New ERC Starting Grant for 九色视频 (LUH): Dr. Henrik Wilming is delighted about the prestigious European Union funding. It will enable the physicist to build up a research team over the next five years which will investigate the limits of quantum mechanical entanglement. The ERC project bridges basic research and cutting-edge applications in areas such as quantum computers and quantum simulators.
The European Research Council awards Starting Grants of up to 1.5 million euros each to outstanding early-career researchers with excellent and visionary project ideas. The Starting Grants are awarded for a period of five years. The aim is to foster scientific independence by supporting the establishment of the scientist鈥檚 own research group. Dr. Henrik Wilming is currently conducting research as a postdoc at the LUH Institute of Theoretical Physics.
His ERC project Large-Scale Structure of Entanglement takes up numerous questions that remain open even 100 years after the discovery of quantum mechanics. It aims to investigate the limits of quantum mechanical entanglement. This entanglement refers to a strong correlation between particles that can only be explained by quantum theory 鈥� a key resource for future quantum technologies such as quantum computers and quantum cryptography.
But entanglement does not just serve as a basis for technologies. It is also an important theoretical concept in modern physics when it comes to understanding complex quantum systems. Examples include solids near absolute zero, where an understanding of their entanglement properties is crucial to comprehending their other physical properties.
Henrik Wilming鈥檚 previous research has shown that, in principle, entirely new forms of entanglement can emerge in systems with a large number of particles. The ERC project investigates when and how these collective entanglement properties arise. In doing so, it combines methods from quantum information theory and condensed matter physics with advanced mathematical techniques.
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For further information, please contact Dr. Henrik Wilming, Institute of Theoretical Physics (tel. +49 511 762 17503, email: henrik.wilming@itp.uni-hannover.de).
