Department of Theoretical Physics

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Address:
12, Drahomanov St.,
Lviv, UA-79005, Ukraine


The Department of Theoretical Physics was founded in 1872. Famous representatives of the scientific school include: Marian Smoluchowski, Stanisław Loria, Leopold Infeld, Wojciech Rubinowicz, Vasyl Milianczuk, Abba Glauberman, Samuil Kaplan, Ihor Yukhnovskii, Mykhailo Senkiv, Roman Gaida, Ihor Stasyuk, Lavrentiy Blazhyevskyi, Ivan Vakarchuk, Volodymyr Tkachuk.

Presently, the Department for Theoretical Physics conducts research in the following scientific fields: quantum information, quantum computers and quantum programming, quantum statistical physics, physical systems in quantized space, supersymmetry in quantum mechanics, classical inhomogeneous systems, history and philosophy of science, interdisciplinary studies.

The department organizes the annual scientific conference “Christmas Discussions” (January) and the Workshop on Current Problems in Physics (Zielona Góra, Poland – Lviv). It has links with scientists from Poland, Belgium, Austria, Slovakia, France, India.

Employees

ChairpersonVolodymyr TkachukChairperson
ProfessorKhrystyna GnatenkoProfessor
ProfessorAndrij RovenchakProfessor
Associate ProfessorOrest HryhorchakAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorAndrij KuzmakAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorVolodymyr PastukhovAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorMykola SamarAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorMykola StetskoAssociate Professor
LecturerYuri KrynytskyiLecturer
1st Category EngineerOlena Kiktyeva1st Category Engineer
Postgraduate StudentRostyslav KolesnykPostgraduate Student
Postgraduate StudentAnastasiia KryzhovaPostgraduate Student
Postgraduate StudentBohdana SobkoPostgraduate Student
Postgraduate StudentNataliia SusulovskaPostgraduate Student
Postgraduate StudentSviatoslav TymykPostgraduate Student

Lecturers' schedule



Teaching materials

Textbooks and Manuals

Mathematical disciplines:


Physical disciplines (bachelor level):


Physical disciplines (master level):


  • Supersymmetry in Quantum Mechanics
    ► V. M. Tkachuk, Supersymmetry in Quantum Mechanics (Текст лекцій) Lviv: Lviv University Press, 1993. 67 pages.
    pdf (18 Mb)   djvu (3 Mb)
  • Operator Methods of Theoretical Physics
    ► L. F. Blazhyevskyi, Operator Methods of Quantum Theory. Lviv: Lviv University Press, 1993. 64 pages.

Research

Articles

Research topics

Quantum statistical physics

  • Quantum liquids
  • Weakly-interacting Bose-systems
  • Fractional statistics

Physical systems in the quantized space

  • One-particle classical and quantum systems in the space with deformed Heisenberg algebra
  • Quantum systems with a position-dependent mass
  • Many-particle problems
  • Equivalence principle
  • Relativistic systems
  • Symmetries: Galilean and Lorentz transformations
  • Black holes

Supersymmetry in quantum mechanics

  • Exactly and quasiexactly solvable problems
  • Quantum-mechanical systems possessing supersymmetry
  • Quantum systems with a position-dependent mass
  • Quantum-mechanical analogy and supersymmetry in waveguides

Quantum information

  • Quantum brachistochrone
  • Generation of quantum states
  • Quantum topological phases
  • Entanglement of quantum states

Other topics

  • Classical inhomogenous systems
  • Weakly-relativistic statistical mechanics
  • Potential models of hadrons
  • History and philosophy of science
  • Interdisciplinary studies

New opportunities for students of the OP «Quantum Computers and Quantum Programming»

24.07.2026 | 19:37

Learn more about the new opportunities for students of the Quantum Computers and Quantum Programming study program created by the international European Quantum Academy project in Zaxid.net.
We invite you to join our program! Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is a partner in the European Quantum Academy project, an international initiative selected for funding by the European Commission in the 2026 call. The project consortium brings together 73 universities and research institutions, along with more than 100 partner organizations from...

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Scientists of the Faculty of Physics participated in the XIII International Scientific Conference «Relaxed, Nonlinear and Acoustic Optical Processes and Materils»

23.06.2026 | 10:36

The following spoke at the plenary sessions:

Stadnyk V.Yo «Comparative Analysis of the Dielectric Parameters of Chlorozincate Group Crystals».
Rudysh M.Ya.«Electronic structure and properties of crystals of the А2ВХ4 group».
N.Popilovsky «Formation Al-Cu-Ni gradint alloys via selective laser milting».

The poster presentations were attended by professor Brezvin R.S, professor Mudry S.I, professor Shtablavyi I.I., associate professor Shchepanskyi P.A., postgraduate students Larchenko A., postgraduate students Markevych O., postgraduate students Vatamanyuk R.

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