I am Associate Professor (Docent) at Lund University, in the division of mathematical physics. 

My research interests mainly concern nuclear structure and reactions, with a particular emphasis on many-body approaches and the connection of nuclear structure and reaction. I do foray into aspects of computer science such as statistical learning theory, computer vision, and quantum computing.

Research

From the understanding of the standard model to stellar bodies, atomic nuclei express the role of the strong force in nature. As such nuclei are one of the most important and fascinating natural objects to study. If you want a popular introduction to nuclear physics and why is it important you can look this page. My contributions are focused on the following arguments:

• Development of quantum many body methods for fermionic systems, such as Green's function, Generator Coordinate method and Configuration Interaction, and their application to nuclei.
• Nuclear energy density functional theory.
• Nuclear reactions, especially approaching ~MeV energy and below, and particle emission.
• Nucleosynthesis and astrophysical r-process.

Other work I did was to apply neural networks to nuclear physics, tackle the problem of bundle adjustment in computer vision, develop quantum algorithm for optimization, and cellular automata theory.

To know more about my past work, have a look at my papers.

I accept thesis project in each of these topics.

Teaching

• Chaos for science and technology, where we explore the modelling and behaviour of complex systems, using analytical excercises and computational projects. Personal projects related to the course and on visualization technology are welcome. Eventually, exam projects can be commuted to thesis projects .
• Advanced Nuclear Physics, where we approach nuclear physics from both theoretical and experimental point of views. With computational exercises to better understand quantum mechanics.
• Theoretical Nuclear Physics, where we study applications of advanced models of quantum mechanics to a fascinating system such as the nucleus.
• Modern Trends in Manybody Physics, where we study systems composed of many quantum particles at a deep level using current literature. For PhDs.

Useful Material

• Tools of the trade, to know more about programming in theoretical physics.
• How to write a thesis.

Contacts

email: andrea.idini@matfys.lth.se
Tel: +46 46 222 9080
Office: B301