The Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC) is an autonomous centre established by the University Grants Commission (UGC). It is a premier research institution focused on accelerator-based research. The current recruitment is for a project titled “Absolute Measurement of the Quantum-Mechanical Ground-State Energy of a Harmonic Oscillator" under the inclusivity Research Grant (IRG) scheme of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF).
The project's objective is to experimentally determine the zero-point energy (ZPE) by trapping electrons in a cryogenic Penning trap and measuring their energy in a one-dimensional quantum oscillator, thereby going beyond indirect evidence of ZPE.