- Calculation of radiation corrections of quantum chromodynamics
- Theoretical description of the formation of multijets, the most frequent final states of high-energy particle collisions
- Development of devices for the Compact Muon Solenoid detector system planned for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
- Radiation hardness tests of electronic components for particle physics and space research
- Study of possible CPT violation (i.e., whether physical laws are perfectly invariant under a combined transformation of charge conjugation, space reflection and time reversal) at the Antiproton Decelerator of CERN in the framework of ASACUSA collaboration
Nuclear Physics
- Study of quantum mechanical systems showing PT symmetry (symmetry under the combined transformation of space reflection and time reversal)
- Interpretation of the binding energy systematics of nuclei on the basis of symmetry considerations
- Clusterization of nucleons in nuclei and the interpretation of related modes of exotic decay
- Description of nuclei close to the nucleon drip lines
- Study of the properties of resonance states and their applications to decaying and weakly bound nuclear states
- Approximate and (in principle) exact description of few-body systems
- Study of elongated nuclear states with length-to-thickness ratio 3:1 (hyperdeformed states)
- Measurements for the difference of the neutron and proton distributions of heavy nuclei and for the symmetry energy of nuclear matter
- Investigation of triaxiality of nuclei in high-spin-state experiments
- Study of shell closure in the nuclei around 100Sn
- Experimental investigation of the nuclear aspects of astrophysical problems
- Study of reactions of the solar neutrino problem in other laboratories using radioactive isotopes produced by the cyclotron of Atomki
- Study of exotic nuclei by means of the radioactive ion beam separator of RIKEN in Japan
- Measurement, systematization and interpretation of nuclear reaction data for the International Atomic Energy Agency
- New methods for the production of radioactive isotopes used for PET examinations
- Application of the thin-layer activation method for wear measurements
Atomic Physics
- Study of the acceleration mechanism of high-energy electrons emitted in ion--atom collisions
- Investigation of the capture of electrons from the target atom to the energy continuum in the field of ionic, atomic, molecular and positronic projectiles
- Study of electron loss in collisions of molecular and atomic projectiles of similar velocities
- Quantum-mechanical and semiclassical description of atomic collision processes
- Analysis of low-energy photoionization with electron spectrometers installed on X-ray beams of synchrotrons
- Production of carbon plasmas of new types and carbon beams in the electron-cyclotron-resonance (ECR) heavy-ion source
- Investigation of the properties of strongly ionized plasmas by detection of the emitted electromagnetic radiation
- Study of the interaction of highly charged ions and microcapillary surfaces
Physics of Solids and Surfaces, Materials Science and Statistical Physics
- Examination of the effects of the atomic environment on the Auger transitions and study of electron scattering in solids by means of electron spectroscopy
- Investigation of the properties of magnetic vortex lattices in high-temperature superconductors
- Study of magnetic, diffusion and optical properties of nanostructures
- Study of pattern formation and optimization problems of statistical physics
Detection and Signal Processing Technique
- Research and development of nuclear radiation detectors
- Investigation of the mechanisms of the widening of photon spectra of semiconductor detectors
- Search for new methods for analogue and digital processing of signals of nuclear detectors
- Development of electronic devices for medical and pharmaceutical research and for university teaching
Ion Beam Analysis
- Research in geology, environmental and materials sciences, biology and archaeology with the methods of ion-beam analysis (proton-induced X-ray emission analysis, Rutherford backscattering, nuclear reaction analysis etc.)
- Proton Beam Micromachining
Environmental Analysis and Chronology
- Study of the vulnerability of aquifers, of the influence of nuclear facilities on the environment and of climate and vegetation history with mass spectrometry and the radiocarbon method
- Geochronological research with the K/Ar method
- Investigation of the propagation of natural radon in the natural environment and in buildings
- Development of measurement techniques with new, high-sensitivity plastic track detectors and their application in dosimetry
Radiochemistry
- Study of the synthesis of pharmaceuticals labelled with on-site produced radioisotopes for single photon (SPECT) and positron emission (PET) tomography