Outreach
Public lectures, mini-courses and videos on modern physics for a broad audience. A title opens the material; the other formats are next to it. The materials are in Russian unless marked EN.
In a Nutshell
Short 5–10 minute modules: one physics question and one clear answer.
- What is matter?Slides
- How did we learn about atoms?Slides
- What is an atom?Slides
- What is inside the atomic nucleus?Slides
Neutrino Telescopes
The Universe seen with neutrinos: how high-energy neutrinos are caught and what they have told us about galaxies.
- Neutrino Telescopes: Principles, Results, and ProspectsENplenary talkSlides30 min
- How to catch a neutrino from a distant galaxyfor studentsSlides
- Why do we need neutrino telescopes?AstrofestPDF
- A telescope under the iceonline lecture · 2025Video
Modern Physics Without Formulas
Spacetime, quantum fields, the Standard Model and the search for new physics.
The Birth and Life of the Universe
The hot beginning, the first light, stars, galaxies, the Earth and the far future. The BBN game: find the parameters of primordial nucleosynthesis yourself.
SlidesGameWhat is a particle in quantum field theory?
Wave or point: scattering of a quantum wave on two targets; the applet is inside the slides.
SlidesBlack holes: remarkable objects in the Universe
A popular lecture on the physics of black holes.
PDFVideoShort Videos
The discovery of the neutrino, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics and a demonstration experiment.
Conference and seminar talks: the Talks page.