Vyacheslav Kuvshinov

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Vyacheslav Kuvshinov (Proskurov, USSR, November 6, 1946 – November 10, 2020, Minsk, Belarus) was a Soviet and Belarusian theoretical physicist, a specialist in nuclear physics, the theory of strong interactions, and the nonlinear dynamics of complex systems. He holds a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1989) and a Professorship (1993). His dissertations cover nonlinear equations of scalar meson electrodynamics, invariant cubic forms for action functionals of gauge models, and hadron correlations in multiple production processes. He developed a theory of nonperturbative fluctuations of the gluon field (instantons) in the nucleus, its compressed and entangled states, conducted the corresponding numerical calculations using the Monte Carlo method, and formulated proposals for the experimental search for these phenomena at the DESY, CERN, and Fermilab accelerators. Together with his students, he generalized the Ginzburg-Landau theory of phase transitions, was the first to describe the correlation properties of a new state of matter—quark-gluon plasma, and predicted a new phenomenon—temperature hysteresis, which can be detected at heavy-ion accelerators. He headed the Laboratory of Strong Interactions (1998-2004), headed the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research "Sosny" (2004-2012), and later headed the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Safety Problems. He was a member of the CMS collaboration at the LHC accelerator, a member of the Coordination Council for Cooperation with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna), and the Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific journal "Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems." He was awarded the F. I. Fedorov Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and prizes from the Academies of Sciences of Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.