Doc. dr. Denis Golež and his colleagues from the Flatiron Institute, Berkeley University and the University of Örebro discovered a new approach for using Feynman diagrams in quantum materials, published in Physical Review X
Feynman diagrams are an important tool in modern theoretical physics, with applications in solid-state, high-energy physics, and quantum chemistry. Doc. dr. Denis Golež from the Department of Theoretical Physics and his colleagues from the Flatiron Institute (USA), Berkeley University (USA) … Read More
What’s the Matter? A Show on Elementary Particle Physics
We are organising a performance titled: What’s the Matter? A Show on Elementary Particle Physics with 28 Demonstration Experiments. The event, which lasts 2 hours, conveys the basic concepts of particle physics in an entertaining manner, including the discovery of … Read More
Awarded MSCA Cofund project entitled “Slovenian Quantum Science Hub” (SQUASH)
The Department of Theoretical Physics and the Department of Condensed Matter Physics (coordinated by prof. dr. Andrej Zorko), together with 11 other departments at the Jožef Stefan Institute, were awarded the MSCA Cofund project “Slovenian Quantum Science Hub” (SQUASH). Project … Read More
The Standard Model lifetime is slightly shorter
Recently, a group of physicists in Slovenia (Pietro Baratella, Miha Nemevšek, Yutaro Shoji, Katarina Trailović, Lorenzo Ubaldi) claimed to have found a small error in the calculation, one that quickens the end of the universe as we know it to … Read More
Third SMASH Call for Postdocs
The third call for applications for SMASH postdoctoral Fellowships, co-funded by Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, is now open! It offers excellent research opportunities that revolve around machine learning and its applications to the fields of climate research, linguistics, precision medicine … Read More
prof. dr. Primož Ziherl published a review article Topology in soft and biological matter in the journal Physics Reports together with other colleagues from the collaboration project
Remarkable advances in the understanding of topological constraints in biological and soft matter physics in the past few years stimulated the European COST collaboration EUTOPIA to write a comprehensive review paper on topological effects in systems ranging from DNA and … Read More
What’s the Matter? A Show on Elementary Particle Physics
We are organising a performance titled: What’s the Matter? A Show on Elementary Particle Physics with 28 Demonstration Experiments. The event, which lasts 2 hours, conveys the basic concepts of particle physics in an entertaining manner, including the discovery of … Read More
Awarded MSCA Cofund project entitled “Slovenian Quantum Science Hub” (SQUASH)
The Department of Theoretical Physics and the Department of Condensed Matter Physics (coordinated by prof. dr. Andrej Zorko), together with 11 other departments at the Jožef Stefan Institute, were awarded the MSCA Cofund project “Slovenian Quantum Science Hub” (SQUASH). Project … Read More
The Standard Model lifetime is slightly shorter
Recently, a group of physicists in Slovenia (Pietro Baratella, Miha Nemevšek, Yutaro Shoji, Katarina Trailović, Lorenzo Ubaldi) claimed to have found a small error in the calculation, one that quickens the end of the universe as we know it to … Read More
Third SMASH Call for Postdocs
The third call for applications for SMASH postdoctoral Fellowships, co-funded by Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, is now open! It offers excellent research opportunities that revolve around machine learning and its applications to the fields of climate research, linguistics, precision medicine … Read More
prof. dr. Miha Nemevšek: Več kot spoznaš teoretičnih fizikov, bolj vidiš, da smo samo ljudje
Vabljeni k poslušanju pogovornega podcasta Mihilizem, v katerem je sodeloval naš sodelavec prof. dr. Miha Nemevšek.
Prof. Dr. Svjetlana Fajfer gave a Theory Summary talk at the Moriond conference Electroweak Interactions & Unified Theories 2024
Prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer gave a Theory Summary talk at the Moriond conference Electroweak Interactions & Unified Theories 2024, which took place from 24-31 March 2024 at La Thuile. The Rencontres de Moriond conferences are serials of high-energy conferences on … Read More
Doc. dr. Denis Golež and his colleagues from the Flatiron Institute, Berkeley University and the University of Örebro discovered a new approach for using Feynman diagrams in quantum materials, published in Physical Review X
Feynman diagrams are an important tool in modern theoretical physics, with applications in solid-state, high-energy physics, and quantum chemistry. Doc. dr. Denis Golež from the Department of Theoretical Physics and his colleagues from the Flatiron Institute (USA), Berkeley University (USA) … Read More
Awarded MSCA Cofund project entitled “Slovenian Quantum Science Hub” (SQUASH)
The Department of Theoretical Physics and the Department of Condensed Matter Physics (coordinated by prof. dr. Andrej Zorko), together with 11 other departments at the Jožef Stefan Institute, were awarded the MSCA Cofund project “Slovenian Quantum Science Hub” (SQUASH). Project … Read More
Publication in Nature Communications
Bogoliubov quasiparticles are elementary single-particle excitations in superconducting materials that carry spin. Luka Pavešič and Rok Žitko have developed a model for hybrid quantum devices composed of two superconducting islands coupled via a semiconducting quantum dot and predicted the existence … Read More
World QUANTIM day, 14. 4. 2024
On 14 April, World Quantum Day, the Jožef Stefan Institute together with the Slovenian quantum community QUTES organise a series of events. Events are co-organised by the programme P1-0416, Physics of Quantum Technologies, led by our colleague prof. dr. Rok … Read More
prof. dr. Lev Vidmar v podcastu Strašno hudi
Podcast Strašno hudi je podcast o ljudeh, ki ustvarjajo presežke, navdihe in predvsem strašno hude zgodbe. Tokrat je v njem sodeloval naš sodelavec, prof. dr. Lev Vidmar, ki je med drugim odgovoril tudi na vprašanje, kaj imajo tekači Ljubljanskega maratona … Read More
Prvi na obisku: prof. dr. Lev Vidmar o mejah kvantnega kaosa
Sodelavec iz našega odseka, prof. dr. Lev Vidmar, je bil nedavno gost v podcastu “Prvi na obisku” na RTV SLO. Pogovor je potekal v okviru 32. Dnevov Jožefa Stefana, kjer je delil svoje znanje in izkušnje na področju mej kvantnega … Read More
Awarded MSCA Cofund project entitled “Slovenian Quantum Science Hub” (SQUASH)
The Department of Theoretical Physics and the Department of Condensed Matter Physics (coordinated by prof. dr. Andrej Zorko), together with 11 other departments at the Jožef Stefan Institute, were awarded the MSCA Cofund project “Slovenian Quantum Science Hub” (SQUASH). Project … Read More
prof. dr. Primož Ziherl published a review article Topology in soft and biological matter in the journal Physics Reports together with other colleagues from the collaboration project
Remarkable advances in the understanding of topological constraints in biological and soft matter physics in the past few years stimulated the European COST collaboration EUTOPIA to write a comprehensive review paper on topological effects in systems ranging from DNA and … Read More
Dr. Matej Krajnc receives RSF-FUTURE funding
Dr. Matej Krajnc has been awarded RSF funding for his FUTURE project, titled “MEchanics, Topology, And Geometry of Natural Optimizing Networks.” The RSF Committee announced the award after reviewing 42 proposals, including 22 under the FUTURE category. Following a rigorous … Read More
Helium expansion revisited, published in Chem. Eng. J.
Understanding how much gas shale reservoirs can hold is crucial for efficient gas extraction and carbon sequestration. Our computer simulations reveal that traditional methods, which use helium as a proxy, overestimate these capacities by a factor of two, highlighting the … Read More
Biophysics of polymers, membranes, gels, colloids, and cells; 6. – 7. 6. 2024
The meeting will take place in Tehnopark in Celje from 6 – 7 June 2024. It will cover various topics in biophysics ranging from molecules to cells and tissues.
Paper on furrowing in fruit fly embryo published in Dev. Cell
Urška Andrenšek, Primož Ziherl in Matej Krajnc z Odseka za teoretično fiziko Instituta “Jožef Stefan” so s sodelavci z Université Côte d’Azur v reviji Developmental Cell objavili članek z naslovom A mechanical wave travels along a genetic guide to drive the … Read More