Under the aegis of the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA), one of the tracks, namely DRD5, plans to focus on R&D activities towards developing detectors based on Quantum and Emerging Technologies for applications in High Energy Physics. After having brainstormed over a period of time, research directions have been crystallized under five distinct verticals: 1) Quantum techniques for sensing; 2) Atomic, nuclear, and molecular systems in traps and beams [exotic systems, interferometers, and clocks]; 3) Quantum Materials [0-, 1-, 2-D materials, superconducting devices and electronics at 4K]; 4) Scaling up for low-energy particle physics [optomechanical and other systems, transduction and readout]; and 5) Scaled-up “Quantum” for MIP’s [spin sensitive devices; hybrid devices]. Specific work packages are now being defined under these verticals and are expected to be organized under a new RDq collaboration expected to be launched early next year. In this talk, I will summarize the highlights of the discussion on these topics with a particular focus on those that are of potential interest to TIFR.
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