Department for Statistical Theory of Condensed Systems

Historically, the first department of the Institute. It was founded in 1969 by I.R. Yukhnovskii as a department of the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Former photos: June, 2020 (1), June, 2020 (2), September, 2023

Heads of the department:

Ihor Yukhnovskii (1969-2006)

Mykhailo Kozlovskii (2006-2017)

Yurij Holovatch (2018-2022)

Maksym Dudka (starting from 2022)

Members of the department

Research topics:

• static and dynamic critical behavior of structurally disordered systems;
• conformational properties of polymer macromolecules;
• development of analytical methods in phase transition theory;
• quantitative approaches in the humanities and social sciences;
• complex systems and complex networks;
• scientometrics.

Scientific collaboration

• Groupe de Physique Statistique, Institut Jean Lamour, Universitґe de Lorraine;
• Institute of Physics of Szczecin Politechnika, Poland;
• French Atomic Energy Commission, Saclay, France;
• University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany;
• University of Wrocław, Poland;
• Institute for theoretical physics, Johann Kepler University, Linz, Austria;
• Coventry University Applied Mathematics Research Centre;
• Laboratoire de Physique Theorique de la Matiere Condensee de l'Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris-VI, France;
• Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna;
• Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig;
• Zakład Zastosowań Matematyki, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, Lublin, Poland;
• Department for Theoretical Physics of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine;
• Astronomical Observatory of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine;
• Gruppo Sphinx, Departamento de Física Universidad de Extremadura, Spain;
• Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Stuttgart, Germany;
• Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon;
• Lviv Polytechnic National University;
• Aalto University School of Science;
• Lorentz Institute for theoretical physics, Leiden University.
• Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
• Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw.
• Complexity Science Hub Vienna.

Teaching

Participation in the Doctoral College for the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Leipzig-Lorraine-Lviv-Coventry (L4). Lecture courses and supervision of diploma and master theses of students of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (V. Blavatska, M. Dudka, Yu. Holovatch, M. Kozlovskii), National University "Lviv Polytechnic" (O. Mryglod, M. Dudka), Ukrainian Catholic University (Yu. Holovatch, O. Mryglod, P. Sarkanych, M. Krasnytska, V. Palchykov), National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (Yu. Holovatch). Organization of the annual workshop Ising lectures (O. Dobush, Yu. Holovatch, M. Krasnytska, D. Shapoval), co-supervision of the interdisciplinary seminar "Horizons of Sciences" (Yu. Holovatch, M. Krasnytska with Ya. Hrytsak, B. Novosiadlyi, and Ya. Prytula). Organisation of weekly seminars Statistical Physics of Complex Systems

Selected publications

I.R. Yukhnovskii, M.P. Kozlovskii, I.V. Pylyuk. Microscopic theory of phase transitions in the three-dimensional systems. Lviv, Eurosvit, 2001, 592 p (in Ukrainian).

M. Kozlovskii. Effect of the external field on the critical behaviour of three dimensional systems. Lviv, Galitskiy drukar, 2012, 330 p (in Ukrainian).

Review volume series Order, Disorder and Criticality. Advanced Problems of Phase Transition Theory. Ed. by Yu. Holovatch. World Scientific, Singapore. vol. 1 - 2004, vol. 2 - 2007, vol. 3 - 2012, vol. 4 - 2015, vol. 5 - 2018. vol. 6 - 2020. vol. 7

Ising lectures in Lviv (1997-2017). Ed. by M. Krasnytska, R. de Regt, P. Sarkanych. ICMP, Lviv, 2017. pdf

Recent publications are listed here.