-Wave Limit
Fabian Thielemann, Joachim Siemund, Daniel von Schoenfeld, Wei Wu, Pascal Weckesser, Krzysztof Jachymski, Thomas Walker, and Tobias Schaetz
Phys. Rev. X 15, 011051
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.15.011051

Scale-by-scale budget of turbulence kinetic energy in the convective atmospheric boundary layer: analysis of structure functions
Nowak J.L., Wacławczyk M., Vassilicos J.C., Król S., Malinowski S.P.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2025, vol. 151(767 part B), art. e4879
DOI: 10.1002/qj.4879

Space-confined mediation of electron transfer for efficient biomolecular solar conversion
Jacquet M., Izzo M., Wróbel P., Strawski M., Trotta M., Jurczakowski R. and Kargul J.
Materials Horizons, 2025, vol. 12, pp. 1558-1567
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH01266F

Navier-Stokes Equations for Nearly Integrable Quantum Gases
Maciej Łebek, Miłosz Panfil
Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 010405
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.010405

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