FoQuS is a laboratory based in the Mathematics Department at the Politecnico di Milano aiming to foster research activities in the conceptual and mathematical features of quantum physics.
It includes members of the department that actively work on relevant topics related to quantum mechanics, ranging from quantum probability, operator theory, entanglement and non-locality and quantum information to many-body quantum systems, phase transitions and symmetry breaking, open systems, semiclassical and scaling limits, quantum nonlinear models, quantum statistical mechanics, superoscillations and weak measurements.
As such, the laboratory offers a common platform to address foundational, interpretational, theoretical and mathematical issues in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum gravity, with the aim to enforce research exchange across different scientific-disciplinary sectors present in the department. In doing so, it even purports to develop external collaborations with colleagues in other departments of PoliMi as well as with national and international scholars working on quantum physics around the world.
FoQuS is also committed to contribute to the improvement of the quality of education of quantum physics at the academic level as well as of the models and methods based on it.
Latest updates and events
- Approach to equilibrium in quantum spin systems11, 12, 14 november 2025, Anna Szczepanek, Jagellonian University
- Introduction to repeated quantum measurements4-5 November 2025, Tristan Benoist, CNRS – Université de Toulouse
- Spin in semiconductors: a passion that has lasted for over 40 yearsFranco Ciccacci, Dipartimento di Fisica – Politecnico di Milano 30/10/2025 15:00h, Aula Consiglio VII Piano, Campus Leonardo, Ed.14 (Nave)
- DDE25 – Advances in mathematics15-16 Sept. 2025
- Operator algebraic approach to topological ordersYoshiko Ogata, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto 24/07/2025, 15:30h, Aula Seminari III Piano, Campus Leonardo, Ed.14 (Nave)