Radiophysical Research Institute

Radio telescope RT-15-2 of radio-astronomical station «Zimenki»

The Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI), based in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, is a research institute that conducts basic and applied research in the field of radio, radio astronomy, cosmology and radio engineering. It is also known for its work in solar physics, sun-earth physics as well as the related geophysics. It also does outreach for the Russian education system. It was formed in 1956 as the Radiophysical Research Institute of the (Soviet) Ministry of Education and Science.^[1][2][3]

Projects NIRFI

Radiotelescope RT-15-1 astronomical station «Zimenki» NIRFI (May, 2006). Now it is dismantled (it is most likely handed over on scrap metal)

• Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility
• Zimenkovsky radio-astronomical observatory
• Radio telescope - RT-14 laboratories NIRFI Staraya Pustin + two RT-7

References

1. Snegirev, S. D.; Fridman, V. M.; Sheiner, O. A.; Pertzborn, R.; Limaye, S. & Crosby, N. (June 2005). "Role of the Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI) for promoting and teaching science in Russia" (PDF). Advances in Geosciences (European Geosciences Union) 3: 41–46. Bibcode:2005AdG.....3...41S. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
2. P. James; E. Peebles et al. (April 2009). Finding the Big Bang. Cambridge University Press. pp. 296–300. ISBN 9780521519823.
3. Nechaeva, M. B.; Antipenko, A. A.; Dement’Ev, A. F.; Dugin, N. A.; Snegirev, S. D.; Tikhomirov, Yu. V. (2007). "VLBI studies at the Radiophysical Research Institute". Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics 50 (7): 527. Bibcode:2007R&QE...50..527N. doi:10.1007/s11141-007-0047-3. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

External links

• Official site

Further reading

• Braude, S.Y et al., eds. (2012). A Brief History of Radio Astronomy in the USSR. Collection of Scientific Essays Series. Vol. 382. Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 978-94-007-2833-2. 254 pages.