Eleventh International Workshop DICE2024

 Castello Pasquini/Castiglioncello (Tuscany),  16-20 September 2024

Spacetime - Matter - Quantum Mechanics

"Quo vadis, fisica?"           
 
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Advisory Board
Organizers
Objectives
Invited Lectures
Contrib. Papers
Program
Conference Site
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Proceedings 2002-2022
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        Updated:
            02/10/24





Advisory Board
 
S. Adler (IAS, Princeton) J. Barbour (Oxford)
G. Casati (Como) G.C. Ghirardi (Trieste) [*1935-2018]
C. Grebogi (Edinburgh) S. Haroche (Paris)
J. Hartle (Santa Barbara) [*1939-2023]
B.-L. Hu (Maryland)
C. Isham (London) C. Kiefer (Cologne)
N. Mavromatos (London) C. Rovelli (Marseille)
C. Tsallis (Rio de Janeiro) G. Veneziano (CERN & ENS, Paris)
C. Wetterich (Heidelberg) W. Zurek (Los Alamos)
 
Founding and Supporting Members


T. Arecchi (Firenze) [*1933-2021]         O. Bertolami (Lisboa)
I. Bialynicki-Birula (Warsaw)
L. Davidovich (Rio de Janeiro)                           
L. Fronzoni (Pisa)
J. Rafelski (Arizona)
D. Stein (New York)
M. Tegmark (MIT, Cambridge)

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Organizers


    Massimo Blasone (Salerno) 
    Lajos Diosi (Budapest)
    Hans-Thomas Elze (Pisa, chair)
    Lorenzo Fratino (Paris)
    Jonathan Halliwell (London) 
    Claus Kiefer (Cologne) 
    Enrico Prati (Milano)
    Giuseppe Vitiello (Salerno)

  
     Conference
secretaries:

    Sebastiano Corli (Milano)   Luciano Petruzziello (Ulm)
    Rebecca Casati (Milano)   Luca Nigro (Milano)     
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Objectives

Following DICE2002 - DICE2022, this biannual workshop addresses researchers in the fields of fundamental interactions, cosmology, general relativity, and quantum mechanics:
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The pillars of modern physics, quantum mechanics and general relativity, coexist very successfully, having in their respective domains impressive observational support. However, questionable unification of the known forces, cosmological constant problems, black hole entropy puzzle, and conceptual difficulties of quantum mechanics and its application to the Universe are stumbling blocks on the way to deeper understanding.
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Attempts to quantize gravity continue to stimulate studies of classical and quantum dynamics and of properties of "timeless" reparametrization-invariant systems. A central problem is to determine observables consistent with constraints. New ideas attract attention that consider spacetime or gravity as emergent phenomena, much like hydrodynamics is seen to arise from atomic physics. Even quantum mechanics might reflect deterministic dynamics beneath, which is hidden by coarse-graining to scales where quantum theory has been tested, nineteen orders of magnitude away from the Planck scale.
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Classical behavior in complex quantum systems, attributed to decoherence, has recently been studied from atomic to mesoscopic systems, the motivation being largely the quest for quantum information processing. However, decohering degrees of freedom in subatomic and general relativistic systems are little understood. The control of quantum systems by classical means and the study of quantum-classical hybrid dynamics present new challenges of practical as well as of fundamental character. The related measurement problem, wave function collapse or objective reduction persist as unresolved issues. These problems become particularly acute at the interface of quantum mechanics with gravity.
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The study of these topics may include an analysis of the kind of information that exists in systems with many degrees of freedom and typically long-range interactions and of the basic conditions under which it can be extracted. Corresponding measures of complexity have been elaborated and could play a role here.
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Topics for DICE2024 are defined but not constrained by overlapping interests in:

  • emergent spacetime, matter, and symmetries
  • quantum gravity / cosmology and high-energy physics 
  • tabletop challenges and quantum / gravity interface
  • quantum information and AI for physics
  • foundations of quantum theory 
  • key experiments  

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Invited Lectures

A. Aspect (Institut d'Optique Graduate School, Université Paris-Saclay)
    
From Einstein and Bell to quantum technologies: quantum non-locality in action
     <KEYNOTE LECTURE>    supported by SYMMETRY & Dip. di Fisica, Univ. Degli Studi di Milano 
M. Aspelmeyer (IQOQI & Univ. Wien)
    TBA 
S. De Bianchi (Univ. Milano & Autonom. Univ. of Barcelona)
  
  Open questions on spacetime and gravititation 
L. Boi (EHESS, Paris) 
    Some insights into the topological features of gravity and quantum field theories 
S. Bose (Univ. College, London)  
 
   Quantum nature of gravity on table-top: entanglement and measurements 
J. Butterfield (Univ. of Cambridge)
 
   A philosophical look at quantum reference frames 
N. Callebaut (Univ. zu Kőln)  
    
Radial canonical AdS_3 gravity and TŤ theory
I. Ciufolini (Chinese Acad. Sci., Wuhan & La Sapienza, Roma) [LARES Collab.]
    Dragging of inertial frames and tests of gravitational physics
    with satellite laser ranging 
L. Diósi (Wigner Res. Center, Budapest) 
    Postquantum stochastic semiclassical gravity: world without Schrődinger cats 
J. Fröhlich (ETH Zurich)
   
A theory of quantum jumps
I. Fuentes (Univ. of Southampton)   
    Quantum gravity through the looking glass 
M. Genovese (INRIM, Torino) 
    Measuring incompatible observables on entangled states through weak measurements:
    from single pair measurement of CHSH to a test of relativistic independence 
P. Grangier (Institut d'Optique / CNRS, Palaiseau)   
    Postulating the unicity of the macroscopic physical world 
J. Halliwell (Imperial College, London) 
    Leggett-Garg tests for macrorealism: recent results 
P. Hannaford (Swinburne Univ. Technol., Melbourne)
    Time crystals: applications   
N. Huggett (Univ. of Illinois, Chicago)   
    What could we learn from table top quantum gravity?
A. Kempf (Univ. of Waterloo & Perimeter Institute)
    Generalized Noether theorem: The metric is derivable
    from the non-conservation of energy-momentum
    
A. Khrennikov (Linnaeus Univ., Vaxjoe-Kalmar)
    Violation of the Bell inequalities from incompatibility of local observables
C. Kiefer (Univ. zu Kőln) 
    Arrow of time from quantum cosmology  
K. Konishi (Univ. di Pisa) 
    The Quantum Ratio: a bridge from quantum to classical mechanics
D. Kothawala (Indian Inst. Technol. Madras, Chennai) 
    Gravitational compass constructed from quantum probes: universal imprints of
    spacetime curvature in quantum entanglement and decoherence  
S. Lloyd (MIT, Cambridge MA)   
   
Newtonian gravity and entanglement
N. Mavromatos (Nat. Tech. Univ., Athens & King's College, London
    Do we exist because of a gravitational anomaly?   
J. Mielczarek (Jagiellonian Univ., Cracow)      
    Gravitational field and quantum entanglement 
V. Mitsou (IFIC-CSIC / Univ. de Valencia)
   
The hunt for magnetic monopoles
J. Oppenheim (Univ. College, London)
    A post-quantum theory of classical gravity? 
A. Plotnitsky (Purdue Univ., West Lafayette
    There is no friend like Wigner's friend:
    quantum formalism and human conciousness
E. Prati (Univ. di Milano
    Simulating quantum physics with quantum computing methods   
D. Rossini (Univ. di Pisa)   
    Entanglement transitions in monitored fermionic chains:
    The impact of different unravelings
K. Sacha (Uniw. Jagiellonski, Krakow)   
    Time crystals: Introduction 
S. Saunders (Univ. of Oxford) 
    Unitary quantum mechanics as a theory of  intrinsic (frequentist) probability 
T. Singh (IUCAA, Pune)   
    Quantum determinism, quantum nonlocality, and
    supra-quantum nonlocal correlations
K. Thebault (Univ. of Bristol)
    The Universe as an open quantum system 
H. Ulbricht (Univ. of Southampton)
    Testing quantum mechanics and gravity by using levitated mechanics 
L. Vaidman (Tel-Aviv Univ.)
    From interaction-free measurements to counterfactual communication 
G. Vitiello (Univ. di Salerno)
    The Bayes' theorem: entanglement and intentionality in
    the brain functional activity
(joint presentation with D. Bernal) 
R.M. Wald  (Univ. of  Chicago)
    Black holes decohere quantum superpositions 
    <KEYNOTE LECTURE>   supported by ENTROPY & Dip. di Fisica, Univ. Degli Studi di Milano
C. Wetterich (Univ. Heidelberg)
    Quantum systems from probabilistic automata
   
<KEYNOTE LECTURE>   supported by MATHEMATICS & Dip. di Fisica, Univ. Degli Studi di Milano 

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Contributed Papers by registered participants   

P:  poster presentation   T: talk   C: oral communication 

(
all presented papers will have equal status when submitted for Proceedings)
 
V. Alba (Univ. di Pisa)  
   
( ) Entanglement dynamics in dissipative many-body systems
A. Ashton (Institute of Physics Publ., Bristol) 
   
Books and journals exhibition
A. Beckwith (Chongquing Univ.)  
    P: How torsion physics, with a new model of black holes and Penrose's CCC
         cosmology, may induce an upper bounded cosmological constant 
A. de Bernardini (Univ. Fed. de Sao Carlos)  
    P: Nonlinear dynamics from Weyl-Wigner quantum mechanics:
    prey-predator dynamics
   
P: Phase-space Gaussian ensemble quantum camouflage
M. Blasone (Univ. di Salerno)  
    T: Quantum field theory of neutrino mixing and oscillations
L. Braccini (Univ. College, London)  
    P: Creation of massive superposition for test of quantum gravity
C. Budroni (Univ. di Pisa)
    T: Memory attacks in network nonlocality and self-testing
L. Buoninfante (Radbout Univ., Nijmegen)  
    T: Strict renormalizability as a paradigm for fundamental physics
A. Capolupo (Univ. di Salerno)  
    P: Flavor vacuum condensate and dark matter probed by
         neutrino capture on tritium
R. Casati (Univ. Degli Studi di Milano)
    P: Exploiting adiabatic quantum computing in deep space missions 
L. Chataignier (Univ. of Basque Country, Leioa)
    T: The origin of time and probability 
S. Corli (Politecnico di Milano, CNR-IFN
    P: Processing quantum information on a quantum photonic hardware 
P. Dieguez (Int. C. Theory of Qu. Technol., Gdansk
    P: Quantum switch instabilities with an open control
G. Doyen (Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Műnchen)  
    P: EHHD-QFT cosmology 
D. Drakova (State Univ. of Sofia)  
    P: Quantum gravity theory of dark matter can reproduce
         the universal galaxy rotation curve of McGaugh et al.  
L. Figurato (Univ. di Trieste)
    C: Effectiveness of Collapse in the Diósi-Penrose model
P. Fischer (Univ. Regensburg)  
    P: Causal fermion systems as a candidate for a theory of quantum gravity
G. Franzmann (NORDITA & Stockholm Univ.)
    T: Are quantum subsystems invariant?
L. Fratino (Univ. de Cergy, Paris)  
    T: Resistive switching mechanism for neuromorphic devices
G. Gionti (Vatican Observatory)  
    T: Jordan and Einstein frames analyzed from a canonical perspective
V. Härkönen (Tampere Univ.)  
    C: Beyond Born-Oppenheimer Green's function theories 
A. Isar (Nat. Inst. Phys. & Nucl. Engin., Bucharest-Magurele)  
    T: Gaussian quantum entanglement in curved spacetime 
A. Ito (Kobe Univ.)  
    P: Macroscopic quantum response to gravitational waves
P. Jizba (Czech Technical Univ., Prague)  
    T: Weak equivalence principle violation for mixed particles
T. Kamalov (State Univ. Education, Moscow)
    T: Physics of non-inertial reference frames, conclusions and consequences 
I. Kanatchikov (Nat. Quantum Info. Center, Gdansk) 
    C: Dark Energy and Dark Matter as manifestations of
         quantum spin connection foam
A. Kent (DAMTP, Univ. of Cambridge) 
    T: Time and distance constraints for mass and charge interferometry
K. Koltko (Indep. Res., Denver)  
    C: Gauge CPT as replacement for Dark Matter and
         possible explanation for Dark Energy
A. Kryukov (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)  
    C: Dynamics of a particle in the double-slit experiment with measurement
J. Kunisch (Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Műnchen)  
    --
O. Kwon (Univ. of Chicago) 
    T: Foundational tests of quantum space-time with
         single photon detection interferometry
G. Luciano (Univ. de Lleida)  
    C: Neutrino mixing in QFT, entangled vaccum and all of that 
O. Lychkovskiy (Skolkovo Inst., Russ. Qu. Center, Steklov Inst. Math., Moscow)  
    C+P: Heisenberg dynamics of observables in operator space
L. Maccone (Univ. di Pavia) 
    T: Geometric event-based quantum mechanics: a new approach to
         relativistic quantum mechanics
P. Mandrin (Indep. Res., Siebnen)                                                                     
    P: Statistical mechanical space-time decomposition as a key to
         non-perturbative quantization prescription for gravity 
M. Martellini (MIT and EDHEC, Nice
    T: Quantum delay in the time of arrival of free-falling atoms and
         time-position uncertainty relation
H. Melendez (Univ. of Southampton)  
    C: Testing modified gravity with a Bose-Einstein condensate 
B. Micciola (Univ. di Salerno)  
    C: Entanglement and CCR in particle physics processes 
E. Minguzzi (Univ. Degli Studi di Firenze)  
    T: Destructuring physics
S. Monda (Univ. di Salerno)  
    P: The effect of spacetime torsion on neutrino mixing
S. Murk (Okinawa Inst. Science & Technol.)  
    T: Probability vector representation of the Schrödinger equation
         and Leggett-Garg type experiments
L. Nigro (Univ. di Milano)  
    P: Simulation of nuclear processes by a quantum computer
D. Oaknin (Rafael Ltd., Haifa)  
    C: Bell's theorem revisited: geometric phases in gauge theories
E. Panella (Univ. College, London)  
    P: Can a stochastic cosmology mimic LambdaCDM? 
M. Paranjape (Univ. de Montréal)  
    T: What is the gravitational field of a massive particle in
         a spatially non-local quantum superposition?
A. Pesci (Univ. Bologna)
   
T: Small-scale metric structure and horizons: 
         Probing the nature of gravity
L. Petruzziello (Univ. Ulm)  
    P: A new test to probe gravitationally mediated entanglement
M. Pianini (Univ. di Pisa)  
    P: From clear to reflecting: interference that
         makes mirrors from transparent sheets

G. Pisacane (Univ. di Salerno)  
    P: Neutron interferometry to probe the Dark Sector
         of the Universe
M. Plavala (Univ. Siegen & Leibniz Univ., Hannover)  
    T: Newton's laws of motion can generate gravity-mediated entanglement 
P. Pylkkanen (Univ. of Helsinki)  
    ( ) Quantum consciousness: where are we today?
A. Quaranta (Univ. di Salerno)  
    P: Quantum reference frames and particle mixing 
M. Reginatto (Physikal. Techn. Bundesanst., Braunschweig)  
    T: Classical systems and classical mediators from van Hove's
         unitary representation of contact transformations 
J. Relancio (Univ. de Burgos)
    C: Doubly Special Relativity from cotangent bundle geometries
J. Reyes (Univ. Degli Studi di Trieste)
    C: Modyfying the Wheeler-DeWitt equation through
         a collapse mechanism
R. Riek (ETH, Zurich)  
    C: On the measurement problem in quantum mechanics
    revisiting time (as a non-local hidden variable)
P. La Rocca (Univ. di Pisa)  
    --
R. da Rocha (Fed. Univ. of ABC, Santo Andre)  
    C: Quantum corrections to gravity: transport and
          response coefficients in generalized black branes 
L. Santamaria-Sanz (Univ. de Burgos)
    T: Quantum field theory in doubly special relativity
L. Scalone (Springer Verlag Italia, Milano)
   
Books and journals exhibition
F. Scardigli (Politecnico di Milano) 
    T: Gravitational collapse in scale-dependent gravity 
F. Scholtz (Stellenbosch Univ.
    T: Quantum mechanics on noncommutative space:
         a natural paradigm for the quantum-to-classical transition
D. Schuch (Goethe-Univ., Frankfurt)  
    T: On the physical meaning of the
    Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad equation
S. Sengupta (Indian Inst. Techn., Kharagpur)  
    C: A Lagrangian basis for asymptotically flat galactic rotation
         curves and empirical galactic laws 
R. Serao (Univ. di Salerno)  
    P: On the quantumness of gravity
K. Simonov (Univ. of Vienna)  
    C: Higher-order quantum theory with indefinite time direction:
         Theoretical framework and case study
L. Smaldone (Univ. di Salerno)  
    C: Neutrino oscillations in the interaction picture
B. Soda (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo) 
    T: Motion as the infinitesimal limit of quantum teleportation
A. Soulas (Univ. de Rennes)  
    C: Decoherence as a high-dimensional geometrical phenomenon
C. Stoica (Nat. Inst. Physics & Nucl. Engeneering, Bucharest) 
    C: What makes you an observer?
F. Strubbe (Ghent Univ.)  
    C: Towards a fundamentally classical unification of matter and gravity 
D. Terno (Macquarie Univ., Sydney)  
    T: Black hole horizons in semiclassical gravity:
         geometric properties and observable signatures 
S. Tomasi (Univ. Degli Studi di Camerino) 
    C: Area law in quantum black holes 
R. Wagner (Int. Iberian Nanotech. Lab., Univ. of Minho)  
    C: Contextuality in anomalous heat flow 
M. Wright (The Archive Trust for Research, Bristol)  
    --
V. Zatloukal (Czech Techn. Univ., Prague)  
    P: Higher effective action of QFT and induced gravity

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Program

Access to lectures for registered participants only.  
Accesso al convegno solo per iscritti.
Serata dedicata al pubblico mercoledi, 18. settembre.


(questions at speaker's discretion!)  

SUNDAY, 15 September 
Arrival in Castiglioncello
16:30 - 19:00     Registration at Castello Pasquini (conference site)
      18:30 - 20:00     Reception at Castello Pasquini

MONDAY, 16 September
Of particles and quantum matter(s)

 -- WORKSHOP OPENING --    
 8:50 -  9:00
 -- Welcome --   

Chair: H.-Thomas Elze
 9:00 -  9:25 N. Mavromatos -- Do we exist because of a gravitational anomaly?
 9:25 -  9:45
L. Buoninfante -- Strict renormalizability as a paradigm for fundamental physics 
  9:45 - 10:10 V. Mitsou -- The hunt for magnetic monopoles 
10:10 - 10:35 A. Kempf -- Generalized Noether theorem: The metric is derivable
                      from the non-conservation of energy-momentum

10:35 - 11:15
 -- Coffee Break --  kindly supported by MATHEMATICS + SYMMETRY (all breaks)

Chair: Nick Mavromatos
11:15 - 11:35 D. Schuch -- Physical meaning of the Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad equation
11:35 - 11:55
G. Franzmann -- Are quantum subsystems invariant? 
11:55 - 12:20 K. Sacha -- Time crystals: Introduction
12:20 - 12:45 P. Hannaford -- Time crystals: Applications
12:45 - 13:00 O. Lychkovskiy -- Heisenberg dynamics of observables in operator space
13:00 - 15:00
 -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --

Chair: Petr Jizba
15:00 - 15:20
L. Fratino -- Resistive switching mechanism for neuromorphic devices 
15:20 - 15:40 C. Budroni -- Memory attacks in network nonlocality and self-testing
15:40 - 16:05 E. Prati -- Simulating quantum physics with quantum computing methods 
16:05 - 16:30 D. Rossini -- Entanglement transitions in monitored fermionic chains:
                      the impact of different unravelings 
16:30 - 17:00
 -- Coffee Break --

Chair: Enrico Prati
17:00 - 17:15 R. Wagner -- Contextuality in anomalous heat flow
17:15 - 17:30
K. Simonov -- Higher-order quantum theory with indefinite time direction:
                        theoretical framework and case study
17:30 - 17:45 A. Kryukov -- Dynamics of a particle in the double-slit experiment with measurement
17:45 - 18:00 R. Riek -- On the measurement problem in quantum mechanics
                  revisiting time (as a non-local hidden variable)
18:00 - 18:20 T. Kamalov -- Physics of non-inertial reference frames, conclusions and consequences

TUESDAY, 17 September

Quantum mechanics at work

Chair: Jeremy Butterfield 
 9:00 -  9:25
L. Vaidman -- From interaction-free measurements to counterfactual communication
 9:25 -  9:50 M. Genovese --  Measuring incompatible observables on entangled states
                            through weak measurements: from single pair measurement of CHSH
                            to a test of relativistic independence

 9:50 - 10:30 A. Aspect -- From Einstein and Bell to quantum technologies: quantum non-locality in action
                     <KEYNOTE LECTURE> 
10:30 - 11:10
 -- Coffee Break --

Chair: Marco Genovese 
11:10 - 11:30
A. Kempf -- Part II (cont. from Monday
11:30 - 11:55 J. Halliwell -- Leggett-Garg tests for macrorealism: recent results
11:55 - 12:15 O. Kwon --  Foundational tests of quantum space-time with
                     single photon detection interferometry
12:15 - 12:35 A. Kent -- Time and distance constraints for mass and charge interferometry
12:35 - 12:55 M. Martellini -- Quantum delay in the time of arrival of free-falling atoms and
                           time-position uncertainty relation
13:00 - 15:00  -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --

Chair: Lev Vaidman 
15:00 - 15:15 H. Melendez -- Testing modified gravity with a Bose-Einstein condensate 
15:15 - 15:30
V. Härkönen -- Beyond Born-Oppenheimer Green's function theories 

A. Soulas -- Decoherence as a high-dimensional geometrical phenomenon
                     (not presented; following 2 talks anticipated)
15:30 - 15:55 S. Saunders -- Unitary quantum mechanics as a theory of  intrinsic (frequentist) probability
15:55 - 16:20 P. Grangier -- Postulating the unicity of the macroscopic physical world   
16:20 - 17:00
 -- Coffee Break --

Chair:  Seth Lloyd 
17:00 - 17:20 L. Maccone --  Geometric event-based quantum mechanics:
                          a new approach to relativistic quantum mechanics
17:20 - 17:40
S. Murk --  Probability vector representation of the Schrödinger equation  
                    and Leggett-Garg type experiments
17:40 - 17:55 F. Strubbe -- Towards a fundamentally classical unification of matter and gravity
  
WEDNESDAY, 18 September
Cosmology, gravity and quantum fields

Chair: Lorenzo Maccone
9:00 -  9:25
S. De Bianchi -- Open questions on spacetime and gravititation 
9:25 -  9:50
I. Ciufolini [LARES Collab.] -- Dragging of inertial frames and tests
                                                      of gravitational physics with satellite laser ranging 
 9:50 - 10:15 C. Kiefer -- Arrow of time from quantum cosmology 
10:15 - 10:35 L. Chataignier -- The origin of time and probability 
10:35 - 11:10  -- Coffee Break --

Chair: Achim  Kempf 
11:10 - 11:30
D. Kothawala -- Gravitational compass constructed from quantum probes:
                            universal imprints of spacetime curvature in
                            quantum entanglement and decoherence 
11:30 - 12:10 R.M. Wald -- Black holes decohere quantum superpositions 
                       <KEYNOTE LECTURE> 
12:10 - 12:30 D. Terno -- Black hole horizons in semiclassical gravity:
                    geometric properties and observable signatures 
12:30 - 12:55 J. Mielczarek -- Gravitational field and quantum entanglement 
13:00 - 15:00  -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --

Chair: Dawood Kothawala
15:00 - 15:15 S. Tomasi -- Area law in quantum black holes 
15:15 - 15:35
A. Pesci -- Small-scale metric structure and horizons:
                  probing the nature of gravity 
15:35 - 15:55 A. Isar -- Gaussian quantum entanglement in curved spacetime 
15:55 - 16:15
L. Santamaria-Sanz -- Quantum field theory in doubly special relativity 
16:15 - 16:30
G. Luciano -- Neutrino mixing in QFT, entangled vaccum and all of that  
16:30 - 17:00
 -- Coffee Break --

Chair: Vasiliki Mitsou
17:00 - 17:20
M. Blasone -- Quantum field theory of neutrino mixing and oscillations 
17:20 - 17:40 P. Jizba -- Weak equivalence principle violation for mixed particles 
17:40 - 17:55 L. Smaldone -- Neutrino oscillations in the interaction picture 
21:00
2nd floor
SERATA DEDICATA AL PUBBLICO (public evening, in Italian)
"Quo vadis, fisica?"
La fisica dalle particelle al cosmo e ritorno – tra storia, filosofia e futuro 
S. De Bianchi (Barcelona & Milano), G. Gionti (Vaticano), I. Ciufolini (Wuhan & Roma), E. Prati (Milano)    
 
THURSDAY, 19 September
Gravitation, quantum mechanics, foundational questions and table-top physics

Chair: Philippe Grangier 
 9:00 -  9:20 G. Gionti --  Jordan and Einstein frames analyzed from a canonical perspective 
 9:20 -  9:45 J. Butterfield -- A philosophical look at quantum reference frames  
 9:45 - 10:10 N. Huggett -- What could we learn from table top quantum gravity? 
10:10 - 10:35 I. Fuentes -- Quantum gravity through the looking glass
10:35 - 11:15
 -- Coffee Break --

Chair: Claus Kiefer 
11:15 - 11:40 K. Thebault --  The Universe as an open quantum system
11:40 - 12:05
J. Oppenheim -- A post-quantum theory of classical gravity?  
12:05 - 12:30 L. Diósi -- Postquantum stochastic semiclassical gravity:
                  world without Schrődinger cats
12:45 - 14:30  -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --

Chair: Lajos Diosi 
14:30 - 14:50 M. Paranjape -- What is the gravitational field of a massive particle in
                             a spatially non-local quantum superposition? 
14:50 - 15:15
S. Lloyd -- Newtonian gravity and entanglement  
15:15 - 15:40 S. Bose -- Quantum nature of gravity on table-top:
                 entanglement and measurements

15:40 - 16:05 H. Ulbricht -- Testing quantum mechanics and gravity by
                        using levitated mechanics

16:05 - 16:30
 -- Coffee Break --

Chair: Massimo Blasone
16:30 - 16:45 B. Soda -- Motion as the infinitesimal limit of quantum teleportation 
              16:45 - 17:00 B. Micciola -- Entanglement and CCR in particle physics processes
17:00 - 17:15 I. Kanatchikov -- Dark Energy and Dark Matter as manifestations of
                              quantum spin connection foam 
17:15 - 17:30 K. Koltko -- Gauge CPT as replacement for Dark Matter and
                     possible explanation for Dark Energy 
              17:30 - 17:45 S. Sengupta -- A Lagrangian basis for asymptotically flat galactic
                         rotation curves and empirical galactic laws
19:00  -- Reception / Aperitivo at Villa Parisi --
20:00  -- Conference Dinner at Villa Parisi --


FRIDAY, 20 September
Of quantum theory and experiences in a classical world

Chair: Ken Konishi 
 9:00 -  9:15 D. Oaknin -- Bell's theorem revisited: geometric phases in gauge theories
 
L. Boi -- Some insights into the topological features of
                gravity and quantum field theories (not presented; following 3 talks anticipated)
 9:15 -  9:30 J. Relancio -- Doubly Special Relativity from cotangent bundle geometries 
 9:30 -  9:55 N. Callebaut -- Radial canonical AdS_3 gravity and TŤ theory
  9:55 - 10:15 F. Scardigli -- Gravitational collapse in scale-dependent gravity
10:15 - 11:10
 -- Coffee Break and Poster Session --

Chair: Nele Callebaut
11:10 - 11:30 F. Scholtz -- Quantum mechanics on noncommutative space:
                     a natural paradigm for the quantum-to-classical transition
11:30 - 11:45 J. Reyes -- Modyfying the Wheeler-DeWitt equation through
                   a collapse mechanism
11:45 - 12:00 L. Figurato -- Effectiveness of Collapse in the Diósi-Penrose model 
12:00 - 12:20 M. Plavala -- Newton's laws of motion can generate gravity-mediated entanglement
12:30 - 14:30  -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --

Chair: Giuseppe Vitiello
14:30 - 14:55
K. Konishi -- The Quantum Ratio: a bridge from quantum to classical mechanics 
14:55 - 15:15
M. Reginatto --  Classical systems and classical mediators from
                            van Hove's unitary representation of contact transformations 
15:15 - 15:40 A. Khrennikov -- Violation of the Bell inequalities from
                               incompatibility of local observables  
15:40 - 16:10
 -- Coffee Break --

Chair: Andrei Khrennikov 
16:10 - 16:25 C. Stoica -- What makes you an observer? 
16:25 - 16:45 A. Plotnitsky -- There is no friend like Wigner's friend:
                           quantum formalism and human conciousness

16:45 - 17:15
G. Vitiello & D. Bernal -- Dynamical asymmetries, Bayes's Theorem,
                     
entanglement, and intentionality in the brain functional activity 

 -- WORKSHOP CLOSING --  

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Proceedings

Proceedings of DICE2024 will be published
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series - 
information follows
after the meeting!

Proceedings of DICE2022:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2533 (2023)
H.-T. Elze, M. Blasone, L. Diosi, L. Fratino, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)

- free access at  http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/2533/1

Proceedings of DICE2018:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1275 (2019)
H.-T. Elze, M. Blasone, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)

- free access at  http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/1275/1


Proceedings of DICE2016:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 880 (2017)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
-
free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/880/1

Proceedings of DICE2014:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 626 (2015)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/626/1

Proceedings of DICE2012: 

Journal of Ph
ysics: Conference Series, 442 (2013)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, E. Prati, G. Vitiello and J. Yearsley (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/442/1

Proceedings of DICE2010: 
Journal of Ph
ysics: Conference Series, 306 (2011)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, J. Yearsley, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/306/1
 
Proceedings of DICE2008: 
Journal of Ph
ysics: Conference Series, 174 (2009)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at
http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/174/1

Proceedings of DICE2006: 
Journal of Ph
ysics: Conference Series, 67 (2007)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at
http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/67/1

Proceedings of DICE2004:
Brazilian Journal of Physics, 35, no. 2A+2B, 205-529 (2005) 
H.-T. Elze (ed.) 

- free access at http://www.sbfisica.org.br/bjp

Proceedings of DICE2002:
Decoherence and Entropy in Complex Systems

Springer Lecture Notes in Physics, LNP 633
H.-T. Elze (ed.)
(Springer, Berlin, 2004)

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Registration CLOSED - waiting list installed   

Procedure: 

A. Please, send e-mail to elze@df.unipi.it with this format:   

  
     NAME / AFFILIATION / E-MAIL ________________________________________________________________

     MAILING ADDRESS __________________________________________________________________________

     STUDENT yes / no _____________________________________________________________________________

     TITLE / ABSTRACT of contributed paper
__________________________________________ (at least preliminary)

  
  ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE DATES + ACCOMPANYING PERSONS ____________________________________

    => talks etc. will be selected by organizers based on abstracts received by June 30th

B. Registration Fee:  full 380 EUR, student 340 EUR, accompanying person 190 EUR --
    to be paid in cash at the registration desk -- covering coffee breaks, receptions, lunches,
    conference dinner, conference material, and open access publication of proceedings.
 

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Conference Site

The conference will take place at Castello Pasquini in Castiglioncello (Tuscany),
which is described, for example, on WIKIPEDIA!  A browser search for Castello Pasquini
or Castiglioncello is also fruitfull. - A Tourist Information office is located at Castiglioncello
train station, a few steps from Castello Pasquini (e-mail: apt7castiglioncello@costadeglietruschi.it),
with website: http://www.costadeglietruschi.it






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Accommodation (Travel advice below) 

Participants -- except invited speakers -- are kindly requested to reserve accommodation
by direct contact with a chosen hotel (all within walking distance to conference site)  

==> as soon as possible.

      
Please, be aware of widespread phishing attempts trying to obtain
       booking or payment information from participants of conferences!!


Please, mention in all correspondence with hotel to be a 
participant of Convegno DICE2024 at Castello Pasquini and refer to indicated room rate!

(Local tax "tassa di soggiorno" of 0.50EUR per person x no. of days x no. of hotel *s  is added by hotel.)


Conference room rates for Single / Double (single use)
/ Double rooms per night, incl. breakfast:

Hotel Tirreno ***  EUR  90 / 110 / 120
http://www.hotel-tirreno.com
info@hoteltirreno.info
 
Hotel Baia del Sorriso ***  EUR  - / 85 / 99
(about 800 m from Castello Pasquini, beautiful view)
http://www.castiglioncelloturismo.com
info@baiadelsorriso.com

Hotel Corallo *** EUR 85 / 108 / 113
http://www.initalia.it/hotel/hotelcorallocastiglioncello.htm
hotelcoralloc.cello@gmail.com

Hotel Atlantico *** EUR 90 / 120 / 140
http://www.hotelatlantico.it
hotelatlantico@baldini1956.it

Hotel Martini ****  EUR 100 / 100 / 160   
(modern, luxurious style)
http://www.villamartini.it
info@villamartini.it

Hotel Costa Verde ** EUR 65 / 95 / 95
http://www.hotelcostaverdecastiglioncello.com
costaverde@gvhotels.it 

Hotel Guerrini ** EUR 65 / 85 / 95    
http://www.hotelguerrinicastiglioncello.com 
guerrini@gvhotels.it

Further hotels may also be found through the tourist information / link above under
"Conference Site".

Travelling:
Nearest and most convenient is PISA international airport.
From there you go by shuttle or taxi to the main train station Pisa Centrale,
which takes about 5-10 min.
Regional trains from Pisa Centrale to Castiglioncello, your destination, take about 30-40 min.
From Roma Termini train station to Castiglioncello may take about 3 h by regional train.  
With long-distance fast trains, you have to reach Pisa or Livorno (from North) and 
Campiglia Marittima or Cecina (from South) and change for regional trains to Castiglioncello.  
Trenitalia Timetables are available here:
    http://www.trenitalia.it

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Sponsors   



Dipartimento di Fisica "Enrico Fermi"
Universita di Pisa 



DOMUS GALILAEANA - Pisa -


 

Centro Interdisciplinare per lo Studio dei Sistemi Complessi
Universita di Pisa 
 
     



Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello"
Universita di Salerno 



   
Universita di Milano


iisf - Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici          
diploma d'onore del parlamento europeo -- presidente onorario pierluigi celli
Via Monte di Dio 14 - Palazzo Serra di Cassano - 80132 Napoli - tel.: 081.7642652 \B7 fax: 081.7642654 \B7 mail: info@iisf.it




ARMUNIA
Castiglioncello
 





Institute Of Physics Publishing  http://journals.iop.org
Dirac House, Bristol



Springer http://www.springer.com
Heidelberg





M
DPI AG  http://www.mdpi.com/
Basel



  

Solvay Italia SA 
http://www.solvay.com
Rosignano

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