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EPJ Quantum Technology is calling for submissions to our Collection on Prospects for Space Quantum ResearchSubmission Deadline: 28 February 2025Read more at https://www.springeropen.com/collections/PSQR Submission GuidelinesThis Collection welcomes submission of research articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. Please, select the appropriate Collection title “Prospects for Space Quantum Research" under the “Details” tab during the submission stage.Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.About the CollectionQuantum technologies are gaining importance every day. Space exploration has been on the forefront of development of quantum technologies and investigation of quantum mechanical phenomena. It is thus evident, that space, with its demands on size, mass, and power, can be a major technology driver and accelerator for innovations in quantum technology. In this topical Collection, we want to summarize the uses of and advancement in quantum technologies:In Space - Quantum technologies in space can be deployed to investigate a number of fundamental questions not possible in terrestrial environments, especially: • Quantum Mechanical Phenomena: • Decoherence Experiments • Surface Interactions • 3D atomic systems • Et cetera • Fundamental Physics: • Weak Equivalence Principle Tests • Local Lorentz Invariance Tests • Local Position Invariance Tests • Search for new physicsFor Space - The exploration of space can benefit from the possibilities in quantum technologies. Quantum technologies can be deployed for space, especially in: • Navigation without GNSS • Deep Space Timing, Position and Navigation (PNT) • Inertial Sensing • Navigation along and Generation of Planetary Maps • Planetary and Lunar Research • Space Weather Monitoring • Gravitational Redshift • Gravitational Wave DetectionFrom Space - Our civilization has come to rely on global services that can be improved by or include already quantum technologies, such as: • Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) • Earth Observation • Gravimetry / Gravity Gradiometry • Quantum RADAR • Quantum LIDAR • Altimetry • Quantum Communication NetworksThis topical issue welcomes publications in all these areas with a specific focus given to the current strategic considerations at NASA, through the National Academies' Biological and Physics Sciences Decadal Survey report, and at ESA.

Application Deadline: 1 Nov 2024 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris)Organisation/Company: Université de StrasbourgDepartment: Centre Européen de Sciences Quantiques - Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS)Research Field: Physics » Quantum mechanicsResearcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)Positions: PhD PositionsOffer DescriptionThe development of new quantum technologies heavily relies on benchmarks against numerical simulations. However, accurately simulating quantum systems made of many constituents is exponentially complex, especially for the dynamical processes essential to many computations in fundamental physics, in quantum chemistry or in material science. Existing methods typically face the “exponential wall of complexity” which drastically limits our ability to describe complex quantum states of matter. There is an urgent need for methods that provide precise, reliable predictions for large quantum systems and pave the way for future breakthroughs. To tackle this very ambitious problem, we propose to restrict to a specific family of quantum many-body systems that undergo ‘nearly integrable’ dynamics, meaning that their dynamics on experimental time scales is non-chaotic and is governed by a proximate integrable model. Recent theory progress suggests that this family of systems is particularly promising for the development of new computational methods. This problem will be attacked through the prism of concrete toy models in one spatial dimension (spin chains), where the goal is to (i) identify quantifiers based on entanglement and quantum information concepts that are sensitive to the type of dynamics (integrable vs. chaotic) and allow to distinguish between them and (ii) develop new geometries of Tensor Network variational wavefunctions that can accurately approximate the time evolution of the many-body wavefunction and circumvent the exponential wall of complexity.The PhD position is for 3 years, and the PhD candidate will be supervised by Jerome Dubail at the Centre Europeen de Sciences Quantiques in Strasbourg, France.Where to apply: E-mail: j.dubail@unistra.frRequirementsResearch Field: Physics » Quantum mechanicsEducation Level: Master Degree or equivalentLink: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/271235Website: https://www.cesq.eu/