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Director: vacat
Vice Director: Andrzej Fuliński
Secretary: Michał Turała
Class III Members
Electronegativity, and in cooperation with the Institute of Physics at the Jagiellonian University issues a journal of international renown, Acta Physica Polonica B.
The Class has initiated the awarding of the Marian Mięsowicz Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of physics. This prize is funded by the Cracow scientific institutes involved with physics; the first prize winner was Władysław Wolter in 1997.
Commissions in Class III
PAU Commission on Astrophysics
Chairman: Kazimierz Grotowski
Vice Chairman: Marek Kutschera
Commission Members
PAU Members:
Prof. dr Andrzej Budzanowski
Prof. dr Wiesław Czyż
Prof. dr Wojciech Dziembowski
Prof. dr Kazimierz Grotowski
Prof. dr Wincenty Kilarski
Prof. dr Józef Smak
Prof. dr Andrzej Staruszkiewicz
Prof. dr Adam Strzałkowski
Commission Members:
Prof. dr Piotr Bizoń
Prof. dr Marek Demiański
Prof. dr Maria Giller
Prof. dr Stanisław Gorgolewski
Prof. dr Stanisław Grzędzielski
Prof. dr Paweł Haensel
Prof. dr Roman Hołyński
Prof. dr Mikołaj Jerzykiewicz
Prof. dr Jerzy Kreiner
Prof. dr Andrzej Kus
Prof. dr hab. Marek Kutschera
Prof. dr Jerzy Machalski
Prof. dr Edward Malec
Prof. dr Józef Masłowski
Prof. dr hab. Michał Ostrowski
Prof. dr Bogdan Rompolt
Prof. dr Konrad Rudnicki
Prof. dr hab. Lech Sokołowski
Prof. dr Kazimierz Stępień
Prof. dr Romuald Tylenda
Prof. Marek Urbanik
This Commission is involved with observational astronomy in the areas of optical electromagnetic radiation of radio waves, infrared, X-rays and gamma rays, detection of loaded particles, and the astronomy of neutrinos. The Commission's interests also extend into the sphere of such fields of physics as the theory of relativity, atomic and molecular optics, nuclear physics, the physics of elementary particles, and the theory of phase transitions.
One of the goals of the Commission's activities is to organize conferences. The first, in June of 1996, was devoted to solar astrophysics, neutron stars, and gamma flashes. The conference materials, published in English with funding from the PAU, bear the title Solar Astrophysics, Structure of Neutron Stars, Gamma Flashes.
The Commission undertakes publication initiatives, whose goal is to provide the Polish market with up-to-date textbooks and monographs. Work has begun on translating into Polish a modern textbook devoted to the structure of the Sun and the stars.
The Commission actively supports educational initiatives associated with astrophysics. Among such initiatives was a master's level area studies program in astrophysics at the Jagiellonian University, established in 1997.
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