Anupam Mazumdar

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), University of Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Ontario, Canada
University of Groningen,  Van Swinderen Institute, 9747 AG,  Groningen,  The Netherlands
Emails:  anupam.mazumdar@utoronto.ca,    anupam.mazumdar@rug.nl

Career Details

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1997 - 2000:  PhD from Imperial College, London, UK

​2000 - 2002:  Postdoctoral Fellow, ICTP, Trieste, Italy

​2002 - 2004:  CITA National Fellow, McGill University, Canada

​2004 - 2007:  Assistant Professor of NORDITA, Copenhagen, Denmark

​2007 - 2017:  Reader, Lancaster University, United Kingdom

2008 - 2013:  Honorary Associate Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark​

2017 -            Associate Professor at Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands​​​

2026 -            Professor at CITA (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics), University of Toronto, Canada                             

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​Publications:​ Inspirehep  Google Scholar

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Experimental protocols to witness the quantum nature of spacetime

• Spin Entanglement Witness for Quantum Gravity

• Gravitational optomechanics: Photon-matter entanglement via graviton exchange

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Theory papers to motivate the experimental protocols

• Mechanism for the quantum natured gravitons to entangle masses

• Locality and entanglement in table-top testing of the quantum nature of linearised gravity​

 

Experimental design, massive quantum spatial superposition/Chip design

• Magnetic levitation and spatial superposition of a nanodiamond with a current-carrying chip

• ​Spatial superposition for a two-dimensional matter-wave interferometer in an inverted harmonic potential with gyroscopic rotational stability

• Micrometer-size spatial superpositions for the QGEM protocol via screening and trapping

• Constructing nano-object quantum superpositions with a Stern-Gerlach interferometer

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Noise analysis (Gravity gradient, Relative acceleration, current/magnetic field)

• Relative acceleration noise mitigation for nanocrystal matter-wave interferometry: Applications to entangling masses via quantum gravity

• Quantum Gravity Witness via Entanglement of Masses: Casimir Screening

• Dephasing due to electromagnetic interactions in spatial qubits

• Magnetic noise in macroscopic quantum spatial superpositions

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White paper on Quantum gravity induced entanglement of matter (QGEM) protocol

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Theory reviews

• Review of cosmic phase transitions: their significance and experimental signatures

• Review on Inflation and Curvaton from Particle Physics

• Review on Preheating and Reheating

• Review on MSSM Flat Directions, Baryogenesis and Dark Matter

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