Presentation of new book – Advanced Technologies for Cultural Heritage Monitoring and Conservation

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Friday May 17th at 17:00
Sala Maestra
Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia

Presentation of Advanced Technologies for Cultural Heritage Monitoring and Conservation – The Collection of Chigi Palace in Ariccia, Italy (Springer 2024)
Edited by Sofia Ceccarelli, Roberta Fantoni, and Mauro Missori showcasing scientific results at Palazzo Chigi (Ariccia, Rome) from the ADAMO project (Analysis, Diagnostics, and Monitoring), funded by the Lazio Region, as part of the Center of Excellence of the Technological District for Cultural Heritage of Lazio (DTC).… Read the rest

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Seminar by W. Górecki, May 10 at 14:00 in Sala Lauree

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Speaker  Dr. Wojciech Górecki, INFN Sez. Pavia

Title  Quantum metrology of noisy boson systems

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We present a general recipe for deriving bounds on the precision metrology of noisy boson channels, treating both energy and total time as resources. We apply it to a series of examples with both Hamiltonian parameter estimation (frequency, displacement, squeezing) and noise parameter estimation (damping constants and temperature), explaining the relationship between different models in a common framework.… Read the rest

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In the News: il Sole 24 ore reports on Multiparametric MR imaging for the characterization of microstructural damage in the human spinal cord

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Silvia Capuani‘s project Multiparametric MR imaging for the characterization of microstructural damage in the human spinal cord is reported in il Sole 24 ore.… Read the rest

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Optimal Quantum Key Distribution Networks in npj Quantum information

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ISC researchers C. Castellano, V.Brosco and L. Pilozzi coauthored an interesting work published in npj quantum information.

Optimal quantum key distribution networks: capacitance versus security

L. Cirigliano, V.Brosco, C. Castellano, C. Conti, L. Pilozzi,  npj Quantum Information 10, 44 (2024)

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The rate and security of quantum communications between users placed at arbitrary points of a quantum communication network depend on the structure of the network, on its extension and on the nature of the communication channels.

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Meeting ISC-NPU

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On April 24 ISC researchers will meet researchers from  the Chinese Northwestern Polytechnical University at the ISC headquarter in Via dei Taurini, 19. Below you can find the final program of the meeting

 

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Multiparametric MR imaging for the characterization of microstructural damage in the human spinal cord

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Multiparametric MR imaging for the characterization of microstructural damage in the human spinal cord

Founding Body: Ministry of Health – NextGenerationEU: PNRR M6/C2 2023
Total grant: € 1M *
Principal Investigators: Silvia Capuani CNR-ISC (PI) and Michela Fratini of the CNR NANOTEC (Co. PI)
Other participants:
Project duration: 2024-2026
Website:
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Quantum Communication and Sensing in the Microwave Regime

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Roberto Di Candia (Aalto University) and Simone Felicetti (ISC-CNR) are guest editors of a Focus Collection on Communication Physics: https://www.nature.com/collections/eggjjegheg/how-to-submit

Futuristic microchip processor with lights on blue background

Interest in using microwave modes for quantum communication and sensing is surging, driven by their potential applications ranging from fundamental physics to practical use in both quantum and classical technologies.

In basic science, microwave quantum-limited detectors, such as efficient photocounters, are key elements for dark matter search and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics.… Read the rest

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Seminar by S. De Palo, April 4th at 15.00

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 Title: Quasi-one dimensional dipolar bosonic systems: from gas to droplet formation

 Speaker: Stefania De Palo, Researcher, IOM-CNR

 Date & Room: April 4th, h. 15.00 -Sala lauree

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We study a tightly trapped one-dimensional dipolar gas of bosonic atoms for which we derive the equation of state using  a variational approximation based on the Lieb-Liniger gas Bethe ansatz wave function. We test our results by computing the breathing mode after solving the stationary generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation, finding very good agreement with experiments.… Read the rest

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Seminar by M. Brunelli, April 8 at 15:00

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Speaker  Dr. Matteo Brunelli, research fellow at University of Basel

Title  Non-Hermitian topological amplification

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Non-Hermitian (NH) Hamiltonians enable novel topological phases of matter, characterized by unique kinds of degeneracies and extreme sensitivity to changes of boundary conditions—the so-called NH skin effect. Many aspects of NH topological phases are not yet fully understood. As an example, the NH skin effect blurs the separation between edge and bulk states, which determines the breakdown of the bulk-boundary correspondence.… Read the rest

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Job Placement Student Meeting CNR @ Dep. Physics Sapienza

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ISC researcher Barbara Ruzicka presents ISC activities in a meeting with students at the Department of Physics of Sapienza, 14  March 2024.

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Superradiant Thomson scattering from graphite in the extreme ultraviolet on PNAS

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ISC researcher Claudia Fasolato coauthored a research paper, recently published on PNAS, based on experimental work carried out at the free electron laser FERMI, at Elettra Synchrotron, in Trieste. See Superradiant Thomson scattering from graphite in the extreme ultraviolet C. Fasolato, E. Stellino, et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(4), e2221293121 (2024).

Radiation-matter interaction is typically understood through low order perturbation theory, yet this framework falters in exotic environments, such as pulsars, where radiation exists in coherent states with large occupation numbers.… Read the rest

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She Rocks Science! on February 12 2024 @ Sapienza

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12 Febbraio 2024 – She Rocks Science! – Evento in occasione dell’International Day of Girls and Women in Science

In occasione della giornata internazionale delle donne nella scienza, che si celebra tutti gli anni l’11 Febbraio, il Dipartimento di Fisica, in collaborazione con gli Enti di ricerca attivi nel dipartimento (CNR, INFN, INAF, IIT), organizza un evento di formazione, divulgazione e networking aperto al corpo docente e studentesco.L’evento… Read the rest

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6th European Workshop on Epitaxial Graphene and 2D Materials

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The 6th European Workshop on Epitaxial Graphene and 2D Materials organized by Elettra – Trieste (Silvano Lizzit) and ISC (Rosanna Larciprete) will be held in Trieste (Italy) from the 14th to 18th of May 2024.… Read the rest

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ERC Proof-of-Concept grant awarded to E. Zaccarelli and S. Sennato

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Two ISC researchers supported to turn their science into practice.

ISC researchers, E. Zaccarelli, S. Sennato in collaboration with I. Viola from CNR – NANOTEC won the ERC Proof-of-Concept grant with their project Microgel-nanoparticles colorimetric sensor for pesticide detection. This financial support will enable them to translate their pioneering research into tangible innovations.

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Long-Lived Higgs Modes in Strongly Correlated Condensates in Physical Review Letters

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ISC-Director José Lorenzana  has recently collaborated on a compelling research work that appeared  in Physical Review Letters. J. Lorenzana and G. Seibold, Long-Lived Higgs Modes in Strongly Correlated Condensates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 026501 (2024).

Condensed matter physics and high-energy physics has cross fertilizing each other for decades. One paradigmatic example is superconductivity, where Anderson’s mechanism giving mass to the Goldstone mode in a superconductor was taken by Higgs to explain mass generation in the

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Superconducting Qubit Based on Twisted Cuprate Van der Waals Heterostructures in Physical Review Letters

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ISC researcher Valentina Brosco coauthored an interesting research proposing a novel superconduting qubit desigm. The work has been selected for an Editor’s Suggestion in Physical Review Letters, see Superconducting Qubit Based on Twisted Cuprate Van der Waals Heterostructures V. Brosco, G. Serpico, V. Vinokur, N. Poccia and U. Vool, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 017003 (2024).

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Van-der-Waals assembly enables the fabrication of novel Josephson junctions featuring an atomically sharp interface between two exfoliated and relatively twisted Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi2212) flakes.

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