Docenti e ricercatori
Research Area: PHYS-01/A - Fisica Sperimentale delle Interazioni Fondamentali e Applicazioni
L.go B. Pontecorvo, 3, 56127 Pisa (PI), Italy.
Research activities
My main research interests focus on instrumentation, simulation and data analysis for high-energy astrophysics. I have extensive experience in the design of innovative detector systems, and I have provided substantial contributions to the development, operation and scientific exploitation of the NASA Fermi Large Area Telescope—a space-based, high-energy gamma ray telescope launched in 2008—and IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), a new-generation X-ray telescope with unique polarimetric capabilities launched in 2021, of which I am the Italian Co-Principal Investigator.
Recent publications
- Analysis of Crab X-Ray Polarization Using Deeper Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer Observations [2024]
- An IXPE-led X-Ray Spectropolarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-Ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing [2024]
- Complex rotational dynamics of the neutron star in Hercules X-1 revealed by X-ray polarization [2024]
- Cygnus X-3 revealed as a Galactic ultraluminous X-ray source by IXPE [2024]
- Detection of X-Ray Polarization from the Blazar 1ES 1959+650 with the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer [2024]
Courses
- ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS /ASTROPARTICELLE (Cod. 192BB) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
- COMPUTING METHODS FOR EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS AND DATA ANALYSIS (Cod. 360BB) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
- LABORATORIO DI FISICA (Modulo dell'insegnamento LABORATORIO 1 CON ELEMENTI DI COMPUTAZIONE - Cod. 367BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)
- ELEMENTI DI COMPUTAZIONE (Modulo dell'insegnamento LABORATORIO 1 CON ELEMENTI DI COMPUTAZIONE - Cod. 367BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)