Docenti e ricercatori
Research Area: FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
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
- A polarimetrically oriented X-ray stare at the accreting pulsar EXO 2030+375 [2023]
- A space-borne X-ray imaging polarimeter [2023]
- Discovery of strongly variable X-ray polarization in the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary transient XTE J1701-462 [2023]
- Discovery of X-ray polarization angle rotation in the jet from blazar Mrk 421 [2023]
- Handling the Background in IXPE Polarimetric Data [2023]
Courses
- COMPUTING METHODS FOR EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS AND DATA ANALYSIS (Cod. 360BB) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
- FISICA GENERALE I E LABORATORIO (Cod. 006BB) CdS STC-L CHIMICA PER L'INDUSTRIA E L'AMBIENTE (Registro)
- LABORATORIO DI FISICA (Modulo dell'insegnamento LABORATORIO 1 CON ELEMENTI DI COMPUTAZIONE - Cod. 367BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)