Vladimir Evgenevich Fortov (January 23, 1946–November 29, 2020)

Plasma physics has lost one of its most prominent and influential representatives, Vladimir Evgenevich Fortov, who passed away on November 29 after a short severe illness. Vladimir Fortov was highly recognized in the scientific community. He is author and co‐author of more than 900 scientific papers and 30 monographs, which demonstrates his enormous impact on the field. He received numerous awards for his outstanding work, among them the prestigious Bridgman Prize in high‐pressure physics, the Hannes Alfvén Prize in plasma physics, the Max‐Planck award for physics, and the George E. Duvall Shock Compression Science Award of the APS. He holds honorary doctorates from 10 universities, including the universities in Rostock (2006) and Frankfurt (2010).

Vladimir Fortov made major contributions to the field of plasma physics and matter at high pressure. He developed many original experimental methods, including compression by shock waves and detonation waves and pneumatic and electrodynamic accelerators, as well as compression with lasers and electron and ion beams. He performed in‐depth studies of the thermodynamic, transport, and chemical properties of dense non‐ideal plasmas, including many studies of the metal–insulator transition. Moreover, he was actively engaged in the research on dusty plasmas and astrophysics, including research on the International Space Station (ISS).

Vladimir Fortov was director of several institutes of the former Soviet Academy of Sciences and, later, of the Russian Academy, particularly of the Joint Institute of High Temperatures in Moscow. In the 1980s, he initiated a close collaboration between institutes in the former Soviet Union and the former German Democratic Republic in the field of “Energetics.” Particularly close collaborations emerged with the universities in Rostock, Greifswald, and the Humboldt University Berlin. It is largely due to Fortov that this programme could be continued very successfully on a much broader topical scale after 1990 between Russia and Germany, now extending to additional universities such as Frankfurt and Kiel and also to various Helmholtz Centers and Max Planck Institutes. Vladimir Fortov was one of the founders of the conference series on the “Physics of Nonideal Plasmas (PNP),” which started in 1980. This conference series is still active today, serving as a platform for intense discussion on fundamental physical problems in the field of dense non‐ideal plasmas and promoting an intense collaboration between experimental and theoretical groups. One of the highlights in this series was the 13th PNP conference organized by Vladimir Fortov and colleagues in Chernogolovka in Russia in 2009.

Aside from scientific excellence, Vladimir Fortov was active in the support of science in Russia, and he was willing to take over political duties, particularly during the difficult 1990s. He served as Minister for Science and Technology in 1997–1998 and was Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation in 1996–1997. Furthermore, Vladimir Fortov was Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1996 to 2001 and President of the Academy in 2013 to 2017. For many years, Vladimir Fortov served as Deputy Head and Head of the National Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO Affairs. For his service, he was awarded the Einstein Gold Medal of UNESCO for Achievements in Science and International Collaboration in 2005.

Vladimir Fortov's scientific ideas have been picked up by many and will continue to live on in the non‐ideal plasma physics community. We express our sincere condolences to the family of Vladimir E. Fortov and to our Russian plasma physics colleagues.

Michael Bonitz and Ronald Redmer, January 2021,

for the German Nonideal Plasma Physics community:

Vincent Bagnoud, Mandy Bethkenhagen, David Blaschke, Rudolf Bock, Thomas Bornath, Tobias Dornheim, Werner Ebeling, Alexey Filinov, Andreas Förster, Martin French, Dirk Gericke, Dieter Hoffmann, Hauke Juranek, Hanno Kählert, Klaus Kilimann, Wolf‐Dietrich Kraeft, Dominik Kraus, Patrick Ludwig, Paul Neumayer, Heidi Reinholz, Gerd Röpke, Olga Rosmej, Markus Roth, Roland Sauerbrey, Manfred Schlanges, Naeem Tahir, Thomas Tschentscher, Dmitry Varentsov, and Jan Vorberger.

弗拉基米尔（Vladimir Evgenevich）Fortov（1946年1月23日至2020年11月29日）

等离子体物理学已经失去了其最杰出和最有影响力的代表之一，弗拉基米尔·埃夫吉涅维奇·福托夫（Vladimir Evgenevich Fortov），他在短暂的严重疾病后于11月29日去世。弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）在科学界得到高度认可。他是900余篇科学论文和30部专着的作者和合著者，这显示了他对该领域的巨大影响。他因出色的工作而获得了无数奖项，其中包括享有声望的布里奇曼高压物理学奖，汉尼斯·阿尔夫芬等离子体物理学奖，麦克斯-普朗克物理学奖以及APS的乔治·E·杜瓦尔冲击压缩科学奖。 。他拥有10所大学的荣誉博士学位，其中包括罗斯托克（2006）和法兰克福（2010）的大学。

弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）为等离子体物理和高压物质领域做出了重大贡献。他开发了许多原始的实验方法，包括通过冲击波和爆震波以及气动和电动加速器进行压缩，以及通过激光以及电子和离子束进行压缩。他对稠密的非理想等离子体的热力学，传输和化学性质进行了深入研究，包括对金属-绝缘体转变的许多研究。此外，他还积极从事尘土等离子体和天体物理学的研究，包括国际空间站（ISS）的研究。

弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）曾任前苏联科学院院士，后来担任俄罗斯科学院院士，尤其是莫斯科高温联合研究所所长。在1980年代，他发起了前苏联和前德意志民主共和国的机构在“能源学”领域的紧密合作。与罗斯托克大学，格赖夫斯瓦尔德大学和柏林洪堡大学的大学之间出现了特别密切的合作。很大程度上是由于Fortov的缘故，该计划可以在1990年之后在俄罗斯和德国之间以非常广泛的主题范围非常成功地继续进行，现在扩展到了其他大学，例如法兰克福大学和基尔大学，还扩展到了各种亥姆霍兹中心和马克斯·普朗克研究所。弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）是1980年开始的“非理想等离子体物理（PNP）物理”会议系列的创始人之一。该会议系列一直活跃到今天，是就该领域基本物理问题进行深入讨论的平台密集的非理想血浆，并促进实验组和理论组之间的紧密合作。该系列的一大亮点是2009年由弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）及其同事在俄罗斯切尔诺戈洛夫卡（Chernogolovka）组织的第13届PNP会议。

除了科学卓越之外，弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）积极支持俄罗斯的科学事业，他愿意接任政治职务，尤其是在1990年代困难时期。他于1997–1998年担任科学和技术部长，并于1996–1997年担任俄罗斯联邦副总理。此外，弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）于1996年至2001年担任俄罗斯科学院副院长，并于2013年至2017年担任该科学院院长。多年来，弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）担任俄罗斯联邦教科文组织事务国家委员会副主任兼负责人。由于他的服务，他于2005年被联合国教科文组织授予爱因斯坦科学和国际合作金奖。

弗拉基米尔·福尔托夫（Vladimir Fortov）的科学思想已为许多人所接受，并将继续存在于非理想的等离子体物理学界。我们向弗拉基米尔·E·福托夫（Vladimir E. Fortov）的家人以及我们的俄罗斯等离子体物理学同事表示诚挚的慰问。

迈克尔·博尼兹（Michael Bonitz）和罗纳德·雷德默（Ronald Redmer），2021年1月，

针对德国非理想等离子体物理社区：

Vincent Bagnoud，Mandy Bethkenhagen，David Blaschke，Rudolf Bock，Thomas Bornath，Tobias Dornheim，Werner Ebeling，Alexey Filinov，AndreasFörster，Martin French，Dirk Gericke，Dieter Hoffmann，Hauke Juranek，HannoKählert，Klaus Kilimann，Wolf-Diet Dominik Kraus，Patrick Ludwig，Paul Neumayer，Heidi Reinholz，GerdRöpke，Olga Rosmej，Markus Roth，Roland Sauerbrey，Manfred Schlanges，Naeem Tahir，Thomas Tschentscher，Dmitry Varentsov和Jan Vorberger。