A Modern Odyssey: Quantum Gravity meets Quantum Collapse at Atomic and Nuclear physics energy scales in the Cosmic Silence

Europe/Rome
Aula Renzo Leonardi (ECT*)

Aula Renzo Leonardi

ECT*

Strada delle Tabarelle 286, I-38123 Villazzano (Trento)
Angelo Bassi (University of Trieste), Antonino Marciano (Fudan University & INFN), Catalina Curceanu (LNF - INFN Frascati), Kristian Piscicchia (Centro Fermi - Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi), Lajos Diósi (Wigner Research Center for Physics), Laura Baudis (Physics Department at the University of Zurich)
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Which is the connection between quantum physics and general relativity (i.e. gravity)? Despite the various proposed Quantum Gravity theories, it is not yet clear if gravity should indeed be quantized. Actually, there are proposals going in the opposite direction, i.e. to gravitize quantum physics, or even models where gravity is an emergent phenomenon from quantum collapse. At the other side of the spectrum, Quantum Theory itself faces the “measurement problem”, expressed by the Schroedinger’s cat paradox, which received numerous possible solutions, including the collapse models, some of which connected with gravity. We plan to discuss in the framework of our workshop the interplay between Quantum Gravity and Quantum Collapse Models, in particular in relation to nuclear and atomic physics energy scale signatures for experiments in underground laboratories, which, thanks to their extreme precision, can test theories beyond the Standard Model facing the clash between quantum theory and gravity.

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Participants
  • Alexander Bismark
  • Andrea Vinante
  • Antoine Tilloy
  • Antonino Marciano
  • Aurelian Isar
  • Carmine De Rosa
  • Catalina Curceanu
  • Diana Sirghi
  • Fabrizio Piacentini
  • Felix Finster
  • Francesco Artibani
  • Francesco Sgaramella
  • José Luis Gaona Reyes
  • Kristian Piscicchia
  • Lajos Diósi
  • Laria Figurato
  • Lorenzo pettinari
  • Luca De Paolis
  • Michael Wright
  • Nicola Bortolotti
  • Pierluigi BELLI
  • Siddhant Das
  • Simone Manti
  • TEJINDER SINGH
  • ugo moschella