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One of the 3 km-long Advanced Virgo tunnels nearby Pisa, where laser light travels. Credits: EGO/Virgo

A transverse view of the ATLAS detector in open configuration, with the eight toroid magnets surrounding the calorimeter

Examples of Feynman diagrams for Higgs boson production and decay. Nature 607, 52 (2022)

Kinetic simulation of magnetized plasma turbulence

Optomechanical set-up with laser beams exciting, probing, and controlling microcavities

Scheme of laser-cooled trapped ions subject to an optical lattice potential. Phys. Rev. Res. 3, 013031 (2021)

Quantum materials: superimposed graphene sheets forming a Moiré pattern. Courtesy: L. Cavicchi

M74 spiral galaxy imaged by Hubble (left), JWST (right), and with combined acquisitions (center). Credits: Esa/Nasa

Basic principles like unitarity and crossing symmetry, combined with the formalism of conformal field theories, can be used to precisely determine interesting observables in critical phenomena, such as the Ising model in 3D

CT, PET, and co-registered PET/CT imaging of glucose uptake in rat brain. EJNMMI Phys 9, 10 (2022)

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This is the website of the Department of Physics ‘Enrico Fermi’ of the University of Pisa, an internationally recognized center for scientific research and advanced education in Physics and in its interdisciplinary applications. Broad and intense teaching activities are performed for about 1000 undergraduate students, and 60 PhD students and postgraduate specializing students.

At the top places of the national ANVUR ranking 2023-2027, the Department of Physics of the University of Pisa got the highest score for its research (100/100) as well as for its development program (30/30).

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Published on 26 February 2026

Notice for the Sale of Metallic Objects and Electronic Accessories

The Department of Physics proposes the disposal of the following products: In addition to: as shown in the attached photographic…

Published on 22 December 2025

Department Opening Hours During the Holiday Period

Over the coming days, the Department of Physics will observe the following schedule: Happy holidays and best wishes for a…

Published on 18 December 2025

Researchers from the Department of Physics Awarded by Springer for Best 2024 Paper in Brain Informatics

The paper “Deep learning based joint fusion approach to exploit anatomical and functional brain information in autism spectrum disorders”, published…

Published on 17 December 2025

Italian Physicist Claudio Bonanno Wins the Wilson Award 2025

Claudio Bonanno, who earned both his degree and PhD in Physics at the University of Pisa, has won the prestigious…

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Last updated on: 16/06/2023

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