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Nikolay Dikansky

Nikolay Dikansky is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nikolay Dikansky rather than just read about it. In short: Nikolay Sergeevich Dikansky (Russian: Николай Сергеевич Диканский; born 30 July 1941) — is a Russian/Soviet physicist, a scientist in the fields of accelerator physics and particle accelerators, the head of the laboratory in Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, since 2011 academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, the chancellor of Novosibirsk State University (20 November 1997 – 30 July 2007). Nikolay Dikansky was…

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Reference excerpt

Nikolay Sergeevich Dikansky (Russian: Николай Сергеевич Диканский; born 30 July 1941) — is a Russian/Soviet physicist, a scientist in the fields of accelerator physics and particle accelerators, the head of the laboratory in Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, since 2011 academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, the chancellor of Novosibirsk State University (20 November 1997 – 30 July 2007). Nikolay Dikansky was born in 1941 in Dymytrov city (nowadays Myrnohrad) of Donetsk Oblast. In 1964 he graduated from Physical Department of Novosibirsk State University and continued his postgraduate studies in Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. Since 1962 he has been a laboratory assistant in the same institute. In 1976 Nikolay Dikansky defended his Ph.D. thesis and created the laboratory which he still in the charge of. Nowadays he is the senior staff scientist of Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. His main achievements are connected with the first in the world experiments of proton beams` electronic cooling in storage rings. He is the professor of Novosibirsk State University since 1981, dean of the Physical Department (1982-1990). Nikolay Dikansky is married and has two children.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nikolay Dikansky

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Nikolay Dikansky claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nikolay Dikansky before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nikolay Dikansky ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nikolay Dikansky

In research: Nikolay Dikansky appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nikolay Dikansky in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nikolay Dikansky is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1941 births, 20th-century Russian physicists, Academic staff of Novosibirsk State University, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nikolay Dikansky outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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