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Leonid Poyurovskiy

Centre de Physique Théorique (CPHT)
École Polytechnique
91128 Palaiseau Cedex
France
Tel.: +33-1-6933-4075
Fax.: +33-1-6933-4949
firstname.lastname@cpht.polytechnique.fr

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Research Interests

My current research are concentrated in area of strongly correlated f-electron systems. I am working on the both development of relevant theoretical tools based on the dynamical mean field theory (DMFT), as well as on their applications to real rare-earth and actinide based compounds. I participated in development of the spin-orbit T-matrix and fluctuating exchange approximation (SPTF+SO) quantum impurity solver and its incorporation into ab initio band structure codes. The DMFT technique in conjunction with SPTF+SO solver was then applied to study spectral and magnetic properties of a number of actinide systems: uranium and plutonium monochalcogenides, elemntal plutonium, Pu and U-based superconductors. My current project is aimed at investigation of optical properties of correlated rare-eath compounds.

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Selected Publications


  • Correlation effects in electronic structure of actinide monochalcogenides
    L. V. Pourovskii, M. I. Katsnelson, and A. I. Lichtenstein
    Phys. Rev. B 72, 115106 (2005)

  • Fully relativistic spin-polarized exact muffin-tin-orbital method
    L. V. Pourovskii, A. V. Ruban, L. Vitos, H. Ebert, B. Johansson, and I. A. Abrikosov
    Phys. Rev. B 71, 094415 (2005)

  • Antisite-Defect-Induced Surface Segregation in Ordered NiPt Alloy
    L. V. Pourovskii, A. V. Ruban, B. Johansson, and I. A. Abrikosov
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 026105 (2003)

  • Ab Initio Study of Phase Equilibria in TiCx
    P. A. Korzhavyi, L. V. Pourovskii, H. W. Hugosson, A. V. Ruban, and B. Johansson
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 015505 (2002)

  • Bulk ordering and surface segregation in Ni50Pt50
    L. V. Pourovskii, A. V. Ruban, I. A. Abrikosov, Y. Kh. Vekilov, and B. Johansson
    Phys. Rev. B 64, 035421 (2001)

  • Calculated properties of surface and subsurface nickel monolayers on copper
    L.V. Pourovskii, N.V. Skorodumova, Yu.Kh. Vekilov, B. Johansson, and I.A. Abrikosov
    Surface Science 439, 111 (1999)

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph. D., Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2003.
Diploma Degree, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, Russia, 1998

Research Experience

September 2005 - present
Postdoctoral position (RTN network on f-electron physics), Centre de Physique Théorique, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, in the group of Antoine Georges and "Material design" company, Le Mans, France

August 2003 - August 2005
Postdoctoral position:(RTN network on f-electron physics), University of Nijmegen,Institute for Molecules and Materials, in the group of M. I. Katsnelson, The Netherlands

May 1998 - June 2003
Ph. D. thesis: Ab Initio Simulations of Transition Metal Alloys: Towards the Multiscale Modeling