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Department of Astrophysics

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Employees

ChairpersonBohdan MelekhChairperson
ProfessorBohdan NovosyadlyjProfessor
ProfessorMarkiyan VavrukhProfessor
Associate ProfessorIhor KoshmakAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorSviatoslav SmerechynskyiAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorOksana StelmakhAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorNestor TyshkoAssociate Professor
Junior Research FellowDmytro DzikovskyiJunior Research Fellow
1st Category EngineerNadiya Vorobets1st Category Engineer
Senior Department SecretaryRuslana MelekhSenior Department Secretary
Postgraduate StudentFedir KarasenkoPostgraduate Student
Postgraduate StudentMyroslav KashebaPostgraduate Student

Lecturers' schedule



Teaching materials

Electronic courses:

1. Electronic course on the subject “Mechanics”: Melekh B.Ya., Smerechynskyi S.V., Stelmakh O.M., Koshmak I.O. Video lectures (with a description of the content), video demonstrations of laboratory work and modular tests in Mechanics for students of the Faculty of Physics.
— The structure of the electronic course “Mechanics”.
— Electronic course “Mechanics” on the platform “E-learning” of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (for authorized users).

Textbooks:

1. M.V. Vavrukh, S.V. Smerechynskyi, N.L. Tyshko. New models in the theory of the structure of degenerate dwarfs: a monograph – Lviv: Rastr-7, 2018. – 268 p.

2. M.V. Vavrukh, S.V. Smerechynsky, O.M. Stelmakh, N.L. Tyshko. Collection of problems in mechanics: Textbook — Lviv: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2017. — 285 p.

3. V.V. Holovatyi, B.Ya. Melekh, N.V. Havrylova. Physics of emission of gas nebulae. — Lviv: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2013. — 130 p.

4. Novosyadlyi B.S. The structure and evolution of the Universe, a textbook. — Lviv: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2019. — 159 p.

Laboratory workshops:

1. Spherical astronomy: methodical recommendations. Concluded by L. Yankiv-Vitkovska. — Lviv: Publishing center of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2001. — 40 p.

2. Concluded by L. Yankiv-Vitkovska. Theoretical astrophysics: methodical recommendations. — Lviv: Publishing center of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2001. — 46 p.

3. V.V. Holovatyi, B.Ya. Melekh, N.V. Havrylova. Physics of gas nebulae. Laboratory workshop . — Lviv: Publishing center of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2006. — 78 p.

Research

Main topics of the scientific activity of Department of Astrophysics:

  • Diagnostics and photoionization modelling of the nebular environments (planetary nebulae, HII regions, diffuse ionized gas surrounding the star-forming regions)
  • Internal structure of the compact astrophysical objects (white dwarfs and neutron stars)
  • Structure and evolution of the Universe
  • Stellar atmospheres

All-Ukrainian Student School-Conference «Physics: The Basis of Innovation and Technology»

05.02.2025 | 08:47

On February 4-6, 2025, the All-Ukrainian Student School-Conference «Physics: The Basis of Innovation and Technology» was held at the Faculty of Physics of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine).
The conference was held in a mixed format: in person at the Physics Faculty of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and in video conference mode on Zoom.
Within the framework of the school-conference, review lectures and practical classes were held; excursions for future applicants together with teachers of the physics...

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UKRAINE SUMMER SCHOOL

08.01.2025 | 23:07

DESY-Ukraine Summer School 2025 for Ukrainian Students
22 July–11 September 2025
Deadline: 15 February 2025
https://summerstudents.desy.de/ukraine_school
DESY is one of the world’s leading research centers for photon science, particle and astroparticle physics as well as accelerator physics. DESY offers physics students enrolled at a Ukrainian university the opportunity to obtain firsthand research experience at a big international laboratory. Students are invited for an 8-week training period at DESY Hamburg or Zeuthen. This is complemented by a lecture programme.Qualified applicants should have completed three years...

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