Physics – Research Interests

Molecular Physics and Chemistry

  • theoretical investigation of condensation and evaporation processes
  • clusters, properties, dynamics, interaction
  • relaxation of internal degrees of freedom in molecules and clusters
  • photoinduced nucleation/condensation
  • heterogeneous condensation on charged particles
  • scaling parameters of nucleation in vapors and plasma
  • simulation of dissociation and relaxation in molecules and clusters
  • condensation of metal vapors
  • kinetics of polymers’ formation

Kinetic Theory

  • kinetics equations for structural gases
  • kinetics equations for nonideal gases
  • kinetics equations for reacting gases
  • analytical and numerical methods for solving kinetic equations
  • problems of the Knudsen layer

Gas-dynamics and numerical mathematics

  • CFD methods for flows with condensation, evaporation, relaxation and chemical reactions
  • design of new TVD finite-difference schemes
  • numerical simulation of a cometary tail formation process
  • simulation of the solar wind interaction with a cometary coma
  • new methods of influence on condensation processes (electronic beams, ultraviolet light etc.)

Heat-mass transfer and diffusion in complex media

  • Problems with moving boundaries
  • New analytic and numerical (FD) methods for solving thermal/diffusion equations in multilayer media and with phase transitions