PHERMIAC: Photonic High-Energy cosmic-ray Monitoring via Ising machines and Advanced Combinatorial optimization

Principal Investigator: Sapienza Università di Roma

Referente CREF: Fabrizio Coccetti

Code: 2022597MBS

The project aims to create an innovative device for applying ultrafast and energy-efficient photonic computation to high-energy physics. It will implement a photonic Ising machine for ultrafast parallel processing of millions of spins. This device will be optimized for monitoring and reconstructing detected tracks of cosmic muons and other elementary particles.

• Project start and end date: 29/09/2023 – 28/09/2025
• Extension: 28/02/2026
• Funding source: MUR Avviso 104/2022 – PNRR – Next Generation EU, Missione 4 Componente 2 Investimento 1.1 – “Fondo per il Programma Nazionale di Ricerca e Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)”
• CUP: F53D23001300006
• Funding amount: 49.400,00