University of Trento
dedicates a classroom to Lev Pitaevskii
27 Maggio 2026 Aula A104
Elena Poli
received the Hypo Tirol Bank Dissertationspreis 2026
received the IQOQI PhD Thesis award 2025
Accordo bilaterale CNR/JSI biennio 26-27
Dissipative quantum dynamics of many-particle systems (DISQU)
ERC Grant
Gabriele Ferrari receives an ERC advanced Grant (2026-2031) for the project QFIELBS
MEOQS2025
Worshop in Trento
31 March - 4 April 2025
False Vacuum Decay
Scientific American & Le Scienze
Interview to Alessio and Alessandro
CNR meeting in Florence
INO Annual Symposium
28-29 November 2024
CNR President visit in Trento
Verso nuove frontiere scientifiche: il ruolo del Cnr in Trentino
26-27 June 2024
Lucca Comics&Science
Alessio and Alessandro @ Lucca Comics&Science
joined the group as a Postdoc
Nov. 2025
Cosetta Baroni
Feb. 2024
Stephanie Matern
Christian Høj Johansen
Jan. 2024
Sandro Stringari became National Associate Menber of the Lincei Accademy
Iacopo Carusotto has been awarded with the Early Career Award of the Messori-Roncaglia/Mari Award of the Accedemia dei Lincei
Alberto Biella has been awarded with the Early Career Award of the ILAMP 2021
Quantum torque paper is on the cover of December issue of Nature Physics
Our paper "Roadmap to Atomtronics" is on the cover of AVS Quantum
Quantum torque paper is online on Nature Physics!
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Q@TN results and future are on "L\'Adige" newspaper!
The article Observation of gauge invariance in a 71-site Bose-Hubbard quantum simulator , by B. Yang et al., has been published in Nature
Lev Pitaevskii got the Lars Onsager Prize for Statistical Physics from the American Physical Society
The article "A scalable realization of local U(1) gauge invariance in cold atomic mixtures", by A.Mil et al., has been published in Science 367, 1128 (2020)
Philipp Hauke received the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2020 for his outstanding contributions to the development of quantum technologies.
Philip Hauke is Highly Commended for the IOP International Quantum Technology Young Scientist Award
Arko Roy as been awarded as Outstanding reviewer of the year 2020 for J. Phys. A.
The review article "Photonic materials in circuit quantum electrodynamics" by Carusotto et al., has been published in Nature Physics (2020)
The article Observation of Magnetic Solitons in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates, by Farolfi et al., has been featured in the online journal Physics with a Synopsis. The paper has been also selected by PRL as Editors' Suggestions.
Sandro Stringari has been nominated Emeritus Professor of the University of Trento
Almanacco
Alessio and Chiara interview
Almanacco CNR
C. Baroni, G. Lamporesi, M. Zaccanti
Quantum mixtures of ultracold gases of neutral atoms
Nature Reviews Physics
Langchun Gao
Langchun visit ends
Thank you so much for providing me this amazing opportunity!!
Ansa
Alessio interview
Ansa.it
Alessio Recati and Sandro Stringari
Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases
Nature Review Physics
A. Zenesini and coauthors
False Vacuum Decay via Bubble Formation in ferromagnetic superfluids
Nature Physics
C. L. Benavides-Riveros and coathors
Exact Ansatz of Fermion-Boson Systems for a Quantum Device
PRL
G. Rastelli et al.
Featured in APS-Physics
Entangled Photon-Pair Emission in Waveguide Circuit QED from a Cooper Pair Splitter
R. Cominotti et al.
Selected as EPL Highlights
Ultracold atomic spin mixtures in ultrastable magnetic field environments
In January 2023, Chiara Menotti was recognized as a 2023 Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review Journals.
The paper "Disorder-free localization with Stark gauge protection" by H. Lang et al., published in Physical Review B 106 , 174305 (2022) , has been selected as PRB\n Editors\' Suggestion.
The paper Frequency Comb from a Single Driven Nonlinear Nanomechanical Mode Ochs, J. S. et al., Phys. Rev. X 12 , 041019 (2023) has been published in Physical Review X
The paper "Observation of vortices and vortex stripes in a dipolar condensate L. Klaus et al., Nature, 18 1453-1458 December 2022 has been selected for News and Views Nature News and Views
The article 'Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality in a one-dimensional polariton condensate' by Iacopo Carusotto\n and coauthors has been published in . Nature 608 , 687-691 (2022)
The paper "Excitations of Quantum Many-Body Systems via Purified Ensembles: A Unitary-Coupled-Cluster-based Approach" by C. L. Benavides-Riveros et al., published in Physical Review L 129 , 066401 (2022) , has been selected as PRL\n Editors\' Suggestion.
Frequency Comb from a Single Driven Nonlinear Nanomechanical Mode The article from J. S. Ochs et al, has been featured in the online journal Physics with a Synopsis .
The article Thermalization dynamics of a gauge theory on a quantum simulator , by Zhou et al.,\n has been published in Science 377 , 311-314 (2022)
Iacopo Carusotto has been awarded with the Early Career Award of the Messori-Roncaglia/Mari Award of the Accedemia dei Lincei Here.
Alberto Biella has been awarded with the Early Career Award of the ILAMP 2021 Here.
The paper "Topologically protected frequency control of broadband signals in dynamically modulated waveguide arrays" by F. Piccioli et al., published in Physical Review A 105 , 033361 (2022) , has been selected as PRA\n Editors\' Suggestion.
The paper Measurement of the order parameter and its spatial fluctuations across\n Bose-Einstein condensation by L. Wolswijk et al., published in Physical Review A 105 , 033361 (2020) , has been selected as PRA\n Editors' Suggestion.
Quantum torque paper is on the cover of December issue of Nature Physics Here
Our paper "Roadmap to Atomtronics" is on the cover of AVS Quantum Here
The paper "Quantum-torque-induced breaking of magnetic interfaces in ultracold gases" is published on Nature Physics Nat. Phys. (2021) Press releases and social links. INFN Website Le Scienze INO-CNR CNR Website CNR Twitter CNR Facebook CNR Istagram. CNR Linkedin. UNITN. UNITN Facebook Adige. Nature Physics Facebook Provincia Trento TIFPA
Sandro Stringari has been invited to write the News Views article 'Second sound seen' in Nature Physics, published on June 9, 2021 Nature Physics 09 June (2021)
The article Robustness of gauge-invariant dynamics against defects in\n ultracold-atom gauge theories by Jad C. Halimeh et al., published in Physical Review Research 2 , 033361 (2020) , has been selected as PRR\n Editors' Suggestion.
The article 'Observation of gauge invariance in a 71-site Bose-Hubbard quantum simulator' by Bing Yang,\n Hui Sun, Robert Ott, Han-Yi Wang, Torsten V. Zache, Jad C. Halimeh, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Philipp Hauke,\n and Jian-Wei Pan has been published in . Nature 587 , 392 (2020)
The article A scalable realization of local U(1) gauge invariance in cold atomic mixtures , by A.Mil et al.,\n has been published in Science 367 , 1128 (2020)
Magnetic Solitons in a Bose-Einstein Condensate The article Observation\n of Magnetic Solitons in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates , by Farolfi et al., has been featured in the online journal Physics with a Synopsis . The paper has been also selected by PRL as Editors' Suggestions .
IUPAP Young Scientist Prize 2020 Philipp Hauke received the IUPAP\n Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2020 for his outstanding contributions to the development of quantum technologies. See also this article
Sandro Stringari is Emeritus Professor Sandro Stringari has been nominated Emeritus Professor of the University of Trento (see also this interview in occasion of his retirement)
Photonic materials in circuit quantum electrodynamics Review article by Carusotto et al., published in\n Nature Physics.
AIP Sci light:\n Magnetic shield provides field stability for ultracold atomic gas experiments . The article Design and characterization of a compact magnetic shield for ultracold atomic gas experiments ,\n by Farolfi et al., Review of Scientific Instruments 90, 115114 (2019) ,\n has been selected by AIP Sci light.
The Prize Committee of the BEC Awards 2019, sponsored by TOPTICA Photonics AG, has awarded the senior\n BEC Award to Lev Pitaevskii and Sandro Stringari for the key role they have played, with both their individual works and their collaborative ones, on our understanding of Bose-Einstein condensates and Fermi gases. Their theoretical contributions have been essential for guiding a wide range of experimental investigations in this domain.
Supersolid symmetry breaking from compressional oscillations in a dipolar quantum gas L.Tanzi et al., Nature, online 9 September 2019 see also UniTrento press room Nature Physics Highlight Nature News and Views
PRA Editors' Suggestion : Static-response theory and the roton-maxon spectrum of a flattened dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate [R. N. Bisset, P. B. Blakie, S. Stringari, Phys. Rev. A 100 , 013620 (2019) ]
T.Ozawa and H.Price, former members of the BEC team, go on the cover page of Nature Reviews for their article Topological quantum matter in synthetic dimensions
JETP Special Issue in Honor of L.P. Pitaevskii's 85th Birthday
Sound Propagates in a 2D Bose Gas Despite Lack of Collisions Synopsis in Physics about the article by Miki Ota et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 , 145302 (2018) , together with the article by Ville et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 , 145301 (2018)
The Fermi Prize 2018 of the Italian Physical Society has been awarded to Federico Capasso , Lev P. Pitaevskii and Erio Tosatti for their important contributions to the understanding of quantum properties\n of condensed matter. See also this article and video in UNITRENTOMAG.
The "Kurchatov Institute" awarded the Pomeranchuk Prize - 2018 to L.P. Pitaevskii in recognition of his fundamental contributions to modern theoretical physics including the low-temperature physics, plasma physics, and condensed matter physics.
Dynamical Equilibration Across a Quenched Phase Transition in a Trapped Quantum Gas [I.-K. Liu et al., Communications Physics 1 , 24 (2018) ] This article has been picked up for a Research Highlight in Nature Physics! A science blogger also wrote a piece about this article
PRA Editors' Suggestion : Second sound in a two-dimensional Bose gas: From the weakly to the strongly interacting regime [Miki Ota and Sandro Stringari, Phys. Rev. A 97 , 033604 (2018) ]
Exploring 4D quantum Hall physics with a 2D topological charge pump [M. Lohse et al., Nature 553 , 55 (2018)]
Lasing in topological edge states of a one-dimensional lattice [P. St-Jean et al., Nature Photonics 11 , 651 (2017)]
Experimental Measurement of the Berry Curvature from Anomalous Transport [M.Wimmer et al., Nature Physics 13 , 545 (2017)]
Vortex Reconnections and Rebounds in Trapped Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates [S.Serafini et al., Phys. Rev. X 7 , 021031 (2017)]
Exploring the ferromagnetic behaviour of a repulsive Fermi gas through spin dynamics [G.Valtolina et al., Nature Physics 13 704 (2017)]
PRL Editors' Suggestion : Repulsive Fermi polarons in a resonant mixture of ultracold 6Li atoms [F.Scazza et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 083602 (2017) ]
PRL Editors' Suggestion : Diffused Vorticity and Moment of Inertia of a Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensate [Sandro Stringari, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 145302 (2017) ]
IOP highlights a joint NanoLab & BEC paper: An asymmetric two-photon quantum interference experiment Trenti et al., Journal of Optics, Vol 18, published 4 July 2016
Acoustic Hawking radiation New and Views article by Iacopo Carusotto and Roberto Balbinot, Nature Physics, 15 August (2016) On the same subject, see also Interview with Alessio Recati in Repubblica TV , as well as this article in SIF - prima pagina .
PRA Editors' Suggestion : Self-bound dipolar droplet: A localized matter wave in free space [D.Baillie et al., Phys. Rev. A 94, 021602 (2016) ]
PRB Editors' Suggestion : Measurement of Chern numbers through center-of-mass responses [H.M.Price et al., Phys. Rev. B 93, 245113 (2016) ]
PRL Editors' Suggestion : Magnetic Solitons in a Binary Bose-Einstein Condensate [Chunlei Qu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 160402 (2016) ]
The Quantum Hall Effect Leaves Flatland Synopsis in Physics for the article by Hanna Price et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 195303 (2015)
Ultracold atoms: Feel the gauge New and Views article by Tomoki Ozawa, Nature Physics 11, 801 (2015)
PRL Editors' Suggestion : Quantum Signature of Analog Hawking Radiation in Momentum Space [Boiron et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 025301 (2015) ]
EPJ - Special Topics Novel Quantum Phases and Mesoscopic Physics in Quantum Gases Guest editors: F. Chevy, R. Citro, G. Lamporesi, A. Minguzzi, A. Recati and T. Roscilde
Physics Synopsis Spin-Orbit Coupling for Photons and Polaritons in Microstructures [Sala et al., Phys. Rev. X 5, 011034 (2015) ]
Physics Synopsis and PRL Editors' Suggestion : Acoustic Black Hole in a Stationary Hydrodynamic Flow of Microcavity Polaritons [Nguyen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 036402 (2015) ]
Dynamics of a cold quantum gas "Perspective" article by Gabriele Ferrari in Science, 9 January 2015
Physicists\n study magnetism with the roles of position and momentum reversed Phys.org article on Price et al., PRL 113, 190403 (2014)
Physics Viewpoint and PRL Editors' Suggestion : Observation of Solitonic Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates [Donadello et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 065302 (2014) ]
Physics Synopsis and PRA Editors' Suggestion : Spontaneous quantum emission from analog white holes in a nonlinear optical medium [Finazzi and Carusotto, Phys. Rev. A 89, 053807 (2014) ]
EPJD cover Dynamics of highly unbalanced Bose-Bose mixtures: miscible vs. immiscible gases [Sartori and Recati, Eur. Phys. J. D 67, 260 (2013) ]
Nat.Phys. cover Spontaneous creation of Kibble-Zurek solitons in a Bose-Einstein condensate [Lamporesi et al, Nature Physics 9, 656 (2013) ]
Universität Innsbruck, Doctorate Honoris Causa to Lev Pitaevski, June 21, 2013 poster , photo 1 , photo 2 .
Second sound and the superfluid fraction in a Fermi gas with resonant interactions [L.A. Sidorenkov et al., Nature (2013) doi:10.1038/nature12136 ]
Université Montpellier 2, Doctorate Honoris Causa to Lev Pitaevski, May 3, 2012 poster , photo 1 , photo 2 , photo 3 .
EPJD Highlight: Dipolar drag in bilayer harmonically trapped gases [N.Matveeva et al., EPJ D 65 , 219 (2011)]
Twin Matter Waves for Interferometry Beyond the Classical Limit [B. Lücke et al., Science 334 , 773 (2011)]
Polariton Superfluids Reveal Quantum Hydrodynamic Solitons [A. Amo et al., Science 332 , 1167 (2011)]
October 2010: Sandro Stringari has been awarded with an Advanced Grant\n from the European Research Council
Physics Viewpoint: Sorting superfluidity from Bose-Einstein condensation\n in atomic gases I.Carusotto, Physics 3 , 5 (2010)
Superfluidity of polaritons in semiconductor\n microcavities [A. Amo et al., Nature Physics 5 , 805 (2009)]
Physics Viewpoint: Shifting entropy elsewhere [J. Catani et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 140401 (2009)]
Physics Synopsis: Simulating nuclear pasta [Gentaro Watanabe et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 121101 (2009)]
Confluence of resonant laser excitation and bidirectional\n quantum-dot nuclear-spin polarization [C. Latta et al., Nature Physics 5 , 758 (2009) ]
Accademia dei Lincei premio "Alfredo di Braccio" per la Fisica\n assegnato a Alessio Recati (Roma, 11 giugno 2009)
The Russian Academy of Sciences awarded Landau Gold Medal\n to L.P. Pitaevskii for his outstanding\n contribution to modern theoretical physics (Moscow, 26 May 2009)
Nature Physics, Research Highlights: Condensate superposition [Piazza et al., Phys. Rev. A 78, 051601 (2008)]
Physics Synopsis: Casimir effects in the real world [Pitaevskii, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 163202 (2008)]
Trapped forever, but partners escape [Carusotto et al., New J. Phys. 10, 103001 (2008)]
The Pitaevskii Center on Bose-Einstein Condensation is a joint initiative of Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR & Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento
