Proceedings of the PhD Conference [antikvár]

Introduction The mission of the Doctoral School for Physics of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) is to further educate the MSc graduated students of excellence for assuring the supply of future scientists and university professors in the relevant fields of science. The Doctoral School was estabhshed in 1993. The human and infrastructural resources needed for the successful operation of the PhD School are assured mainly by the departments of the Institute of Physics and of the Institute of Nuclear Techniques in the BME. The research group established commonly by the BME and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as well as several scientific research institutes also contribute to the achievement of the goals of the PhD School. A tight connection with the industry assures that our PhD students' knowledge and skills will be also relevant and usable in industrial applications. Based on the statistics of the last five years there are in average 18 new students enrolled in the PhD School for Physics every year. The candidates have to pass an entrance examination. The average time to reach the graduation is about 5,2 years. 149 students have successfully defended their PhD theses and have been awarded with the degree since 1993. As far as the scientific outcome is concerned, the members, supervisors and students of the school have published several hundreds of high ranking journal papers. There are three subprograms in the PhD School for Physics, each of them include several important and wide research areas (listed in parentheses below): • Condensed Matter Physics (Solid State Physics, Material Sciences, Nanoscience, Statistical Physics) • Applied Physics (Optics, Laser Physics, Holography, Surface Physics) • Reactor Physics (Reactor Physics and Thermohydraulics of Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Fusion Diagnostics and Technology, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Nuclear Energy Systems, Application of Nuclear Techniques, Medical Physics) The scientific results reported in this Proceeding have been presented at the annual PhD Conference of the Doctoral School for Physics of the BME on the 22"*" of June 2012. They were achieved in connection with the project „Talent care and cultivation in the scientific workshops of BME" project, and were supported - partly or completely - by the grant TAMOP - 4.2.2.B-10/1-2010-0009.