This week, Jay Gambetta, Director of IBM Research, visited IQOQI Innsbruck and the University of Innsbruck. Gambetta, a physicist, is one of the world's leading experts in the field of quantum information and quantum computing.
Theoretical physicist Francesco Cesa and experimental physicist Peng Yin are the new IQOQI Prize Postdoc Fellows. Both are working on dual-species atom arrays, a promising technology that has been established in Innsbruck in recent years by Hannes Pichler and Hannes Bernien.
Supersolids, a state of matter that combines the rigidity of a solid with the frictionless flow of a superfluid, exhibit surprising synchronization when rotated. Innsbruck researchers found that quantum vortices—tiny whirlpools in the quantum fluid— cause the precession and revolution of the superfluid crystal structure to synchronize their motion. This discovery provides a new tool for studying fundamental properties of quantum systems.
Quantum physicist Peter Zoller is one of 405 scientists worldwide from all disciplines who have been cited exceptionally frequently over a long period of time. The researcher, who has already received numerous honors, was recently awarded the Prize of the Royal Academy of Belgium and the Benjamin Lee Professorship in South Korea.
Theoretical physicist Torsten Zache has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for his research into quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories. He aims to help overcome limitations in the numerical investigation of gauge theories. Gauge theories play a central role in understanding phenomena in high-energy physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum information science.