Contacts:
e-mail: vfedorov [at] pnpi [dot] spb [dot] ru
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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):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fedorov V.V. Crystal-diffraction methods in physics.Proceedings of the XXXVII and XXXVIII PNPI Winter Schools, p. 5-53. St. Petersburg, 2004.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- N.M. Miftakhov, A.S.Ryl'nikov, Yu.P. Smirnov, V.V. Fedorov.EmergenceofaholethroughtheelectroncloudofanatomandenergyoftheX-raylineexcitedduringaconversioncascade. JETP Lett. 40(2) (1984) 794-795.
- 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.
- V.V. Fedorov. Pendellosung radiation of an electron diffracted in a single crystal. Sov. Phys.JETP, 51(1)(1982)272 – 278.
- 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.
- 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.
- V.V. Fedorov, A.I. Smirnov.Diffraction of Cerenkov radiation in a spatially periodic medium. Sov. Phys.JETP, 49(3)(1979)436 – 439.
- 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.
- V.V. Fedorov, A.I. Smirnov.On the possibility of Cerenkov emission of g quanta by electrons. JETP Lett. 23(1) (1976) 29-31.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- E.G. Lapin. Experimental study of the features for X ray diffraction in single crystals. Ph.D. thesis (Physics and Mathematics), PNPI, Gatchina, 2007.
- 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.
- 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:
- Neutron diffraction and other neutron optical effect, their application in the fundamental physics field. Doctor of Science thesis (Physics and Mathematics), PNPI, Gatchina, 2006.