Draft:HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics


HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Other nameWigner RCP
EstablishedJanuary 1. 2012.
HeadDr. Péter Lévai
Members374 (2024)
Formerly called2012-2019 MTA Wigner Research Centre for Physics 2019-2023 Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Location
Websitehttps://wigner.hu/en/

The HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (abbreviated Wigner RCP) is the largest Hungarian research institute studying physics.

Formerly a research institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), it became a member of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH) and after the ELKH's reorganisation it became part of the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network. The Wigner Research Centre was established in 2012 by the merger of the MTA KFKI Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics and the MTA Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, and takes the name of the Nobel Prize winning physicist Eugene Wigner. The research centre has two institutes, the Wigner Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics (RMI) and the Wigner Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics (SZFI).