Facilities
The scientific programme plans to show the participants a wide spectrum of high profile scientific and academic facilities present in Pisa and Florence:
- The VIRGO site of the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO).
- The Italian National Research Council (CNR).
- The National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
- The European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS)
- The Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory.
- The University of Pisa.
- The University of Florence.
Besides the visits, there will be a large number of talks, just like in previous editions. In particular, we will have overviews of all the major topics and experiments currently running in the aforementioned facilities and their implications. This will allow us to appreciate the visits better and understand the concepts from different perspectives. It will undoubtedly be a rich experience.
The Universities
The University of Pisa is one of the oldest universities in Italy and Europe. Among others, Nobel Prize-winning physicists Enrico Fermi and Carlo Rubbia studied there. It is consistently ranked among the world's best universities in its field. We will visit the laboratories of many affiliated institutions.
The University of Florence is the largest one in Tuscany. Its new department of Physics, placed in a scientific campus outside of the city, works closely with many research centres and institutions. Among its various research fields, a large group counducts studies in matter physics, in particular on biophotonics and quantum technologies.
The Laboratories
The National Institute for Nuclear Physics is been for over 70 years active in the research of nuclear and fundamental physics, but its study fields broadened over time and now it collaborates on many other national and international projects. It is the perfect meeting point for experimental and theoretical physics.
The current National Institute of Optics (INO) is a mainstay of CNR scientific network. It has been working for over ninety years in the field of Optics, understood in its broadest meaning, and has updated its fields of activity in line with the huge innovations that have characterized this area over the last century.
The Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory is a public scientific research centre, part of the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF). The observatory is located in Arcetri, a hilly area of the municipality of Florence. Currently, about 100 people, including researchers and doctoral students, work at the observatory.
