Zhejiang Institute of Modern Physics (

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: 浙江大學近代物理中心,

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: 浙江近代物理中心) is a research center for

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. It is part of the

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the n ...

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Introduction

The institute was formally founded in 1991, due to the encouragement of American

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Tsung-Dao Lee Tsung-Dao Lee (; born November 24, 1926) is a Chinese-American physicist, known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton star ...

and current President of

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Lu Yongxiang, both of whom are

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. Tsung-Dao Lee was named the first

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of the institute. The prominent leader

Chen Yun Chen Yun (, pronounced ; 13 June 1905 – 10 April 1995) was one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China during the 1980s and 1990s and one of the major architects and important policy makers for the Reform and op ...

also wrote (in calligraphy) the name for the institute.http://zimp.zju.edu.cn
/ref> The facility is located on the hill of the Lingfeng (灵峰), and in the Yuquan Campus. It has a construction area of 1,000 m². The Institute focuses on the study of quantum field theory, string theory, and

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. Current researchers including Mr. Xiaowei TANG (唐孝威, academician of CAS) also perform interdisciplinary studies of

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. The institute is coupled closely with the Department of Physics of Zhejiang University.

References

Zhejiang Institute of Modern Physics (English Homepage)
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