Mysteries of diffusion and labyrinths of destiny

The role of prominent Soviet physicist B I Davydov in the development of our understanding of diffusion is briefly reviewed, with emphasis on the ideas he put forward in the 1930s: introducing additional partial derivatives into diffusion equations and extending diffusion concepts to phase space.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 05.20.Dd, 52.25.Dg (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU2003v046n03ABEH001289
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2003/3/d/
Web of Science

000184112900004
Citation: Bakunin O G "Mysteries of diffusion and labyrinths of destiny" Phys. Usp. 46 309–313 (2003)

BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks

Оригинал: Бакунин О Г «Загадки диффузии и лабиринты судьбы» УФН 173 317–321 (2003); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0173.200303d.0317

References (61) Cited by (25) Similar articles (20) ↓

G.A. Goncharov “American and Soviet H-bomb development programmes: historical background” Phys. Usp. 39 1033–1044 (1996)
V.I. Sanyuk, A.D. Sukhanov “Dirac in 20th century physics: a centenary assessment” Phys. Usp. 46 937–956 (2003)
I.A. Shcherbakov “Development history of the laser” Phys. Usp. 54 65–71 (2011)
V.S. Popov “"The host of heaven is far..." (my recollections of Ya B Zeldovich)” Phys. Usp. 57 413–418 (2014)
G.G. Denisov, A.G. Litvak, A.M. Sergeev “Andrey Viktorovich Gaponov-Grekhov: a brief essay on his life and scientific activity (to the 100th anniversary of his birth)” Phys. Usp. 69 621–628 (2026)
O.G. Bakunin “The role of B.B. Kadomtsev’s ideas in shaping the current understanding of turbulent transport” Phys. Usp. 56 1132–1149 (2013)
V.P. Milant’ev “Creation and development of Bohr’s theory (on the 90th anniversary of the Bohr theory of the atom)” Phys. Usp. 47 197–203 (2004)
G.A. Goncharov, L.D. Ryabev “The development of the first Soviet atomic bomb” Phys. Usp. 44 71–93 (2001)
G.I. Marchuk, V.S. Imshennik, M.M. Basko “The physics of a thermonuclear explosion of a normal-density liquefied deuterium sphere (On the impossibility of a spherically symmetric thermonuclear explosion in liquid deuterium at normal density)” Phys. Usp. 52 267–273 (2009)
A.V. Kessenikh “Magnetic resonance: discovery, investigations, and applications” Phys. Usp. 52 695–722 (2009)
Yu.B. Khariton, V.B. Adamskii, Yu.N. Smirnov “On the making of the Soviet hydrogen (thermonuclear) bomb” Phys. Usp. 39 185–189 (1996)
M.A. El’yashevich, N.G. Kembrovskaya, L.M. Tomil’chik “Walter Ritz as a theoretical physicist and his research on the theory of atomic spectra” Phys. Usp. 38 435–455 (1995)
M.V. Vol’kenshtein “Complementarity, physics, and biology” Sov. Phys. Usp. 31 140–150 (1988)
S.M. Stishov “Mysteries of diamond synthesis at the Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union” Phys. Usp. 62 704–710 (2019)
K.N. Mukhin, A.F. Sustavov, V.N. Tikhonov “On the centenary of the Nobel Prize: Russian laureates in physics” Phys. Usp. 46 493–547 (2003)
G.V. Kiselev, V.N. Konev “History of the realization of the thorium regime in the Soviet Atomic Project” Phys. Usp. 50 1259–1282 (2007)
P.P. Lazarev “Historical essay on the 200 years of the development of natural sciences in Russia” Phys. Usp. 42 1247–1257 (1999)
G.V. Kiselev “L D Landau in the Soviet Atomic Project: a documentary study” Phys. Usp. 51 911–954 (2008)
V.P. Milant’ev “Cyclotron autoresonance — 50 years since discovery” Phys. Usp. 56 823–832 (2013)
V.P. Pastukhov “50 years of JETP Letters” Phys. Usp. 58 407–413 (2015)

The list is formed automatically.