Physics

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Academic year 2022/2023
Faculty of Sciences
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
EQF level: 8
38° cicle
Field of study: natural sciences, mathematics, physics and statistics
Place of teaching
pisa (PI), italy
Attendance methods
Full time
Languages in which the course is held
English, Italian
Deadline (Expired)
31 October 2022
Cost
Free course
Scholarships
6 
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Course contents

Physics has always been at the heart of SNS scientific research with its highly selected faculty and students, as witnessed by the two former SNS Alumni and Nobel Laureates Enrico Fermi and Carlo Rubbia, among many other outstanding physicists. Graduate students have the opportunity to work daily in close contact with leading experts on a wide range of scales, from sub-atomic physics to cosmology, pursuing either theoretical or experimental research. Interdisciplinary work with other areas (mathematics, chemistry, biology) is warmly encouraged. SNS provides an inclusive, gender-balanced and international (all courses are in English) environment attracting the best talents from all over the world (currently, about 40% of students are international) in the beautiful Tuscany region where Pisa is located. At present research at the Scuola Normale Superiore covers the following areas: Cosmology and Astrophysics, High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter. These are described below.

Research Areas

Boosted by the recent experimental and theoretical advances that have enabled the exploration of the cosmic frontiers up to an epoch when the Universe was only a few percent of its current age, research in Cosmology and Astrophysics focuses on the physical processes underlying cosmic evolution. The research is based on a combination of theoretical investigations, supercomputing simulations and experimental data. More specifically, the research group in this area works on the formation of the first galaxies, black holes and their impact and structure formation. We are also involved in the area of "21 cm line cosmology", with the aim of studying cosmic reionization and the nature of dark matter. The research is performed in the framework of large international collaborations as the HST, SKA, and ALMA and in collaboration with INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica). Recently, new research lines, as Astrobiology, have been launched.

Research in Physics of Fundamental Interactions has a long tradition at Scuola Normale. It is done in complete synergy with INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare). LHC activity at CERN and the experiments to search for dark matter make the future of high-energy physics very exciting. The most important question has been triggered by the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson: we do not know yet if this particle is the long-awaited Higgs Boson of the Standard Model or the first particle of a new physics sector that could allow us to make the first step towards the resolution of open problems at the electro-weak scale. On a more formal level the central issue is a deeper understanding of the theory of gravitational interaction. This line of research is pursued with emphasis on the field theory of higher spins, on issues related to the breaking of Supersymmetry in String Theory and in Supergravity, on their applications to Cosmology and on some general properties of non-linear realizations, with an eye to string dualities and to the very foundations of the String Theory. In addition to these theoretical and phenomenological activities, researchers and SNS students are engaged in the CMS and LHCb experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN covering both direct searches of physics beyond the Standard Model and precision measurements.

Condensed Matter Physics at SNS includes various research areas, ranging from the physics of metals and semiconductors to superconductors. These areas share a deep interest in the physics of nanostructures. Our scientists are very much interested in new materials, as e.g. graphene. Condensed matter research at our National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology (NEST) laboratory covers low temperature physics, transport in nanostructures, and nano-photonics. On the theoretical side, most of the attention has been devoted to the study of many-body systems, quantum transport, quantum optics, quantum information and electronic/optical properties of semiconductors. A key feature of condensed matter research at SNS is to combine fundamental physics research with its impact on emerging technologies.
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Teaching

Place of teaching
pisa (PI), italy
Number of hours
150 ( 150 hours of learning activities)
Attendance methods
Full time
Compulsory attendance
Languages in which the course is held
English, Italian

Admission requirements

Type of degree required
2nd Level Degree
Field of study
natural sciences, mathematics, physics and statistics
Foreign language skills
English
Other educational requirements
a) were born after 31 October 1988;
b) have no past criminal charges against them resulting in a prison term of more than three years;
c) have not been subject to the disciplinary measure of “expulsion” as specified in the didactic regulations of the SNS;
d) are not in possession of a research doctorate issued by an Italian university, and in any case have never benefitted from a scholarship to attend a research doctorate course in Italy.

Admission

Deadline
31 October 2022
Available places
6
Admission
Admission selection
Academic assessment and interview
Cost
Free course
Scholarships
6

Employment opportunities

PhD students can continue their professional career in the field of research, in the academy or in research laboratories of public or private entities. Together with the research work, PhDs have the foundations and the necessary know-how to be able to continue their professional career also in the managerial / managerial field in the field of scientific innovation, in particular in companies with advanced technological content. The flexibility in solving problems and the type of mentality developed in the courses of study also opens up the world of finance to PhDs in Physics, where numerous young people are heading towards the end of their training path. PhDs in Physics have the qualities to be hired by companies of various kinds, for the development of software in private or public administration computer centers, for the detection and control of physical phenomena of importance for the protection of the environment and radiation protection, for medical diagnostics.

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