IIP-UFRN research proposes a new form of control over Majorana fermions

Published Tue, Apr 05, 2022
Researchers from the International Institute of Physics at UFRN published a new work on the behavior of a non-abelian Kitaev spin liquid containing defects on lines with modified interactions. The article “Gapless excitations in non-Abelian Kitaev spin liquids with line defects” was...

IIP-UFRN opens the 2022 series of international seminars and colloquia in April

Published Fri, Apr 01, 2022
On April 11 the International Institute of Physics at UFRN reopens its annual season of international seminars and colloquia, presented by local and invited researchers, on various topics in the research areas of the Institute, such as Quantum Information and Quantum Matter, Astroparticle Physics,...

Postdoctoral position - FAPESP fellowship

Published Fri, Mar 11, 2022
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scientist position starting between July and September/2022 in the group of Professor Vivian França at UNESP Araraquara, Brazil.     The postdoc will do theoretical research on nontrivial condensed matter nanomaterials, in...

Physicists gathered to form new collaborations

Published Wed, Feb 23, 2022
The second edition of Quantum Retreat, an event held between January 24 and 28, 2022, brought together researchers at the International Institute of Physics at UFRN and Brazilian and foreign institutions to exchange ideas in various fields of physics work. The assembled scientists were invited to...

IIP researcher comic strip is dramatized in podcast

Published Thu, Feb 03, 2022
The HQ “Particuleiro Nordestino”, created by Professor Farinaldo Queiroz, who is a research leader in Particle and Astroparticle Physics at the IIP-UFRN was featured in the podcast “Peças Raras”. One of the Professor's comics strips was dramatized for a special...

Quantum Retreat 2022

Published Mon, Jan 24, 2022
This Monday, January 24th, the Quantum Retreat 2022 begins at the International Institute of Physics at UFRN, a program that brings together researchers linked to its Quantum Information Group to discuss recent developments in research and share experiences in the area. In addition to Group...