QTFP Community Meeting

21 Jan 2025, 09:00 → 22 Jan 2025, 17:00 Europe/London

The Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre

Andrew Casey (Royal Holloway, University of London), Devendra Namburi (University of Glasgow), Edward Daw (The University of Sheffield), Giovanni Barontini (University of Birmingham), Hartmut Grote, Oliver Buchmuller (IC), Robert Hadfield (Glasgow), Ruben Saakyan (UCL), Silke Weinfurtner (The University of Nottingham), Stafford Withington (Oxford)

The Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics (QTFP) programme  aims to demonstrate how quantum technologies can address fundamental physics questions, such as the search for dark matter, understanding the nature of gravity, and measuring quantum properties of elementary particles. An important objective of the programme is to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration between fundamental physics and quantum sensing communities while offering unique training opportunities for early-career researchers.

The Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics programme is funded by UKRI STFC as part of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. Wave 1 of the QTFP programme funded seven large consortia in 2020/21 and additional 17 projects in 2022. 

The workshop will take place at the at the Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre (ARC) at the University of Glasgow. 

The workshop will  bring together the QTFP community to review the programme’s achievements, strengthen and expand the network, and exchange ideas on its future direction.

This meeting is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Ian Shipsey. 

Remote connection is possible via this zoom link: 

https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/83042781261?pwd=rbbR2kK5aXOYcGeC4vkiawQxqyvjBe.1

Meeting ID: 830 4278 1261
Passcode: 631299

Incidentally, there is a major traditional folk music festival going on with many events across Glasgow:

https://www.celticconnections.com/

 

Accommodation Sheet UoG April2024.pdf

Tuesday, 21 January

Arrival

Welcome and Introduction

QTFP Project Presentations

Convener: Stafford Withington (University of Oxford)

1 QI

Speaker: Hartmut Grote

Grote_QI.pdf

2 QSNET

Speaker: Giovanni Barontini (University of Birmingham)

QTFP25.pptx

3 QSimFP

Speaker: Silke Weinfurtner (The University of Nottingham)

QSimFP-Summary-2025._SilkeWpptx.pptx

4 QSHS

Speaker: Edward Daw (The University of Sheffield)

Glasgow_CMostEDaw_Static.pptx

5 QUEST DMC

Speaker: Andrew Casey (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Casey_QUEST-DMC_QTFP_Glasgow_2025_edit.pptx

Casey_QUEST-DMC_QTFP_Glasgow_2025.pptx

12:30 Lunch and Networking

QTFP Project Presentations

Convener: Ruben Saakyan (UCL)

6 Testing the quantum nature of spacetime via the decoherence-diffusion trade-off

Speaker: Jonathan Oppenheim (UCL)

7 Characterising correlation from electromagnetic signatures of spacetime fluctuation

Speaker: Sharmila Balamurugan (U Warwick)

SharmilaQTFP25.pdf

8 Axion dark matter - the good, bad and new ways to detect it

Speaker: Martin Bauer (U Durham)

QTFP_glasgow.pdf

9 Quantum Meets Quarks: towards developing quantum computation of the strong nuclear force

Speaker: Bipasha Chakraborty (U Southampton)

QTFP-Quantum-meeting-Jan2025-Chakraborty.pdf

10 Quantum Nature of Gravity in the Lab through Entanglement & Measurements

Speaker: Sougato Bose (UCL)

Glasgow-QTFP-2025.pdf

11 Hydrogen Lattice Clock and Bounds on Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Speaker: David Carty (U Durham)

QTFP H Lattice Clock.pptx

12 Towards a nitrogen molecular ion clock for fundamental physics tests

Speaker: Laura Blackburn (U Sussex)

QTFP Community Meeting January 2025 - Towards a nitrogen molecular ion clock for fundamental physics tests.pptx

15:15 Coffee Break

QTFP Project Presentations

Convener: Silke Weinfurtner (The University of Nottingham)

13 QTNM

Speaker: Stephen Hogan (UCL)

QTFP_21JAN25_Hogan.pdf

14 AION

Speaker: Tiffany Harte (U Cambridge)

20250121_AION_final.pptx

Ian Shipsey

Convener: Silke Weinfurtner (The University of Nottingham)

15 A tribute to Ian Shipsey

Speaker: Marcel Demarteau (ORNL)

Ian-Marcel.pptx

17:15 (Self)transfer to Glasgow City Chambers

18:30 Drinks Reception Glasgow City Chambers

82 George Square Glasgow G2 1DU

20:00 Dinner (self-organised)

Wednesday, 22 January

International Context

Convener: Hartmut Grote (Cardiff)

16 Ultralight bosonic dark matter

Speaker: Andreas Ringwald (DESY)

Ringwald_QTFP_community_meeting_glasgow_ultralight_bosons.pdf

17 ESA's current and future planned interests in quantum technology

Speaker: Bruno Leone (ESA)

18 An overview of the global DRD5 collaboration for R&D on quantum sensors for particle physics

Speaker: Michael Doser (CERN)

QTFP_22.1.2025.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

QTFP Project Presentations

Convener: Giovanni Barontini (University of Birmingham)

19 Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers for the Measurement of Absolute Neutrino Mass

Speaker: Songyuan Zhao (U Oxford)

QTFP_2025_SongyuanZhao.pdf

20 Quantum Technologies at Manchester and the Manchester Axion Novel Cavity eXperiment MANCX

Speaker: Jamie McDonald (U Manchester)

QTFP_Manchester_MANCX.pdf

21 Directional dark matter searches with levitated quantum sensors

Speaker: Fiona Alder (UCL)

QTFP_2025_FionaAlder.pdf

22 MeV scale photonic quantum entanglement - fundamental tests and applications in imaging

Speaker: Daniel Watts (U York)

DanWatts_QTFP_community_2025.pdf

12:00 Poster Session and Lunch

Quantum Strategy and QTFP

Convener: Robert Hadfield (Glasgow)

23 UK National Quantum Technology Programme Strategy and its global context

Speaker: Peter Knight (Imperial)

PK QTFP.pdf

24 Future of QTFP

Speaker: Jason Green (STFC UKRI)

25 Q&A

15:00 Concluding Remarks, Prizes and Departure

15:30 Optional Lab Tours at ARC