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UFN, 2021 Volume 191, Number 5, Pages 449–474 (Mi ufn6998)

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100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ANDREI DMITRIEVICH SAKHAROV

Andrei Sakharov's research work and modern physics

B. L. Altshuler

Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: We follow the work carried out by Andrei Sakharov in both research and engineering, from the first domestic thermonuclear charges to fundamental physics. We emphasize the current status of the research fields recognized to have originated in Sakharov's work: controlled fusion, magnetic cumulation and magnetic explosion generators, induced gravity, cosmological ‘Sakharov’ (baryonic acoustic) oscillations, and baryon asymmetry of the Universe. Another subject that unexpectedly gained momentum in the 21st century is the model of a pulsating universe, which was among Sakharov's ideas. Other subjects that were dear to him, such as quantum cosmology and the anthropic principle, are also currently at the forefront of science.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 04.50.-h, 52.55.-s, 98.80.-k

Received: January 5, 2021
Revised: February 22, 2021
Accepted: February 26, 2021

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2021.02.038946


 English version:
Physics–Uspekhi, 2021, 64:5, 427–451

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