Alexei Fridman

Alexey Fridman
Алексей Фридман
Fridman in 2008
Born(1940-02-17)17 February 1940
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died29 October 2010(2010-10-29) (aged 70)
Jerusalem, Israel
CitizenshipSoviet Union
Russia
Israel
EducationSc.D., Physics and Mathematics (1972)
Alma materNovosibirsk State University
Known forAstrophysics, physics of gravitating systems, plasma physics
AwardsUSSR State Prize (1989)
State Prize of the Russian Federation (2003; 2008)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics, physics
InstitutionsMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology, MSU, Institute of Astronomy RAS[1]
Doctoral advisorRoald Sagdeev
Websitehttp://fpfe.mipt.ru/bazekafedras/ptf/ptf.html

Alexey Maksimovich Fridman (Russian: Алексей Максимович Фридман; 17 February 1940 – 29 October 2010) was a Soviet and Russian physicist specializing in astrophysics, physics of gravitating systems and plasma physics. He discovered new types of instabilities in gravitating media, created the theory of planetary rings and predicted the existence of small Uranus satellites that were later discovered. He also developed the hydrodynamic theory of spiral structure in galaxies. Fridman worked at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, INASAN,[1] and was professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and at Moscow State University.

  1. ^ a b "Институт астрономии Российской академии наук — Institute of Astronomy of the RAS". Retrieved September 1, 2019.