Congratulations to Viktor Abazov on his 80th birthday!
He has been productively working at the laboratory for more than fifty-five years. In 1970, after graduating from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Viktor Mukhamedovich began his scientific career in the DLNP Sector of Medical Beam, first as an engineer, then as a senior engineer, head of a group, and since 2014 he has been working as a researcher.
This fruitful period has been marked by the following important achievements: calculation of the dose field for patient irradiation with a proton beam; commissioning of a proton irradiation facility and creation of software for computer‑automated control of the irradiation process for patients with esophageal cancer; construction of a 32‑channel X‑ray tomograph to automate concentrating of the tumor center on the proton beam axis and maintain its position during irradiation; development of a narrow proton beam for automated scanning of intracranial targets; creation of a high‑intensity pion beam, on which the world’s first direct measurements of the radiobiological parameters of pions were performed.
The next important stage involved physical research using a solenoidal magnetic spectrometer with a large solid‑angle acceptance: experiments on searching for high‑spin isomeric states of nuclei (pion beam) and measuring the muonium‑antimuonium conversion probability (muon beam).
Starting from 1996, Viktor Mukhamedovich actively engaged in research and development of wire detectors. Notable work in this area includes: manufacturing narrow‑gap proportional chambers and drift detectors for the ANKE‑COSY collaboration; participation in the production, testing, installation and commissioning of large muon detectors in the COMPASS and D0 experiments, as well as in the preparation of the muon system project for the PANDA facility.
Currently, he is actively involved in the development of the muon system for the future SPD/NICA experiment, serving as one of the key experts in the mini‑drift tube technique and technology of its mass‑production.
Viktor Mukhamedovich is a highly qualified experimental physicist, co‑author of over 450 scientific publications in peer‑reviewed journals. V. M. Abazov is a veteran of the nuclear industry and a veteran of labor, winner of the JINR First Prize for Young Scientists in 1977, the JINR Incentive Prize in 1994, the JINR Second Prize in 2009, and he has also been awarded the Bronze Medal of the VDNKh.
We congratulate Viktor Mukhamedovich on his 80th birthday and wish him good health, happiness, prosperity, and success in his work!
