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Quantum Control of Gravity with Levitated Mechanics

QuCoM will explore the intricate interplay between quantum mechanics and gravity within a parameter range accessible for cost-effective table-top experiments. The project will achieve this by suspending sub millimetre-sized particles in carefully designed optical and magnetic traps. These suspended particles will then be used to detect gravitational forces in an unprecedented mass regime, opening new avenues in experimental physics. Additionally, QuCoM will investigate the fascinating realm of quantum superpositions, addressing scenarios where such masses are quantum mechanically delocalized in space. Supported by a substantial grant of 2.3 million Euros, the project is poised to address some of the most prominent theoretical proposals that combine quantum physics and gravity in nonstandard ways. By rigorously assessing the limits of validity of these proposals and further constraining the values of their parameters, QuCoM aims to make significant contributions to our understanding of the fundamental principles governing the universe.
QuCoM will explore the intricate interplay between quantum mechanics and gravity within a parameter range accessible for cost-effective table-top experiments. The project will achieve this by suspending sub millimetre-sized particles in carefully designed optical and magnetic traps. These suspended particles will then be used to detect gravitational forces in an unprecedented mass regime, opening new avenues in experimental physics. Additionally, QuCoM will investigate the fascinating realm of quantum superpositions, addressing scenarios where such masses are quantum mechanically delocalized in space. Supported by a substantial grant of 2.3 million Euros, the project is poised to address some of the most prominent theoretical proposals that combine quantum physics and gravity in nonstandard ways. By rigorously assessing the limits of validity of these proposals and further constraining the values of their parameters, QuCoM aims to make significant contributions to our understanding of the fundamental principles governing the universe.
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Our research in published in PRL
Our paper "Measuring Decoherence Due to Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations" published on Physical Review Letters. Vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field vacuum comprise a fundamentally unavoidable environment for a charged particle.…
23/7/2025 – 25/7/2025 – A look at the interface between gravity and quantum theory – 2025 edition
Hotel Marcora - San Vito di Cadore, IT 23/7/2025 - 25/7/2025 The third edition of workshop will gather young researchers working on topics at the interface between gravity and quantum…
Probing Quantum Collapse with Rotational Dynamics
Event: 15th annual conference on Relativistic Quantum Information (North) Speaker: Davide Giordano Ario Altamura Place: Università degli studi Federico II Napoli Date: 23 June 2025
About the operational distinction of different unravelings
Event: Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics 2025 Speaker: José Luis Gaona Reyes Place: University of Trieste Date: 18 June 2025

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Napolitano, Fabrizio; Addazi, Andrea; Bassi, Angelo; Bazzi, Massimiliano; Bragadireanu, Mario; Cargnelli, Michael; Clozza, Alberto; Paolis, Luca De; Grande, Raffaele Del; Derakhshani, Maaneli; Donadi, Sandro; Fiorini, Carlo; Guaraldo, Carlo; Iliescu, Mihail; Laubenstein, Matthias; Manti, Simone; Marcianò, Antonino; Marton, Johann; Miliucci, Marco; Milotti, Edoardo; Piscicchia, Kristian; Porcelli, Alessio; Scordo, Alessandro; Sgaramella, Francesco; Sirghi, Diana Laura; Sirghi, Florin; Doce, Oton Vazquez; Zmeskal, Johann; Curceanu, Catalina

Underground Tests of Quantum Mechanics by the VIP Collaboration at Gran Sasso Journal Article

In: Symmetry, vol. 15, no. 2, 2023, ISSN: 2073-8994.

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Zicari, Giorgio; Çakmak, Barış; Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür E; Paternostro, Mauro

On the role of initial coherence in the spin phase-space entropy production rate Journal Article

In: New J. Phys., vol. 25, no. 1, 2023, ISSN: 1367-2630.

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Bassi, Angelo; Dorato, Mauro; Ulbricht, Hendrik

Collapse Models: a theoretical, experimental and philosophical review preprint

2023.

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Gundhi, Anirudh; Bassi, Angelo

Motion of an electron through vacuum fluctuations preprint

2023.

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Irene Spagnul
ispagnul@units.it
Department of Physics
University of Trieste

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Horizon Europe Programme under GA 101046973

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