Elephter Andronikashvili Institute of Physics

Elephter Andronikashvili headed the institute for almost 40 years and gained international recognition thanks to fundamental experiments in the study of the liquid helium and its properties.

The Institute successfully cooperates with leading universities and research centers in Brazil, Czech Republic, Latvia, Japan, Ukraine.

Scientists at the institute are involved in international projects such as the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN – Switzerland, Geneva).

Under the leadership of Elephter Andronikashvili, the world's first indium-gallium radiation circuit – a powerful source of gamma rays was created at the reactor of the Institute of Physics.

Institute played a leading role in Soviet Union's development of a new direction of studies – low-temperature radiation material science.

With the initiative of the director of the Institute of Physics, Academician Elephter Andronikashvili, the construction of a research nuclear reactor near the village of Mukhatgverdi near Tbilisi began in 1957, and on November 21, 1959 it was opened officially.