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Sandro Donadi

Research Interests:
Quantum Foundations, Interplay between Quantum Mechanics and Gravity, Open Quantum systems, Quantum Computing

Teaching:
Open Quantum Systems (Physics  Department), Fisica 2 (Engeniering  Department)

Journal Articles

2025

Ballarin, E; Chisholm, D A; Smirne, A; Paternostro, M; Anselmi, F; Donadi, S

Driving enhanced exciton transfer by automatic differentiation Journal Article

In: Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol., vol. 6, no. 2, 2025, ISSN: 2632-2153.

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Artini, Simone; Monaco, Gabriele Lo; Donadi, Sandro; Paternostro, Mauro

Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of gravitational objective-collapse models Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Research, vol. 7, no. 4, 2025, ISSN: 2643-1564.

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Donadi, Sandro; Fadel, Matteo

Quantum gravitational decoherence of a mechanical oscillator from spacetime fluctuations Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. D, vol. 111, no. 2, 2025, ISSN: 2470-0029.

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2024

Figurato, Laria; Dirindin, Marco; Gaona-Reyes, José Luis; Carlesso, Matteo; Bassi, Angelo; Donadi, Sandro

On the effectiveness of the collapse in the Diósi–Penrose model Journal Article

In: New J. Phys., vol. 26, no. 11, 2024, ISSN: 1367-2630.

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Figurato, Laria; Bassi, Angelo; Donadi, Sandro

On the testability of the Károlyházy model Journal Article

In: New J. Phys., vol. 26, no. 1, 2024, ISSN: 1367-2630.

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Altamura, Davide Giordano Ario; Carlesso, Matteo; Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo

Noninterferometric rotational test of the continuous spontaneous localization model: Enhancement of the collapse noise through shape optimization Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 109, no. 6, 2024, ISSN: 2469-9934.

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Piscicchia, Kristian; Donadi, Sandro; Manti, Simone; Bassi, Angelo; Derakhshani, Maaneli; Diósi, Lajos; Curceanu, Catalina

X-Ray Emission from Atomic Systems Can Distinguish between Prevailing Dynamical Wave-Function Collapse Models Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 132, no. 25, 2024, ISSN: 1079-7114.

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Bartolomeo, Giovanni Di; Vischi, Michele; Feri, Tommaso; Bassi, Angelo; Donadi, Sandro

Efficient quantum algorithm to simulate open systems through a single environmental qubit Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Research, vol. 6, no. 4, 2024, ISSN: 2643-1564.

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2023

Donadi, Sandro; Ferialdi, Luca; Bassi, Angelo

Collapse Dynamics Are Diffusive Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 130, no. 23, 2023, ISSN: 1079-7114.

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

A Novel Approach to Parameter Determination of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization Collapse Model Journal Article

In: Entropy, vol. 25, no. 2, 2023, ISSN: 1099-4300.

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2022

Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo

Seven nonstandard models coupling quantum matter and gravity Journal Article

In: vol. 4, no. 2, 2022, ISSN: 2639-0213.

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Donadi, S.; Hossenfelder, S.

A path integral over Hilbert space for quantum mechanics Journal Article

In: Annals of Physics, vol. 440, 2022, ISSN: 0003-4916.

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Donadi, Sandro; Hossenfelder, Sabine

Toy model for local and deterministic wave-function collapse Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 106, no. 2, 2022, ISSN: 2469-9934.

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Vowe, Sascha; Donadi, Sandro; Schkolnik, Vladimir; Peters, Achim; Leykauf, Bastian; Krutzik, Markus

Light-pulse atom interferometric test of continuous spontaneous localization Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 106, no. 4, 2022, ISSN: 2469-9934.

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Carlesso, Matteo; Donadi, Sandro; Ferialdi, Luca; Paternostro, Mauro; Ulbricht, Hendrik; Bassi, Angelo

Present status and future challenges of non-interferometric tests of collapse models Journal Article

In: Nat. Phys., vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 243–250, 2022, ISSN: 1745-2481.

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2021

Belenchia, Alessio; Carlesso, Matteo; Donadi, Sandro; Gasbarri, Giulio; Ulbricht, Hendrik; Bassi, Angelo; Paternostro, Mauro

Test quantum mechanics in space — invest US$1 billion Journal Article

In: Nature, vol. 596, no. 7870, pp. 32–34, 2021, ISSN: 1476-4687.

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Donadi, Sandro; Piscicchia, Kristian; Curceanu, Catalina; Diósi, Lajos; Laubenstein, Matthias; Bassi, Angelo

Underground test of gravity-related wave function collapse Journal Article

In: Nat. Phys., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 74–78, 2021, ISSN: 1745-2481.

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Donadi, Sandro; Piscicchia, Kristian; Grande, Raffaele Del; Curceanu, Catalina; Laubenstein, Matthias; Bassi, Angelo

Novel CSL bounds from the noise-induced radiation emission from atoms Journal Article

In: Eur. Phys. J. C, vol. 81, no. 8, 2021, ISSN: 1434-6052.

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Gasbarri, Giulio; Belenchia, Alessio; Carlesso, Matteo; Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo; Kaltenbaek, Rainer; Paternostro, Mauro; Ulbricht, Hendrik

Testing the foundation of quantum physics in space via Interferometric and non-interferometric experiments with mesoscopic nanoparticles Journal Article

In: Commun Phys, vol. 4, no. 1, 2021, ISSN: 2399-3650.

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2020

Mascherpa, F.; Smirne, A.; Somoza, A. D.; Fernández-Acebal, P.; Donadi, S.; Tamascelli, D.; Huelga, S. F.; Plenio, M. B.

Optimized auxiliary oscillators for the simulation of general open quantum systems Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 101, no. 5, 2020, ISSN: 2469-9934.

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2019

Goldwater, Daniel; Barker, P. F.; Bassi, Angelo; Donadi, Sandro

Quantum Spectrometry for Arbitrary Noise Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 123, no. 23, 2019, ISSN: 1079-7114.

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2018

Nobakht, J.; Carlesso, Matteo; Donadi, S.; Paternostro, M.; Bassi, A.

Unitary unraveling for the dissipative continuous spontaneous localization model: Application to optomechanical experiments Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 98, no. 4, 2018, ISSN: 2469-9934.

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2017

Piscicchia, Kristian; Bassi, Angelo; Curceanu, Catalina; Grande, Raffaele; Donadi, Sandro; Hiesmayr, Beatrix; Pichler, Andreas

CSL Collapse Model Mapped with the Spontaneous Radiation Journal Article

In: Entropy, vol. 19, no. 7, 2017, ISSN: 1099-4300.

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Gasbarri, G.; Toroš, M.; Donadi, S.; Bassi, A.

Gravity induced wave function collapse Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. D, vol. 96, no. 10, 2017, ISSN: 2470-0029.

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2016

Toroš, Marko; Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo

Bohmian mechanics, collapse models and the emergence of classicality Journal Article

In: J. Phys. A: Math. Theor., vol. 49, no. 35, 2016, ISSN: 1751-8121.

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Curceanu, Catalina; Bartalucci, Sergio; Bassi, Angelo; Bazzi, Massimiliano; Bertolucci, Sergio; Berucci, Carolina; Bragadireanu, Alexandru Mario; Cargnelli, Michael; Clozza, Alberto; Paolis, Luca De; Matteo, Sergio Di; Donadi, Sandro; D’uffizi, Alessandro; Egger, Jean-Pierre; Guaraldo, Carlo; Iliescu, Mihail; Laubenstein, Matthias; Marton, Johann; Milotti, Edoardo; Pichler, Andreas; Pietreanu, Dorel; Piscicchia, Kristian; Ponta, Titus; Scordo, Alessandro; Shi, Hexi; Sirghi, Diana; Sirghi, Florin; Sperandio, Laura; Doce, Oton Vazquez; Zmeskal, Johann

The X-ray machine for the examination of quantum mechanics Journal Article

In: Int. J. Quantum Inform., vol. 14, no. 04, 2016, ISSN: 1793-6918.

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Belli, Sebastiano; Bonsignori, Riccarda; D'Auria, Giuseppe; Fant, Lorenzo; Martini, Mirco; Peirone, Simone; Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo

Entangling macroscopic diamonds at room temperature: Bounds on the continuous-spontaneous-localization parameters Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 94, no. 1, 2016, ISSN: 2469-9934.

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Bilardello, Marco; Donadi, Sandro; Vinante, Andrea; Bassi, Angelo

Bounds on collapse models from cold-atom experiments Journal Article

In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, vol. 462, pp. 764–782, 2016, ISSN: 0378-4371.

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Curceanu, C; Bartalucci, S; Bassi, A; Bazzi, M; Bertolucci, S; Berucci, C; Bragadireanu, A M; Cargnelli, M; Clozza, A; Paolis, L De; Matteo, S Di; Donadi, S; D’Uffizi, A; Egger, J. -P.; Guaraldo, C.; Iliescu, M.; Ishiwatari, T.; Laubenstein, M.; Marton, J.; Milotti, E.; Pichler, A.; Pietreanu, D.; Piscicchia, K.; Ponta, T.; Sbardella, E.; Scordo, A.; Shi, H.; Sirghi, D. L.; Sirghi, F.; Sperandio, L.; Doce, O. Vazquez; Zmeskal, J.

Spontaneously Emitted X-rays: An Experimental Signature of the Dynamical Reduction Models Journal Article

In: Found Phys, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 263–268, 2016, ISSN: 1572-9516.

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2015

Gasbarri, Giulio; Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo

Coherent scattering in non relativistic quantum mechanics Journal Article

In: Eur. J. Phys., vol. 36, no. 5, 2015, ISSN: 1361-6404.

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Curceanu, C; Bartalucci, S; Bassi, A; Bertolucci, S; Berucci, C; Bragadireanu, A M; Cargnelli, M; Clozza, A; Paolis, L De; Matteo, S Di; Donadi, S; d'Uffizi, A; Egger, J-P; Guaraldo, C; Iliescu, M; Laubenstein, M; Marton, J; Milotti, E; Pichler, A; Pietreanu, D; Piscicchia, K; Ponta, T; Sbardella, E; Scordo, A; Shi, H; Sirghi, D L; Sirghi, F; Sperandio, L; Doce, O Vazquez; Zmeskal, J

X rays on quantum mechanics: Pauli Exclusion Principle and collapse models at test Journal Article

In: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol. 631, 2015, ISSN: 1742-6596.

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Curceanu, C; Bartalucci, S; Bassi, A; Bertolucci, S; Berucci, C; Bragadireanu, A M; Cargnelli, M; Clozza, A; Paolis, L De; Matteo, S Di; Donadi, S; d'Uffizi, A; Egger, J-P; Guaraldo, C; Iliescu, M; Ishiwatari, T; Laubenstein, M; Marton, J; Milotti, E; Pietreanu, D; Piscicchia, K; Ponta, T; Sbardella, E; Scordo, A; Shi, H; Sirghi, D L; Sirghi, F; Sperandio, L; Doce, O Vazquez; Zmeskal, J

Experimental search for the “impossible atoms” Pauli Exclusion Principle violation and spontaneous collapse of the wave function at test Journal Article

In: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol. 626, 2015, ISSN: 1742-6596.

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Bera, Sayantani; Donadi, Sandro; Lochan, Kinjalk; Singh, Tejinder P.

A Comparison Between Models of Gravity Induced Decoherence Journal Article

In: Found Phys, vol. 45, no. 12, pp. 1537–1560, 2015, ISSN: 1572-9516.

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Curceanu, C; Bartalucci, S; Bassi, A; Bertolucci, S; Berucci, C; Bragadireanu, A M; Cargnelli, M; Clozza, A; Paolis, L De; Matteo, S Di; Donadi, S; d’Uffizi, A; Egger, J-P; Guaraldo, C; Iliescu, M; Ishiwatari, T; Laubenstein, M; Marton, J; Milotti, E; Pietreanu, D; Piscicchia, K; Ponta, T; Sbardella, E; Scordo, A; Shi, H; Sirghi, D L; Sirghi, F; Sperandio, L; Doce, O Vazquez; Zmeskal, J

Quantum explorations: from the waltz of the Pauli exclusion principle to the rock of the spontaneous collapse Journal Article

In: Phys. Scr., vol. 90, no. 2, 2015, ISSN: 1402-4896.

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Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo

The emission of electromagnetic radiation from a quantum system interacting with an external noise: a general result Journal Article

In: J. Phys. A: Math. Theor., vol. 48, no. 3, 2015, ISSN: 1751-8121.

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Piscicchia, K; Curceanu, C; Bartalucci, S; Bassi, A; Bertolucci, S; Berucci, C; Bragadireanu, A M; Cargnelli, M; Clozza, A; Paolis, L De; Matteo, S Di; Donadi, S; D'Uffizi, A; Egger, J-P; Guaraldo, C; Iliescu, M; Ishiwatari, T; Laubenstein, M; Marton, J; Milotti, E; Pietreanu, D; Ponta, T; Sbardella, E; Scordo, A; Shi, H; Sirghi, D L; Sirghi, F; Sperandio, L; Doce, O Vazquez; Zmeskal, J

Beyond Quantum Mechanics? Hunting the `Impossible' Atoms --- Pauli Exclusion Principle Violation and Spontaneous Collapse of the Wave Function at Test Journal Article

In: Acta Phys. Pol. B, vol. 46, no. 1, 2015, ISSN: 1509-5770.

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2014

Bahrami, M; Großardt, A; Donadi, S; Bassi, A

The Schrödinger–Newton equation and its foundations Journal Article

In: New J. Phys., vol. 16, no. 11, 2014, ISSN: 1367-2630.

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Donadi, Sandro; Deckert, Dirk-André; Bassi, Angelo

On the spontaneous emission of electromagnetic radiation in the CSL model Journal Article

In: Annals of Physics, vol. 340, no. 1, pp. 70–86, 2014, ISSN: 0003-4916.

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Bassi, A.; Donadi, S.

Spontaneous photon emission from a non-relativistic free charged particle in collapse models: A case study Journal Article

In: Physics Letters A, vol. 378, no. 10, pp. 761–765, 2014, ISSN: 0375-9601.

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Curceanu, Catalina; Bartalucci, Sergio; Bassi, Angelo; Bertolucci, Sergio; Berucci, Carolina; Bragadireanu, Alexandru Mario; Cargnelli, Michael; Clozza, Alberto; Matteo, Sergio Di; Donadi, S.; D'uffizi, Alessandro; Egger, J. -P.; Guaraldo, Carlo; Iliescu, Mihail; Ishiwatari, Tomoichi; Laubenstein, Matthias; Marton, Johann; Milotti, Edoardo; Pietreanu, Dorel; Piscicchia, Kristian; Ponta, Titus; Sbardella, Emanuele; Scordo, Alessandro; Shi, Hexi; Sirghi, Diana; Sirghi, Florin; Sperandio, Laura; Doce, Oton Vazquez; Zmeskal, Johann

Hunting the "impossible atoms" Pauli exclusion principle violation and spontaneous collapse of the wave function at test Journal Article

In: Int. J. Quantum Inform., vol. 12, no. 07n08, 2014, ISSN: 1793-6918.

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2013

Bahrami, M; Donadi, S; Ferialdi, L; Bassi, A; Curceanu, C; Domenico, A Di; Hiesmayr, B C

Are collapse models testable with quantum oscillating systems? The case of neutrinos, kaons, chiral molecules Journal Article

In: Sci Rep, vol. 3, no. 1, 2013, ISSN: 2045-2322.

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Adler, S L; Bassi, A; Donadi, S

On spontaneous photon emission in collapse models Journal Article

In: J. Phys. A: Math. Theor., vol. 46, no. 24, 2013, ISSN: 1751-8121.

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Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo; Curceanu, Catalina; Domenico, Antonio Di; Hiesmayr, Beatrix C.

Are Collapse Models Testable via Flavor Oscillations? Journal Article

In: Found Phys, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 813–844, 2013, ISSN: 1572-9516.

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Donadi, Sandro; Bassi, Angelo; Ferialdi, Luca; Curceanu, Catalina

The Effect of Spontaneous Collapses on Neutrino Oscillations Journal Article

In: Found Phys, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 1066–1089, 2013, ISSN: 1572-9516.

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2012

Curceanu, C; Bartalucci, S; Bassi, A; Bertolucci, S; Bragadireanu, M; Cargnelli, M; Clozza, A; Matteo, S Di; Donadi, S; Egger, J-P; Guaraldo, C; Iliescu, M; Ishiwatari, T; Laubenstein, M; Marton, J; Milotti, E; Pietreanu, D; Lener, M Poli; Ponta, T; Rizzo, A; Vidal, A Romero; Scordo, A; Sirghi, D L; Sirghi, F; Sperandio, L; Doce, O Vazquez; Widmann, E; Zmeskal, J

Experimental tests of Quantum Mechanics: from Pauli Exclusion Principle Violation to spontaneous collapse models Journal Article

In: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol. 361, 2012, ISSN: 1742-6596.

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Book Chapters

2025

Carlesso, Matteo; Donadi, Sandro

Spontaneous Collapse Models Book Chapter

In: Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, pp. 237–253, Elsevier, 2025, ISBN: 9780323957069.

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2019

Carlesso, Matteo; Donadi, Sandro

Collapse Models: Main Properties and the State of Art of the Experimental Tests Book Chapter

In: Springer Proceedings in Physics, pp. 1–13, Springer International Publishing, 2019, ISBN: 9783030311469.

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2014

Petrascu, Catalina Curceanu; Bartalucci, Sergio; Bragadireanu, Mario; Clozza, Alberto; Guaraldo, Carlo; Iliescu, Mihai; Rizzo, Alessandro; Vidal, Antonio Romero; Scordo, Alessandro; Sirghi, Diana Laura; Sirghi, Florin; Sperandio, Laura; Doce, Oton Vazquez; Bassi, Angelo; Donadi, Sandro; Milotti, Edoardo; Laubenstein, Matthias; Bertolucci, Sergio; Bragadireanu, Mario; Curceanu, Catalina; Pietreanu, Dorel; Ponta, Titus; Cargnelli, Michael; Ishiwatari, Tomoichi; Marton, Johann; Widmann, Eberhard; Zmeskal, Johann; di Matteo, Sergio; Egger, Jean Pierre

Experimental Tests of Quantum Mechanics: Pauli Exclusion Principle and Spontaneous Collapse Models Book Chapter

In: Springer Proceedings in Physics, pp. 181–187, Springer International Publishing, 2014, ISBN: 9783319002972.

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Biography

Received his PhD in Physics from the University of Trieste in 2014. He subsequently held research positions at the University of Trieste, Ulm University, the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, and the University of Palermo. He is now Associate Professor at the University of Trieste.

His research has focused mainly on the foundations of quantum mechanics, especially collapse models and the interplay between quantum theory and gravity. He has also worked on open quantum systems, quantum computing, machine-learning applications to quantum mechanics, and quantum thermodynamics.

Address: Room 212, Department of Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste

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