Department of Theoretical Physics

SOFIA UNIVERSITY "ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI"
FACULTY OF PHYSICS

DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS

phones: (+359 2) 81-61-***;

Head of the Department
PLAMEN PETKOV FIZIEV, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
phone: +359-2-962-62-71 and 359-2-81-61-839 office
359-2-37-35-85 home
e-mail: fiziev@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Classical Mechanics, Ordinary Differential Equations, Variational Calculus, Gravity.
Scientific interests: integrability of dynamical systems, classical three body problems, dynamics in affine connected spaces, Feynman path integrals, gauge theories of gravity, low energy limit of string theory, dilatonic gravity, astrophysics and cosmology.
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MATEY DRAGOMIROV MATEEV, Ph.D., Doctor of Science, Professor,
phone: 359-2-862-29-38 and 359-2-81-61-478 office
359 2 952-67-55 home
fax: --359-2-962-52-76
e-mail: mateev@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Quantum Mechanics
Scientific interests:High Energy Physics, Quantum Field Theory, Astrophysics, Superconductivity
DIMITAR IORDANOV MARVAKOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
office: V-41L, phone: +359-2-81-61-662, 359-2-962-12-96
e-mail: marvakov@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Quantum mechanics, Thermodynamics and statical physics, Electrodynamics.
Scientific research: Condesed Matter Theory
NAOUM IVANOV KARCHEV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: +359-2-81-61-680; office: V-47L
e-mail: naoum@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Professional Experience and Interests:
- Bound states of Cooper pairs and electrons in the superconducting phase;
-Coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity, ferromagnetic superconductivity
-Effective models for strongly interacting matter.
-Spin-wave and gauge theory of Heisenberg magnets, t-J, Hubbard models.
-Renormalization-group methods for investigation of small spin Heisenberg magnets.
Lectures and seminars:
- Mathematical Methods in Physics;
- Classical Mechanics, Classical Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics;
- Quantum Field Theory - Path Integral Aproach;
- Quantum Field Theory of Magnetism and Superconductivity;
- Particle Physics and Theoretical Physics for Mathematicians.
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NIKOLAY VITANOV VITANOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: +359-2-8161-652 office;
fax: +359-2-9625276;
office: V40L
e-mail: vitanov@phys.uni-sofia.bg
RADOSLAV CHRISTOV RASHKOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: +359-2-81-61-680; office: V-47R
e-mail: rash@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Courses - 2001: Advanced Classical Mechanics, Functional Analysis, Superstring Theory, 2d CFT
Scientific interest: Strins and Superstrings, D-branes, non-commutative theories, AdS/CFT correspondence.
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STOYTCHO STOYCHO STOYANOV YAZADJIEV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone:+359-2-81-61-672; office: V-43R
e-mail: yazad@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Mathematical Methods in Physics, Astrophysics, Gravitation, Statistical Physics, Black hole physics
Interests: Gravity, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Strings
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TODOR MIHAILOV MISHONOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: +359-2-8161-653 office; +359-2-9817616 home
fax: +359-2-962-52-76
office: V-42
e-mail: mishonov@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Field of interest: Theoretical condensed matter physics, Superconductivity theory group
For courses, publications, citations and other topics of scientific interests see:
http://mishonov.objectis.net/
TZANKO IVANOV IVANOV, Associate Professor, Ph.D.
phone: +359-2-81-61-408; office: V-50
e-mail: tsanko@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Mathematical Methods in Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics
Scientific interests: Strongly correlated electron systems, Quantum transport in nanoscopic systems
VASIL ILIEV KARLOUKOVSKI, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: 662; office: V-41R
Lectures and seminars: Electrodynamics and Relativity Theory, Mathematical Methods of Physics
Interest in: Quantum Field Theory, Mathematical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation
V VENTSESLAV RIZOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: +359-2-81-61-659; office: V-39
Lectures and seminars: Mathematical Methods on Physics (Partical Differential Equations), Elementary Particle Physics (Part II), Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Scattering Theory
Scientific research: Gauge Field Theories, Elementary Particle Physics, Mathematical Physics
e-mail: rizov@phys.uni-sofia.bg
ILYA VASSILEV PETROV, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
phone: +359-2-81-61-662; office: V-41R
e-mail: heron_press@attglobal.net
Lectures and Seminares: Computational methods in Physics; Theoretical Physics (Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics)
Scientific research: Disordered systems, Chaos, Percolation theory and conductivity.
PETKO ALEXANDROV NIKOLOV, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
phone:+359-2-81-61-658; office:V-38R
e-mail: pnikolov@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Geometrical methods in gauge field theories, Group theory, Partial Differential Equations, Electrodynanics
Scientific interests: Geometrical methods in physics and constructive mathematics: manifold and fibre bundles, cohomologies and characteristic classes, jets and dim. reduction of diff. operators, spinor geometry, simplectic geom. and hamiltonian systems.
NEDYALKA PETKOVA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
phone: +359-2-81-61-408; office: 50;
e-mail: npetkova@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Mathematical Methods oh Physics, Partial Differential Equations, Vector and Tensor Calculus.
Scientific interests: Mathematical Physics
PETER IVANOV SLAVOV, Assistant
phone: +359-2-81-61-672; office: 43R,
e-mail: petersl@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Mathematical Methods oh Physics, Partial Differential Equations, Quantum mechanics, Термодинамика и статистическа физика, Computational Physics, Theoretical practice;
Scientific interests: Gravity, Geometrical methods of math. physics, Quantum mechanics, Multiple scattering of waves in random media.
ROUMEN ATANASOV DIMITROV, Ph.D.
phone: +359-2-81-61-503; office: ???;
e-mail: dimitrov@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Scientific research: Biophysics
LIDIYA DIMITROVA SLAVOVA, secretary of the department
phone: +359-2-81-61-848; office: 45;
e-mail: lidka@phys.uni-sofia.bg

R E T I R E D P R O F E S S O R S

CHRISTO DIMITROV POPOV, doctor of science, professor,
phone: +359-2-81-61-657; office: V-38L;
e-mail: cpopov@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Electrodynamics, Theoretical Physics
Scientific research: Physics education
ALEXANDER DONKOV DONKOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: +359-2-81-61-670; office: V-43L;
e-mail: donkov@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Mathematical Methods on Physics (Vector and Tensor Calculus), Quantum Mechanics
Scientific interests: Particle Physics, Mathematical Physics.
VESELIN DIMITROV KARAIVANOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: +359-2-81-61-657; office: V-38L;
e-mail: vdkaraiv@phys.uni-sofia.bg
Lectures and seminars: Theoretical mechanics, Thermodynamics and statical physics.
Scientific research: Theory of condesed states
JORDAN PETROV VLAHOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor
phone: +359-2-81-61-657; office: V-38L;
Lectures and seminars: Mathematical Methods of Physics
Scientific interests: Statistical Physics, Solid States Theory