Kirill Gurov

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Kirill Gurov
Born	(1918-03-06)March 6, 1918 Moscow, Russia
Died	September 29, 1994(1994-09-29) (aged 76)
Nationality	Russia
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	significant contribution to kinetic theory
Scientific career
Fields	theoretical physics, kinetic theory
Institutions	Moscow State University A. A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science (IMMS)
Doctoral advisor	Nikolay Bogolyubov

Kirill Gurov (March 6, 1918, Moscow — September 29, 1994) was a Russian theoretical physicist working in the field of physical kinetics.

Biography

Kirill Gurov was born in Moscow, Russia, in the family of a military officer. In 1936, he was accepted without examinations to the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics in Moscow State University (MSU) and graduated from MSU in 1941, obtaining Diploma with Honour.

In 1944, he started to work in MSU as a PhD student under supervision of Nikolay Bogolyubov on problems of kinetic theory of quantum systems. Since 1954 and until the rest of his life Kirill Gurov worked at the A. A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science (IMMS).

Research

Kirill Gurov and Nikolay Bogolyubov obtained kinetic equations for quantum systems by developing the method of quantum BBGKY hierarchy.

At the IMMS, Kirill Gurov worked on analysis of the diffusion processes and the corresponding phase transitions in alloys. Since the middle of 1970s, he worked on developing materials for space projects, participated in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and studied the effects of zero gravity on material properties.

Books

• Gurov K. P. (1966). Foundations of the Kinetic Theory. Method of N. N. Bogolyubov (in Russian). Moscow: Nauka.

References

• O A Bannykh; et al. (1995). "Kirill Petrovich Gurov (Obituary)". Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk. 38: 565–566. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |last= (help)