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Fedorov Valery

Федоров Валерий ВасильевичContacts:

e-mail: vfedorov [at] pnpi [dot] spb [dot] ru

           vfedorov47 [at] yandex [dot] ru

Phone: 8 (81371) 46312

Fax:      8 (81371) 31391

Adress: Department of Nuclear-Physics Research Methods, Faculty of Physics, Saint-Petersburg State University, Petrodvorets, Ulyanovskaya str., 1, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 198504

NRC “Kurchatov Institute” Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Leningrad reg., Russia, 188300 

 

Title:

  • 2005, Professor

Degrees:

  • 1995, Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics) Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Gatchina, Leningrad region, Russia.
  • Field: New Possibilities of Using  the Intra-Atomic and Crystal Fields in Nuclear and Particle Physics
  • 1980, Candidate of Science (Physics and Mathematics) Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Science of the USSR, Gatchina, Leningrad region, USSR
  • Field: Influence of the Diffraction on  Electromagnetic Processes in the Space Periodic Medium

Education:

  • 1965 – 1971, Leningrad State University, Physical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Reactions,
    Leningrad, USSR
  • Diploma thesis topic: Hyperfine structure calculation for X-ray levels of heavy elements.
  • (Fulfilled in Laboratory of X and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy, Gatchina Branch of Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Academy of Science of the USSR)

Academic experience:

  • 2014  Head of  Laboratory of X and Gamma Ray spectroscopy, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute” Gatchina, Leningrad reg.
  • 2013  Professor, Department of Nuclear-Physics Research Methods, St. Petersburg  State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 2006 – 2013 Head of Neutron Physics Department, Academic University, Russian Academy of Science,
  • 2002 – 2014 Director of Neutron Research Department, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science (from 2010 PNPI, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”) Gatchina, Leningrad reg.
  • 2000  Professor of Experimental Nuclear Physics Department, St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 2000 – 2013 Professor of Experimental Physics Department, St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 2000  Head of  Laboratory of X and Gamma Ray spectroscopy, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Gatchina, Leningrad reg., Russia
  • 1996 – 2002  Deputy Director of Neutron Research Department, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Gatchina, Leningrad reg., Russia
  • 1992 – 1996 Leading Scientist, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Gatchina, Leningrad reg., Russia
  • 1985 – 1992 Senior Scientist, Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Science of the USSR, Gatchina, Leningrad reg., USSR
  • 1985 – 1994 Associate professor, Department of Nuclear Reactions,Physical Faculty, Leningrad State University, Leningrad, USSR - Russia
  • 1972 – 1985  Junior Scientist, Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Science of the USSR, Gatchina, Leningrad reg., USSR
  • 1971 – 1972 Trainee researcher, Laboratory of X and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy, Gatchina Branch of Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Academy of Science of the USSR (since October 1971 Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute) Gatchina, Leningrad reg., USSR
  • 1969 – 1971 Diploma student, Laboratory of X and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy, Gatchina Branch of Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Academy of Science of the USSR

Field of interest:

  • Dynamical Diffraction of Neutrons, Electrons and Gamma Rays in Single Crystals;
  • Neutron Diffraction and Optics in Noncentrosymmetric Crystals.;
  • Coherent Radiation Emitting by Charged Particles in Space Periodic Medium;
  • Crystal Diffraction X and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy;
  • Using the Strong Intra-Atomic and Crystal Fields in Nuclear and Particle Physics
  • A Search for Neutron Electric Dipole Moment (EDM), Measurements of its Electric Charge and Study  of its Gravitational Interaction using Crystal Diffraction methods;
  • Hyperfine displacements of X Ray (and/or electron conversion) lines, exited in the internal conversion, electron capture and other processes

Lectures

  • 1972 – 1982  Physics (Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Physics, and Introduction in Quantum Electrodynamics) for PNPI Research Fellows.
  • 1985  –  1994 Neutron Physics and Physics of Reactors for Students of Nuclear Reactions Department,Physical Faculty, Leningrad State University.
  • 1997- 2000 General Physics (Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves, Molecular Physics, Electricity and Magnetism) for students of Gatchina College, St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design.
  • 2000- 2013 Neutron Physics for Students of Experimental Physics Department,St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.
  • 2000  – Modern Problems in Neutron Physics, History of Physics,  Physical Experiments at Nuclear Reactors for Students of Experimental Nuclear Physics Department,St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
  • 2013 – Basic research with neutrons for Students of Department of Nuclear-Physics Research Methods, St. Petersburg State University

Scientific Societies and Councils, activity in Scientific Meetings:

  • Chairman of Scientific Council of Russian Academy of Science: “Neutron Researches at Reactors and Pulse Neutron Sources”.
  • Coordinator of Academic Scientific Program of Russian Academy of Science: “Neutron Researches of Material Structure and Fundamental Properties of Matter”, 2007– 2011.
  • Chairman of PNPI Dissertation Council on defense of Doctoral and Ph.D. thesis.
  • Chairman of Scientific Council of Neutron Research Department, PNPI NRC KI.
  • Chairman of State Examination Board of St. Petersburg  State Polytechnic University.
  • President of Russian Neutronographic Society.
  • Member of Scientific Council of PNPI NRC KI.
  • Member of Scientific Council, Subcommittee of Nuclear and Partcle Physics, of International Institute Laue–Langevin, 2002–2007.
  • Member of Expert Review Board of Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
  • Member of Expert Review Board of Russian Scientific Foundation
  • Member of Organizing and/or Programming Committees: International Seminar on Interaction of Neutrons with Nuclei (ISINN), Workshop "Ultra Cold & Cold Neutrons. Physics & Sources", Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter Investigations (Russian), Annual PNPI Winter School: Nuclear and Particle Physics.

Invited Reports at Conferences:

  • Second “Sandanski” East-West Coordination Meeting on Nuclear Science (Sandanski 2), 5-9 May 2001, Sandanski, Bulgaria.
  • “New diffraction method for a neutron EDM search. First experimental result on observation of new effects in a neutron Laue diffraction. The sensitivity of the method”.
  • V International Symposium on Radiation from Relativistic Electrons in Periodic Structures (RREPS ’01) September 9-14, 2001, Lake Aya, Altai Mountains, Russia.
  • “Neutron diffraction and optics in noncentrosymmetric crystals. New feasibility of a search for neutron EDM”.
  • XXXV PNPI Winter School, Repino, St. Petersburg, Russia, February 19 – 25, 2001
  • “Diffraction and Neutron Optics in Noncentrosymmetric Crystals. New Feasibility of a Search for Neutron EDM”
  • 7th International Moscow School of Physics (32d ITEP Winter School of Physics) dedicated to the 100-th anniversary of A.I.Alikhanov, academician and founder of ITEP "Nuclear Physics, Physics And Chemistry of Condensed Matter" 16-26 February 2004, Moscow, Russia.
  • “Scientific program for PIK reactor”
  • Conference «Concepts of Symmetry and Fundamental Fields in Quantum Physics of the XXIst century», July 1-5, 2005, SamSU, Samara, Russia.
  • “PIK Reactor and its Possible Applications”.
  • International Scientific and Technical Conference “Research Reactors in the 21st Century” June 20-23, 2006, NIKIET, Moscow, Russia.
  • “Expansion of Sphere of Application of Neutron Beams in Fundamental and Applied Science”.
  • International Youth Scientific School on Nuclear Physics and Energetics, June 11-16, 2007, KhPTI, Alushta,  
  • “Physical Researches at Nuclear Reactors”.
  • R–ECFA (European Committee for Future Accelerators) meeting, October 8–10, 2009, Moscow, Russia.
  • “PIK Project at PNPI in Gatchina”.
  • International Conference “Research Reactors in the Development of New Generation Nuclear Technologies and Fundamental Studies”Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad, Russia, Dec. 5-9,2011. “Fundamental And Applied Research at Beam-Type Research Reactors”.
  • XLIXPNPIWinterSchool (ParticleandNuclearPhysics). St. Petersburg, Raivola, Feb. 28 – Mar. 6, 2015. “Crystal Diffraction Methods in Physics”
  • XVIII International Youth Scientific School “Actual problems of magnetic resonance and its applications”. Kazan, October 26 – 30, 2015.
  • “A Neutron Spin Precession in Noncentrosymmetric Crystals in Vicinity of the Bragg Resonance. New Feasibility of a Search for Neutron EDM”

Awards:

  • State scientific grants fordistinguished scientists (1994 – 1996, 1997 – 1999, 2000 – 2002).
  • Diploma of Presidium of Russian Academy of Science, 1999.
  • Diploma of St. Petersburg Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Science, 2001.
  • Medal “For contribution in development of the atomic field”, 2015.

Books, Reviews and Textbooks:

  • Fedorov V.V. Relativistic Mechanics (Mechanics of Special Relativity Theory). Lectures. SPbSUTD Publ., St. Petersburg, 1998, 47 p
  • Fedorov V.V. Neutron Physics. Textbook.  PNPI Publ., St. Petersburg, 2004, 334 p.
  • Fedorov V.V. and Voronin V.V. Neutron Dynamical Diffraction and Optics in Noncentrosymmetric crystals. A search for Neutron EDM: New Feasibilities. Textbook. PNPI Publ., St. Petersburg, 2004, 118 p.
  • Fedorov V.V. Relativistic Mechanics. Textbook.  PNPI Publ., St. Petersburg, 2004, 56 p.
  • Fedorov V.V. Oscillations and Waves. Textbook.  PNPI Publ., St. Petersburg, 2004, 132 p.
  • Fedorov V.V. Crystal-diffraction methods in physics.Proceedings of the XXXVII and XXXVIII PNPI Winter Schools, p. 5-53. St. Petersburg, 2004.
  • Voronin V.V., Fedorov V.V.  Neutron Diffraction and Optics of a Noncentrosymmetric Crystal. New Feasibility of a Search for Neutron EDM. Frontiers in Condensed Matter Physics Research. NovaScience, NY, 2006, p. 13 – 39.

Selected Publications (In total more than 150 articles):

 

  1. Yu.V. Borisov, A.Ya. Berdnikov, Ya.A. Berdnikov, Yu.P. Braginets, V.V. Voronin, I.A Kuznetsov, M.V. Lasitsa, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Fedorov.Birefringent Magnetic Field System for Experimental Checking of Neutron Electroneutrality by the Spin Interferometry Technique. Tech. Phys. Lett., 41(9) (2015) 867–869.
  2. V.V. Fedorov, V.V. Voronin.Neutron Optics of Noncentrosymmetric Crystals: New Possibility of Searches for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment and CP -Violating Forces. Phys. of Atom. Nucl., 77(6) (2014) 695-703.
  3. M.V. Lasitsa, Yu.P. Braginetz, E.O. Vezhlev, S.Yu. Semenikhin, I.A. Kuznetsov, V.V. Fedorov, V.V. Voronin. Anomalous behavior of neutron refraction index in a perfect crystal near the Bragg reflex. Journal of Physics: Conf. Ser., 572 (2014) 012008.
  4. E.O. Vezhlev, V.V. Voronin, I.A. Kuznetsov, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Fedorov. Verification of the Weak Equivalence Principle with Laue Diffracting Neutrons: Test Experiment. Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters, 10(4) (2013) 357–360.
  5. V.V. Fedorov, I.A. Kuznetsov, V.V. Voronin. A search for nEDM and new constraints on short-range "pseudo-magnetic" interaction using neutron optics of noncentrosymmetric crystal. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 309 (2013) 237–239.
  6. A. E.Sovestnov, B. T.Melekh, V. V.Fedorov, E. V.Fomin.X-ray emission studies ofevolution of the electron and spin structures of Mn in mixedmanganites Ln1−x Srx MnO3 (Ln = La, Sm, and Ce). Physics of the Solid State, 54(4) (2012) 778–781.
  7. V.V. Voronin, Yu.V. Borisov, A.V. Ivanyuta, I.A. Kuznetsov, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Fedorov. Observation of Small Changes in the Energy of a Neutron in an Alternating Magnetic Field. JETP Letters, 96(10) (2012) 613–615.
  8. V.V. Voronin, Yu.V. Borisov, A.V. Ivanyuta, I.A. Kuznetsov, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Fedorov.  Anomalous Behavior of the Dispersion of a Neutron Transmitting through a Crystal at Nearly Bragg Energies. JETP Lett. 96(10) (2012) 609–612.
  9. E.O. Vezhlev, V.V. Voronin, I.A. Kuznetsov, S.Yu. Seminikhin, V.V. Fedorov. Effect of Anomalous Absorption of Neutrons Undergoing Laue Diffraction at Bragg Angles Close to π/2. JETP Lett., 96(1) (2012) 1–5.
  10. S.Yu. Semenikhin, Yu.P. Braginets, V.V. Voronin, I.A. Kuznetsov, E.G. Lapin, V.V.Fedorov, Ya.A. Berdnikov, A.Ya. Berdnikov, E. O. Vezhlev.Structure Perfection of SingleCrystal Quartz Intended for Experiments on Finding the Electrical Dipole Moment of Neutrons by the Crystal Diffraction Method. Technical Physics, 56(3) (2011) 386–394.
  11. V.V. Fedorov, M. Jentschel, I.A. Kuznetsov, E.G. Lapin, E. Lelièvre-Berna, V. Nesvizhevsky, A. Petoukhov, S.Yu. Semenikhin, T. Soldner, V.V. Voronin, Yu.P. Braginetz. Measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment via spin rotation in a non-centrosymmetric crystal. Physics Letters B694(2010) 22-25. (arXiv:1009.0153v1 [hep-ex], 2010, 10 p.)
  12. V.V. Fedorov, I.A. Kuznetsov, E.G. Lapin, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Voronin. Diffraction enhancement and new way to measure neutron electric charge and the ratio of inertial to gravitational mass. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 593 (2008), 505-509.
  13. V.V. Fedorov, E.G. Lapin, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Voronin, E. Lelièvre-berna, V. Nesvizhevsky, A. Petoukhov, T. Soldner, F. Tasset. First observation of the neutron spin rotation for Laue diffraction in a deformed noncentrosymmetric crystal. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 23, iss. 9 (2008) 1435-1445.
  14. V.V. Fedorov, I.A. Kuznetsov, E.G. Lapin, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Voronin, Yu.P. Braginetz, K.Yu. Amosov. Neutron volumetric test of interplanar distances of highly perfect crystals. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 593 (2008) 472-474.
  15. V.V. Fedorov, I.A. Kuznetsov, E.G. Lapin, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Voronin. Neutron Laue diffraction in a weakly deformed crystal at the Bragg angles close to pi/2. JETP Lett., 85(1) (2007) 82–85.
  16. Fedorov V.V. Crystal-diffraction methods in physics.Proceedings of the XXXVII and XXXVIII PNPI Winter Schools, p. 5-53. St. Petersburg, 2004.
  17. V.V. Fedorov, I.A. Kuznetsov, E.G. Lapin, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Voronin. Redoubled effect of a neutron spin rotation in deformed noncentrosymmetric crystal for the Bragg diffraction scheme.JETP Lett., 80(9) (2004) 575–579.
  18. V.V. Fedorov, V.V. Voronin. Neutron diffraction and optics in noncentrosymmetric crystals. New feasibility of a search for neutron EDM. Nucl. Instr. and Meth., B 201(1)(2003) 230-242. 
  19. V.V. Fedorov, E.G. Lapin, S.Y. Semenikhin, V.V. Voronin. The effect of cold neutron spin rotation at passage through a noncentrosymmetric crystal. Appl. Phys., A74 [Suppl. 1], (2002) s91- s93.
  20. V.V. Voronin, E.G. Lapin, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Fedorov. Depolarization of a Neutron Beam in Laue Diffraction by a Noncentrosymmetric Crystal. Jetp Lett., 72 (6) (2000) 308-311.
  21. V.V. Voronin, E.G. Lapin, S.Yu. Semenikhin, V.V. Fedorov.Direct Measurement of the Delay Time for a Neutron in a Crystal in the Case of the Laue Diffraction. Jetp Letters, 71(2) (2000) 76-79.
  22. Fedorov V.V., Rodionov A.A., Band I.M., Trzhaskovskaya M.B. Hyperfine Structure Calculations for Inner Atomic Levels.J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 28 (1995) 1963-1973.
  23. Fedorov V.V., Alexeev V.L., Voronin V.V, Lapin E.G., Rumiantsev V.L., Effect of neutron spin orientation on the pendellosung pattern in diffraction in a noncentrosymmetric crystal. Tech. Phys. Lett. 21 (1995) 881.
  24. Fedorov V.V. Possibility to observe the vacuum fluctuations via energy shifts of X ray and Mossbauer g lines. PNPI Preprint-1889, Gatchina, 1993, 11 p. (in Russian)
  25. Fedorov V.V., Voronin V.V. and Lapin E.G. On the search for neutron EDM using Laue diffraction by a crystal without a centre of symmetry. J. Phys. G, 18 (1992) 1133-1148.
  26. Fedorov V.V.On the possibility of a search for neutron EDM using diffraction in noncentrosymmetric crystal. Proceedings of the XXXVI PNPI Winter Schools (Particle Physics), p. 65-118. Leningrad, 1991 (in Russian).
  27. Fedorov V.V. and Rodionov A.A. Hyperfine displacement of atomic levels excited by internal conversion and the following X-ray cascade. Phys. Lett., 136A (1989) 306-311.
  28. Alexeev V.L., Fedorov V.V., Lapin E.G., Leushkin E.K., Rumiantsev V.L., Sumbaev O.I. and Voronin V.V. Observation of a strong interplanar electric field in a dynamical diffraction of a polarized neutron. Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A284 (1989) 181-183.
  29. N.M. Miftakhov, A.S.Ryl'nikov, Yu.P. Smirnov, V.V. Fedorov.EmergenceofaholethroughtheelectroncloudofanatomandenergyoftheX-raylineexcitedduringaconversioncascade. JETP Lett. 40(2) (1984) 794-795.
  30. V.V. Fedorov. Photon emission by electrons in four-wave diffraction in a single crystal. Sov. Phys. JETP, 55(2)(1980)22 – 25.ЖЭТФ, 82, № 2 (1982) 473-484.
  31. V.V. Fedorov. Pendellosung radiation of an electron diffracted in a single crystal. Sov. Phys.JETP, 51(1)(1982)272 – 278.
  32. V.V. Fedorov. Influence of Pendellosung effect on the degree of optical modulation of an electron beam diffracted in a crystal.Sov. Phys.JETP, 51(2)(1980)394 – 397.
  33. V.V. Fedorov, A.S. Ryl'nikov. Hyperfine structure of X-ray lines that accompany K capture.Sov. Phys.JETP, 49(6)(1979)1007 – 1008.
  34. V.V. Fedorov, A.I. Smirnov.Diffraction of Cerenkov radiation in a spatially periodic medium. Sov. Phys.JETP, 49(3)(1979)436 – 439.
  35. Fedorov V.V. On the possibility of increasing the optical frequency modulation depth of an electron beam due to diffraction Pendellosung. Phys.Lett., 75A(1979) 137-138.
  36. V.V. Fedorov, A.I. Smirnov.On the possibility of Cerenkov emission of g quanta by electrons. JETP Lett. 23(1) (1976) 29-31.
  37. V.V. Fedorov, A.I. Smirnov. Properties of electromagnetic radiation emitted by an electron diffracted in a single crystal. Sov. Phys. JETP, 39(2) (1974) 271 – 274.
  38. V.V. Fedorov, K.E. Kir'yanov, A.I. Smirnov. Optical frequency modulation of electrons diffracted by a crystal. Sov. Phys. JETP, 37(4) (1973) 737 – 738.
  39. A.S. Ryl'nikov, A.I. Egorov, G.A. Ivanov, V.I. Marushenko, A.F. Mezentsev, A.I. Smirnov, O.I. Sumbaev, V. V. Fedorov.Hyperfine broadeningoftheX-raylines. Sov. Phys. JETP, 36(1) 1973) 27 – 32.

Patents: 

  1. FedorovV.V., KuznetsovI.A., LapinE.G., Semenikhin S.Yu., Voronin V.V., Braginetz Yu.P., Amosov K.Yu. The method of determining the relative interplanar distance changes for perfect crystals. № RU 2394228 C1, Feb. 03, 2009.
  2. Fedorov V.V., Kuznetsov I.A., Lapin E.G., Semenikhin S.Yu., Voronin V.V., Braginetz Yu.P., Vezhlev E.O. The method to determine the impurity concentration in single crystal. № RU 2541700 C1, Oct. 08, 2013.

Defended candidate theses:

  1. V.V. Voronin. Influence of strong electric intracrystalline fields on the neutron diffraction in noncentrosymmetric crystals. Ph.D. thesis (Physics and Mathematics), PNPI, Gatchina, 1995.
  2. V.L. Rumyantsev. Modernization of the crystal diffraction focusing g-spectrometer GSK-2. Direct measurements of the reactor core g-spectrum in the 95 – 250 keV energy range. Ph.D. thesis (Physics and Mathematics), PNPI, Gatchina, 2001.
  3. E.G. Lapin. Experimental study of the features for X ray diffraction in single crystals. Ph.D. thesis (Physics and Mathematics), PNPI, Gatchina, 2007.
  4. S.Yu. Semenikhin. Research of structural perfection of single crystals by neutron diffraction method intended for experiments on study of the neutron fundamental properties. Ph.D. thesis (Physics and Mathematics), PNPI, Gatchina, 2011.
  5. E.O. Vezhlev. Experimental study of the neutron dynamical diffraction features at the Bragg angles close to pi/2. Ph.D. thesis (Physics and Mathematics), SPbPU, St. Petersburg, 2013.

Defended doctoral thesis:

  1.  Neutron diffraction and other neutron optical effect, their application in the fundamental physics field. Doctor of Science thesis (Physics and Mathematics), PNPI, Gatchina, 2006. 

 

 

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