Theoretical physics

The theory group focuses on the study of the theory and phenomenology of fundamental interactions. The main research areas include gravity and cosmology, accelerator and astroparticle phenomenology, nuclear physics, quantum field theory and string theory, statistical and quantum physics.

The major quantum gravity problems under investigation include the origin and dynamics of the primordial universe, black holes, dark matter and dark energy. The study of particle interactions at the energy or intensity frontier at accelerators aims to understand the origin of neutrino masses and the matter-antimatter asymmetry, the possibility of new physics beyond the electroweak scale, the phases of strong interactions and nuclear systems. The main research lines in fundamental physics involve non-perturbative aspects of quantum field theory, the dynamics of supersymmetric theories and the connection between string theory and low-energy phenomenology. These are investigated using renormalization group techniques, integrability, duality, generalized symmetries, branes and extra dimensions. The study of many-body quantum systems relies on numerical simulations and modern techniques in statistical field theory. Studies of quantum information and computation are pursued alongside experimental manipulations of atomic structures.

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Roberto Balbinot

Associate Professor

Tommaso Bambagiotti

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

keywords: Black hole physics, Quantum field theories in curved spaces, Renormalisation techniques in curved spaces

Fiorenzo Bastianelli

Associate Professor

keywords: quantum field theory and string theory, path integrals, worldline formalism

Matteo Becchetti

Research fellow

keywords: Theoretical particle physics, Phenomenology of fundamental interactions

Pietro Bovini

PhD Student

keywords: Quantum Many Body Systems, Ultracold atomic gases

Ilaria Brivio

Associate Professor

Marko Brnovic

PhD Student

Research fellow

Luca Brunelli

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

keywords: String Theory, String Phenomenology, QFT, 4d Supersymmetric EFTs, Cosmology

Dhimiter Canko

Research fellow

keywords: Phenomenology of fundamental interactions, Theoretical particle physics, Precision Physics

Luca Caraffi

PhD Student

keywords: String Cosmology, String Phenomenology, String Inflation, String Compactifications

Roberto Casadio

Full Professor

keywords: Black holes, Cosmology, Quantum theories of gravitation, Quantum field theory

Michele Cicoli

Full Professor

keywords: String phenomenology, String cosmology

Andrea Giovanni De Marchi

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Elisa Ercolessi

Associate Professor

keywords: Quantum many body systems, Phase transitions, Entanglement, Quantum information, Quantum Computation

Max Joseph Fahn

Research fellow

keywords: Decoherence, Open Quantum Systems, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information, Black Holes, Theoretical Neutrino Physics

Filippo Fecit

PhD Student

Paolo Finelli

Associate Professor

keywords: Hypernuclei, Nuclear parity violation, In-medium chiral dynamics, Exotic nuclei structure, Nuclear mean field model,

Andrea Giusti

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Mathematical Physics, Gravitational Physics

Matteo Grotti

PhD Student

keywords: Theoretical Physics, Quantum Computing, Quantum Many Body Theory

Alexandr Kamenchtchik

Full Professor

keywords: quantum theory, cosmology, gravity

David Aram Korbany

PhD Student

Vittorio Larotonda

PhD Student

keywords: String Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Symmetries, Anomalies

Ling Lin

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: quantum field theory, quantum gravity, string theory, symmetries

Michele Lucente

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Fabio Maltoni

Full Professor

keywords: phenomenology fundamental interactions particles accelerators collider

Xabier Marcano Imaz

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Particle Physics, Neutrinos, Effective Field Theory

Riccardo Martini

Research fellow

Michele Mazzoni

Research fellow

keywords: One-dimensional integrable systems, Quantum many-body Physics, Quantum information and Entanglement, 2D Conformal Field

Simone Meoni

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Elina Merkel

PhD Student

Olimpia Miniati

PhD Student

Jacopo Nava

PhD Student

keywords: Beyond the Standard Model Physics, Neutrinos

Francesco Olivi

PhD Student

keywords: supersymmetric gauge theories, Integrable models, Conformal field theories, Black hole's perturbation theory

Silvia Pascoli

Full Professor

keywords: Neutrinos, Astroparticle physics

Laura Pecorari

PhD Student

keywords: Quantum computing, Rydberg atoms

Tiziano Peraro

Associate Professor

keywords: Phenomenology of fundamental interactions, Theoretical particle physics

Polina Petriakova

PhD Student

keywords: Quantum field theory in curved space, stochastic approach, non-perturbative effects

Pierbiagio Pieri

Associate Professor

keywords: Quantum many-body systems, Ultracold atomic gases, Superconductivity, Superfluidity, BCS-BEC crossover

Lorenzo Piroli

Associate Professor

keywords: Quantum many-body physics, Quantum information theory, Statistical field theory

Francesco Pirolo

PhD Student

keywords: Quantum many-body physics, Spin-polarized fermionic systems, Condensed matter, Exotic superconducting states,

Leonardo Pisani

Adjunct professor

Research fellow

keywords: Ultacold Quantum Gases, Quantum Many-Body Theory, Condensed Matter Theory, Superfluidity and Superconductivity, BCS-BEC

Theoretical physics

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