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NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)
Press release 19.06.2021

RUDOLF MURADIAN’S 85TH ANNIVERSARY

On 19 June, a well-known Armenian physicist, BAO former researcher Prof. Rudolf Muradian celebrated his 85th anniversary. Though he is a physicist-theorist, he has a significant contribution in the solution of astrophysical problems.

Rudolf Murad Muradian was born on June 19, 1936 in Yerevan. He graduated from the Moscow State University in 1959. In 1962, he successfully defended the candidate thesis in the field of physical-mathematical sciences. In 1962-1979, he worked at the United Institute of Nuclear Researches (Dubna, former USSR) (since 1966, as a senior scientist). In 1970, he defended the doctorate thesis in the field of physical-mathematical sciences and was awarded a title of professor. In 1979-1986, he was the Head of the Department of Radiation Researches of Yerevan Physics Institute. In 1984-1995, he worked as a leading scientist at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO). Then he left for Brazil and worked at the Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Baya.

Muradian’s work refers to the problem of the theory of elementary particles, the large-scale structure of the Universe, cosmology, the theory of superdense matter, cosmogony and mathematical physics. He examined questions of higher symmetry of elementary particles. Proceeding from the properties of interactions of elementary particles, he proposed the hypothesis of scale invariance in the physics of high energy, which the so-called formula of quark account particularly results from. He discussed the origin of stars, galaxies and the Universe from the primary hadron, as well as the connection between the origin of rotation in the Universe and the superdense Universe, as well as between the cosmological constant and the rotation of the Universe. The hypothesis of cosmogony proposed by Muradian, connected with Viktor Ambartsumian’s theory of cosmogony, allows to explain the origin of rotation of cosmic objects quantitatively, relying on the connection existing between the moment and the mass of the rotation known in the physics of elementary particles. As a result of the mentioned works, Muradian published more than 100 scientific papers, some in international high-ranked journals of physics and astrophysics. Muradian is a Lenin prize winner (1988), a member of the Academy of Vatican (Pontificia Academia) since 1994, and an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) since in 1996.

Meline Asryan