dr. Marian APOSTOL

Scientific Researcher
Professor of Theoretical Physics

apoma Laboratory
of
Condensed Mater and Theoretical Physics

Institute of Atomic Physics
 Magurele-Bucharest MG-6 ,
POBox MG-35, Romania

e-mail: apoma@theory.nipne.ro 
ph: 40-21-404 23 00 / 3213
40-21-404 62 34

New methods and concepts in the theory of condensed matter physics, solid state physics, materials science, nuclear physics, atomic physics, physical chemistry, classical physics, etc.

Particle channeling in solids, Plasmons in layered structures, Bosonization of the one-dimensional fermions, Charge-density waves in quasi-one-dimensional materials, Fermi liquid theory, Four-fermion condensate, High-temperature superconductivity, Zero-sound solitons, Transport, Sound attenuation, Electrons in magnetic field, Field-induced spin-density wave, Electron crystals, Off-centre diffusion in solids, Low-dimensional solids, Two-electron atoms, Spherical molecules, Alkali-doped fullerides, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Microstructures, Electron liquid, Atomic clusters, Thermoelectricity, Ferromagnet-superconductor junction, Moon's problem, Quark-gluon plasma, Condensation of matter, Theory of liquids, Magnetic effects on positronium decay, Weber's coherent scattering and neutrino detection, Curved spaces and quantization in non-inertial motion, Quanta of electrical conductance, Densitons, Coherence in matter, Plasmons and polaritons, Pulsed polaritons in plasma, Polarization of matter, Turbulence, Electromagnetic field and charges, plasma, magnetic resonance, Elasticity, Electric pulses, Electrolytes, Colloids, etc

dr. M. Apostol:

• formulated the transfer-matrix theory of the particle channeling in solids ( Phys. Lett. A44  259 (1973), phys. stat. sol. (b) 67 609 (1975)).

• is the author of the quantum theory of the plasmons in layered structures ( Phys.Lett. A53 345 (1975), Z. Phys. B22 13 (1975)).

• since 1980 developed the formulation of the boson representation of the fermion fields in one dimension ( J. Phys. C16 5937 (1983), C20 3111 (1987), Phys. Scripta 39 294 (1989)) which led to the discovery of the zero-sound solitons in one-dimensional many-fermion systems by quasiclassical bosonization ( Phys. Rev. B45 4509 (1992)), and became the basic tool in the modern concept of Luttinger liquid.

• identified a new pinning mechanism of the charge-density-waves in quasi-one-dimensional conductors due to the impurity modulation (in collaboration, Solid State Commun. 53 687 (1985), J. Phys. C18 6135 (1985)).

• discovered the four-fermion condensate ( Phys. Lett. A110 141 (1985), Nucl. Phys. A470 64 (1987)); he is also the author of an original theory of high-Tc superconductivity (Int. J. Mod. Phys. B6 1539 (1992)).

• formulated the quantum theory of the lattice thermoconductivity in an ideal crystal (Fizika A1175 (1992)), a new mechanism of sound absorption near a second-order phase transition by the propagating modes of the order parameter (Tr. J. Phys. 17 995 (1993)), the theory of the field-induced spin-density wave in layered structures (Acta Phys. Pol. A85 971 (1994)), the theory of elasticity of a spherical molecule ( Acta Phys. Pol. A88 315 (1995)) and the theory of the one-dimensional electron crystal (Tr. J. Phys. 19 1158 (1995); he introduced new wavefunctions for the two-electrons atoms (J. Theor. Phys. 10 (1996)).

• explained the occurrence of the off-centre sites and of the metallic clusters of alkali metals in alkali-doped fullerides, and the existence of alkali vacancies in these compounds and their effect on the alkali-NMR spectrum ( Phys. Rev. B52 15031 (1995), J. Phys. Chem. 100 3175 (1996), Solid State Commun. 101 21 (1997), Can. J. Chem. 75 77 (1997)).

• formulated the conditions of existence of the low-dimensional solids (Synth. Metals 79 253 (1996)), and the theory of the off-centre diffusion (in collaboration, Solid State Commun. 94 153 (1995), J. Phys. Chem. Solids 56 1231 (1996)).

• explained the equivalence of the statistical physics of the Bose and Fermi gases in two dimensions ( Phys. Rev. E56 4854 (1997)).

• reformulated from first principles the theory of the Fermi liquid ( J. Theor. Phys. 35, 36 (1998)).

• formulated the theory of chemical bond, atomic cohesion ( J. Theor. Phys. 55, 60 (2000)), and binding of metallic clusters (in collaboration, Phys. Lett A273 117 (2000)).

• gave the theory of ultrafast, non-equilibrium thermoelectric transport ( J.Theor. Phys. 59 (2000), 69 (2001), 91 (2003)) and pulse transport ( J.Theor. Phys. 91 (2003))

• introduced the quanta of viscosity ( J. Theor. Phys. 62 (2001)).

• introduced Einstein's kinetic equation into fluctuations and transport theory (2001).

• described the electric transport through the ferromagnet-superconductor junction (in collaboration, J. Theor. Phys. 76 (2002)).

• formulated the theory of hadronization of the quark-gluon plasma ( J. Theor. Phys. 122 (2006))

• formulated the condensation of matter first-order phase transition ( Mod. Phys. Lett. B21 893 (2007))

• formulated the theory of liquids, equation of state ( J. Theor. Phys. 125, 126(2006), Physica B403 3946 (2008))

• described magnetic effects on positronium decay (J. Theor. Phys. 138 (2006))

• formulated the theory of Weber's coherent scattering for neutrino detection (J. Theor. Phys. 139 (2006))

• described the quantization in curved spaces and non-inertial motion (J. Theor. Phys. 150 (2007), Prog. Phys. 1 90 (2008) )

• derived the quanta of electrical conductance (Phys. Lett. A372 5093 (2008))

• discovered the densitons (in collaborations Phys.&Chem. Liquids 46 653 (2008))

• derived the thermoelectric "figure of merit" ( J. Appl. Phys. 46 653 (2008))

• discovered the coherence domains in matter ( J. Theor. Phys. 171 (2008), Phys. Lett. A373 379 (2009) )

• discovered the motion of polarization in the Electromagnetic Theory of Matter (in collaboration J. Opt. Soc. Am. A26 1747 (2009), Optics Commun. 282 4329 (2009), Solid State Commun. 149 1936 (2009), Physica B404 3755 (2009), Progr. Electrom. Res. (PIER) 98 97 (2009))

• formulated the theory of pulsed thermoelectricity (in collaboration)( J. Appl. Phys. 108 023702 (2010))

• re-formulated the theory of the laser (in collaboration)( Phys. Lett. A374 4848 (2010))

• identified the dynamics of electron-positron pairs created from vacuum by external electromagnetic fields ( J. Mod. Opt. 58 611 (2011))

• discovered the pulsed polariton in plasma (in collaboration)( J. Appl. Phys. 109 013307 (2011))

• discovered a resonant dipolar force (in collaboration)( J. Appl. Phys. 112 024905 (2012))

• formulated the theory of the zero-point motion of the polarization eigenmodes and the fluctuations molecular forces ( Physica B409 57 (2013))

• introduced new methods in plasmonics, based on the motion of the polarization (Applied Phys A115 387 (2014), Adv Electrom 2 31 (2013))

• described giant oscillations in atoms and nuclei (AIP Adv 3 112133 (2013))

• calculated the electronic edge states in graphene (in collaboration, Can. J. Phys. 93 580 (2015))

• established the phase diagram of the quark-gluon plasma (Roum. Reps. Phys. 67 396 (2015))

• solved the boundary layer turbulence and discovered the inversion layer (in collaboration, Phys. Lett. A379 3102 (2015))

• introduced the dipolons in molecular dynamics (in collaboration, Chem. Phys. 472 262 (2016))

• regularized Hertz potentials in elasticity (Acta Mechanica 228 2733 (2017))

• identified charge scattering by laser pulses (Z. Naturforschung A72 1173 (2017))

• described stimulated magnetic resonance (Int. J. Ad. Res. Phys. Sci. 4 36 (2017))

• established the rate of fast ionization in strong fields (Z. Naturforschung A73 461 (2018))

• computed the effect of laser fields on the alpha decay (J. Math. Theor. Phys. 1 155 (2018))

• proved the stability of the classical plasma (in collaboration) (Phys. Lett. A383 1831 (2019))

• computed the Landau penetration depth (Optik 220 165009 (2020))

• proved the stability of lyophobic colloids (in collaboration) (Chem. Phys. 531 110660 (2020))

• established the propagation of pulses through metallic wires (Optik 204 164095 (2020))

• explained the long screening length in concentrated electrolytes (Chem. Phys. 558 111514 (2022))

• explained the turbulence (J. AppliedMath 2(5) 1594 (2024))

dr. M. Apostol published cca 300 research articles, scientific communications, reviews and popularization articles

70 Books:

Postgraduate Monographs, Textbooks, Collections of Scientific Papers, Science Policy Papers

• Twenty Lectures on Physics (Writings on Theoretical Physics), Lambert, 2012
  (235 pp) (978-3-8465-8512-2)

• Studies in Theoretical Physics (Selected Works 1972-2012). Elsevier, 2012
  (cca 800pp) (20360-21036)

• Essays in Electromagnetism and Matter (Dipoles and Polarization), Lambert, 2013
  (261 pages) (978-3-659-41179-3)

• Analysis of a class of Teledetection Devices with a Rotating Antenna (TDA), MA et al, Science PublGroup, NY (2014)
  (135 pp) (978-1-940366-26-5)

• Magnetic and Electric Resonance, Cam. Scholars Publ., Cambridge (2018) (340 pp) (978-1-5275-0598-8, M. Apostol

• Scientific papers of Marian Apostol, apoma, MG (2018) (3 volumes, 1200 pp) (ISSN 1453-4428, 4436), ed M. Apostol

• Equations of Mathematical Physics, Cam. Scholars Publ., Cambridge (2018) (240pp) (1-5275-16116-4, 978-1-5275-16116-8), M. Apostol

• Quantum Mechanics, Cam. Int. Sci. Publ., Cambridge (2018) (244pp) (978-1-910889-76-3), M. Apostol

• Quantum Theories, Cam. Int. Sci. Publ., Cambridge (2018) (243pp) (978-1-910889-79-4), M. Apostol

• Theory of Quanta, Nova Sci. Publs., NY (2019) (248pp) (978-1-53616-651-4), M. Apostol

• Structure of Matter, Nova Sci. Publs., NY (2019) (247pp) (978-1-53616-625-5), M. Apostol

• Physical Kinetics, Cam. Scholars Publ., Cambridge (2020) (430pp) (978-1-5275-4178-8), M. Apostol

• Statistical Physics, Cam. Scholars Publ., Cambridge (2021) (324pp) (978-1-5275-4449-6), M. Apostol

• Prelegeri de Fizica, apoma, MG (203pp) (2021)(1453-4428, 4436), M. Apostol

• Radiation and Matter, Nova Sci. Publ., NY (2022) (317pp) (979-8-88697-246-7), M. Apostol

• Lecture Notes on An Introducton to Theoretical Physics, vol. 1,2, apoma, MG (190pp) (2023), M. Apostol

• Singular Equations of Waves and Vibrations, Cam. Scholars Publ., Cambridge (2023) (190pp) (978-1-5275-0496-7), M. Apostol

• Scattering in Condensed Matter, Cam. Scholars Publ., Cambridge (2024) (242pp) (978-1-5275-5835-9), M. Apostol

• Many-body Theory. Normal Fermi Liquid, Cam. Scholars Publ., Cambridge (2024) (206pp) (978-1-0364-1188-6), M. Apostol

• Topics in Theoretical Physics, Nova Sci. Publ., NY (2024) (320pp) (979-8-89530-185-2), M. Apostol

High-School Textbooks

1. Elementary Mathematics (2021) 2. Introductory Physics (2021)

dr M. Apostol initiated the series of Seminars “Pulse and Impulse of ELI (Extreme Light Infrastructure)” at the Institute of Atomic Physics, Magurele-Bucharest, 2010

• MSc Theoretical Physics, University of Bucharest 1972, PhD Theoretical Physics, Institute of Atomic Physics 1984, scientific researcher, professor of Theoretical Physics, apoma Laboratory, Magurele-Bucharest, Romania

• Founder and editor of "Journal of Theoretical Physics"

• Founder and editor of "The Antiphysical Review"

• Included in Marquis Who's Who in the World 1997, Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering 1997

• Founding member of the Academy of Physics at Magurele-Bucharest

• Associate member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities

• Included in Elite of Romanian Researchers, P. T. Frangopol, Casa Cartii de Stiinta, Cluj 2004 (in Romanian)

• Included in Hubner's Who is Who in Europe (Romania)

• American Biographical Institute Great Minds of the 21st Century, 2006

• American Biographical Institute Gold Medal for Romania, 2007

• dr M. Apostol is Laird of Glencairn, Caithness Scotland

• Romanian Government Award and Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research, 2000

• Institute Annual Award for Achievement, 2008

• Institute for Atomic Physics's Honor Award and Medal, 2009

• Certificate of Appreciation , University of New Mexico-Gallup, 2008, 2009

• Distinguished Achievements in Paradoxism Award , Association of Paradoxism, 2010