PhD research topics - Cycle XXXV

In this page some PhD topics will be presented. This list is not exhaustive of all the possible research topics the PhD candidate might decide to follow at the Department of Physics or in collaboration with the Resarch institutes. 

• Astrophysics and Cosmology

1. Black hole winds and the baryon life cycle of galaxies
2. Clusters of Galaxies in their Infancy
3. Cosmology with Clusters of Galaxies in the Euclid Era
4. GRB and multi-messenger astrophysics with HERMES
5. Measuring cosmological large-scale structure in the presence of foreground contamination
6. Predicting the clustering of dark matter halos with modified gravity theories
7. Science with ESPRESSO
8. Substructure and environmental effect in G-CAV galaxy clusters
9. The critical role of dust in the cosmic baryon cycle

• Theoretical Physics

1. Clifford algebra in Physics and Complexity
2. Decoherence and Open Quantum Systems
3. Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Collapse Models
4. Interplay between Quantum Theory and Gravity
5. Secure Quantum Communication
6. T-branes in F-theory and 3d supersymmetric field theories

• Nuclear, Subnuclear and Astroparticle Physics

1. Projects of the ALICE group
2. Projects of the ATLAS group
3. Projects of the Belle2 group
4. Projects of the CMS group
5. Projects of the COMPASS group
6. Projects of the High Energy Gamma Ray Astrophysics group
7. Projects of the LIGO/Virgo group
8. n_TOF: accurate measurements of neutron induced cross sections at the CERN neutron time-of-flight facility
9. Dark matter exploration with the GAPS experiment
10. Experimental search for Dark Energy: detection of solar chameleons with an opto-mechanical force sensor at CAST
11. Experimental study of short-distance interactions with a double-membrane opto-mechanical sensor (advanced-KWISP)
12. Measuring the weakest transition in muonic hydrogen (FAMU experiment)
13. Precision measurement of the magnetic anomaly of the muon (GMINUS2 experiment)
14. Direct measurement of the hadronic contribution to the Muon magnetic anomaly (MUonE experiment)

• Condensed Matter Physics

1. Biomimetic materials at near ambient pressure
2. Development of a CMOS imager for experiments at synchrotron radiation and free electron lasers
3. Hydration of bio-molecules by combined use of synchrotron-based UV Resonance Raman and Neutron Scattering experiments
4. Imprinting multimode optical correlations in ultrashort light pulses by means of superconducting currents
5. Liquid phase experiments at FERMI
6. Quantum Monte Carlo simulations for highly-frustrated magnets
7. Quantum Monte Carlo simulations for unconventional superconductors
8. THz control of Nickelate’s devices
9. Ultrafast Dynamics of Strongly-Correlated Electron Materials investigated by Time-Resolved Table-Top Spectroscopies

• Medical Physics and Biophysics

1. Advanced MRI imaging techniques for quantitative characterization of cancer
2. Implementation of an X-ray imaging system based on the KES technique at ELETTRA