Working Packages

WP1: Trapping Coordinator: M. Drewsen - AU Objectives Construction of a low noise trap for NCs with properties suitable for a cryogenic environment; Synthesis of NCs with tailored properties; Robust loading of multiply charged NCs into the trap; Quantification of heating sources and their effects on the trapped NCs. Deliverables D1.1: Rf trap for NCs (delivered by 31.12.2019) D1.2: Colloidal NCs-1 (delivered by 31.12.2018) D1.3: Colloidal NCs-2 (delivered by 31.12.2019) D1.4: Loading and control device D1.5: Quantification of heating	WP2: Cooling Coordinator: P. Barker - UCL Objectives To develop low noise trap, detection and feedback electronics; To determine optimal detection and cooling strategies for trapped charged NCs; To cool internal states of a trapped NC; To understand and control sources of decoherence. Deliverables D2.1: Low-noise electronics (delivered by 31.12.2018) D2.2: Optimal cooling strategies (delivered by 31.03.2020) D2.3: Internal state cooling D2.4: Quantify decoherence
WP3: Testing Coordinator: H. Ulbricht - UoS Objectives To develop a low noise environment for the low noise NC trap with optical cooling in dilution fridge; To perform tests of CSL noise effects on motion of trapped NC; To adapt theory to experimental parameters to optimise the test of quantum superposition. Deliverables D3.1: Low noise environment (delivered by 31.12.2018) D3.2: Systematic effects investigated (delivered by 30.04.2020) D3.3: Ultimate experiment D3.4: General bound	WP4: Enabling Coordinator: M. Paternostro - QUB Objectives To set up a theoretical framework for the test of quantum mechanics at the mesoscopic level; To design experimental tests able to refine the framework of collapse models; To investigate macro-realism at the mesoscopic level through the experiments at the core of TEQ. Deliverables D4.1: Calibration of decoherence (delivered by 31.12.2018) D4.2: Bounds to CSL & SN models (delivered by 30.06.2019) D4.3: Size of superposition (delivered by 31.12.2019) D4.4: Bounds to the ecCSL model D4.5: Time-dilation/gravity collapse
WP5: Management Coordinator: A. Bassi - UniTs Objectives Coordination of the project for the achievement of the objectives. Deliverables D5.1: Website (delivered by 28.02.2018) D5.2: Data Management Plan (delivered by 30.06.2018) D5.3: Project Review Meeting documents M12 (delivered by 28.02.2019) D5.4: Project Review Meeting documents M30 (delivered by 31.08.2020) D5.5: Project Review Meeting documents M48	WP6: Dissemination Coordinator: A. Bassi - UniTs Objectives Implementation of targeted dissemination and communication activities. Deliverables D6.1: Press releases (delivered by 31.03.2018) D6.2: Popular press articles (delivered by 31.12.2018) D6.3: Videos (delivered by 31.12.2019) D6.4: Workshop (delivered by 31.12.2019) D6.5: Dissemination and Exploitation Plan (delivered by 31.12.2018)