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G. Ye. Chikovani 
G A. Chilashvili 
R. Kazarov 
G R. Khutsishvili 
Yu. G. Mamaladze 
V. I. Mamaskhlisov, Academician (Georgian S.S.R.) 
Ze Manyavidze 
S. G. Matinyan 
V. A. Mikhaylov 
M. Ye. Perei'man 
N. N. Roynishvili 
N. L. Tsintsadze 
Description: 
The Georgian Institute of Physics is large, and its fields of study 
are varied. For many years, cosmic-ray studies have been conducted at the 
Institute’s Mount El'brus Station, and in 1960, additional facilities for 
this work were made available in the new station at Tskhra-Tskaro Pass. 
Facilities at this new station include a 1,000-ton magnet which sets up a 
field with a volume of 6 cubic meters. In November, 1959, the main institute 
put into operation a nuclear reactor, which is used by scientists from 
various republics in Transcaucasia. The Institute has a Laboratory of the 
Physics of Low Temperatures, which has done work on liquid helium, super- 
fluidity, and surface conductivity at low temperatures. The research 
activities of the Institute also include plasma physics, ion beams, magneto- 
hydrodynamics, and the physics of ferromagnetic materials. Some of the 
research effort is directed toward the design and development of instrumenta- 
tion, such as a spark chamber which uses an electric spark in a neon atmo- 
sphere to trace the paths of high-energy particles. 
The Institute publishes a Trudy at various times throughout the 
year. 
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Name: Institute of Physics 
(Institut fiziki) 
Address: Riga 
Director: I. M. Kirko, Corresponding Academician (Latvian S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: V. Ya. Veldre (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Latvian S.S.R. (1961) 
