Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED! Superconductors to jump in the future – A. Bersani (INFN-Genova) First observed more than a century ago, the phenomenon of superoconductivity still represent a major, vibrating research field. Nowadays we start seeing the first industrial applications of such an extraordinary behaviour of matter at ultra …

Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED! Unravelling the Secrets of the Strong Force: The SIDDHARTA-2 Experiment at the DAFNE Collider – F. Sgaramella (INFN-LNF) The strong interaction is one of the four fundamental forces of nature that governs the behavior of subatomic particles. It is responsible for binding quarks together to …

Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED! Stranger things – the muons – E. Diociaiuti (INFN-LNF) “Muon, who ordered that?” That’s what Nobel laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi said… In the 30s of the last century scientists thought they had everything figured out: matter is made of atoms, atoms are made of protons, …

Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED! Nuclear Physics in everyday life – S. Pirrone (INFN-Catania) Nuclear physics applications in different fields and their relevance in our life, will be explored. Sara Pirrone INFN- Senior Researcher of INFN’s Catania SectionHer research activity is in the field of experimental nuclear physics and is …

Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED!   JWST, the Universe in a sand grain – F. Vitali (INAF)   The invisibility of the Universe began to reveal itself to our eyes more than 400 years ago, when Galileo, with a gesture as simple as it was revolutionary, pointed his telescope at …

Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED! Accelerating the future – M. Ferrario (INFN-LNF) High energy particle beams with extreme luminosities and ultra-bright beams for energetic radiation sources are ubiquitous tools for studying the structure of matter in a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Last century saw huge progress in …

Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED! The physics of habitable worlds – A. Balbi (Univ. Tor Vergata, Rome) In this talk, we will explore the physics underlying the existence of habitable worlds in the universe. We will begin by discussing the conditions necessary for a planet to be habitable, including factors …

Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED! Quantum cryptography – an introduction – A. Bassi (Univ. of Trieste) We will present three key ingredients at the basis of quantum communication: Bell’s inequalities, teleportation and the no cloning theorem. For the first two, the Nobel prize in Physics was awarded last year to …

From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED! Experiments March  29 – 30, 2023 A Experiences with ArduSiPM an all-in-one particle detector (V. Bocci, F. Iacoangeli, INFN-Roma 1) The construction of a homemade particle detector is a complex task, given the difficulty in sourcing materials and their associated costs. Within the framework of institutional research at INFN, we have developed …

Frascati,  March  27 – 31 , 2023 From Quarks to Black Holes: let’s get INSPYRED!   Biography   Amedeo Balbi Amedeo Balbi is associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the Physics Department of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. The author of over 100 scientific papers, his research has touched a broad set of topics in theoretical astrophysics, …