Hun-Ren Wigner Fizikai Kutatóközpont

The HUN-REN Wigner Physics Research Center (HUN-REN Wigner FK) was established on January 1, 2012 by the merger of the former MTA KFKI Particle and Nuclear Physics Research Institute and the former MTA Solid State Physics and Optics Research Institute. It is currently the largest physics research center of the Hungarian Research Network and the Excellence Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Since 2013, the world-class Wigner Data Center has been operating as part of the Research Center.

Our researchers investigate the world's most diverse physical problems, from the study of very small particles to the physics of outer space, from theoretical problems to applied research. The mission of the HUN-REN Wigner Physics Research Center is to conduct exploratory experimental physics research with domestic and foreign research facilities, coordinate Hungarian efforts in international research, and achieve outstanding results in the field of theoretical research.

In the course of realizing its mission, the HUN-REN Wigner Physics Research Center deals with the following main scientific fields as research activities: quantum technology, experimental and theoretical particle physics, nuclear physics, general relativity and gravitation, fusion plasma physics, space physics, nuclear materials science, experimental and theoretical solid state physics, statistical physics, atomic physics, optics and materials science.

Research is currently taking place in about 40 research groups at our Research Center, which operate within the framework of two institutes, the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics and the Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics.

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