RESEARCH GROUPS WHICH COLLABORATE AND ARE HOSTED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
OF PHYSICS: INFN - INFM - CNR
Teaching-and-research staff of the Department of Physics.......60
Research staff.................................................22
Research staff of Institutions hosted at the Department........50
THE PH.D. PROGRAM IN ITALY STARTED IN 1983
PHYSICS PH.D CURRICULA IN PISA.....................NUMBER OF THESIS
1- Theoretical Physics.....................................23
2- High Energy Physics.....................................27
3- Atomic, Molecular and Solid State Physics...............13
4- Astrophysics.............................................0
RESEARCH FACILITIES:
1. LABORATORIES
1.1 Laboratories of the Department of physics
5 laboratories for atomic and molecular physics (laser) 1500 square meters
High energy physics laboratory in San Piero a Grado in the outskirts of Pisa 1550 square meters
VIRGO project of INFN (detection of gravitational waves) under construction in Cascina (10 km from Pisa) 1850 square meters + experimental site.
1.2 Laboratories of research institutions in Pisa which collaborate with the Department of Physics:
IFAM Laboratory (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare) of CNR
Biophysics Laboratory of CNR
2. COMPUTING FACILITIES IN PISA
2.1 Computing facilities of the Department of Physics and Pisa branch of INFN:
1 APE supercomputer with 8 nodes
4 APE-QUADRIX supercomputers with 128 nodes
1 APE-TOWER supercomputer with 512 nodes
1 IBM SP2 with 4 nodes
net of 20 workstations
net of 60 workstations in San Piero a Grado
1 IBM Risc 6000 mod.990
1 ALPHA Server 1000
1 S400 IBM
2.2 Computing facilities of research institutions in Pisa which collaborate with the Department of Physics:
1 IBM SP2 at CNUCE (Centro Nazionale di Calcolo Elettronico) of CNR
1 N-CUBE at CNUCE (Centro Nazionale di Calcolo Elettronico) of CNR
1 CRAY YMP at ENEL of Pisa
Number of publications of the Department of Physics
1993 335
1994 371
1995 303
SOME STATISTICAL DATA
Entrance exam
Academic year.................91-92..92-93..93-94..94-95..95-96..96-97
Ph.D. positions available.......11.....10.....10.....11.....10.....10
Number of applicants...........117....156....230....289....338....304
Showing up at the written exam..63.....77....104....110....123....131
Selected for the oral exam......25.....22.....20.....32.....35.....30
Not assigned positions...........0......0......0......0......0
Number of publications of of Ph.D. student which started the Ph.D. training in 1991: 168
Number of publications of of Ph.D. student which started the Ph.D. training in 1992: 164
Last revised: 19 December 1996