Research Area: FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
Research activities
My main research activity deals with the Dark matter search in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in the DarkSide-20k detector viewing a low-radioactivity argon target located in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. The DS-20k experiment is designed to extend the cross section vs. mass range in the search for dark matter well beyond any current or presently funded experiment [https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.08145.pdf]. DS-20k experiment has been approved and it is in the construction phase. The innovative instrumentation, in which the Pisa group is involved, of DS-20k consists in Silicon Photomultipliers innovative special arrays operated at Liquid argon temperatures [https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08801-2]. The technologies developed for DS-20k are also expected to be very relevant in view of future core-collapse supernova neutrinos experiments [JCAP03(2021)043].
Other activities of mine are in Belle2 experiment and in EEE [Eur. Phys. J. C (2021) 81:464], a network of cosmic muon trackers installed in about 60 italian secondary schools.
Recent publications
- The Silicon Vertex Detector of the Belle II experiment [2024]
- A cosmic muon test facility with the MRPC telescopes of the EEE Project [2023]
- Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35$$^{\circ }$$ $$\div $$ 82$$^{\circ }$$ N with the PolarquEEEst experiment [2023]
- Simulation of an all-layer monolithic pixel vertex detector for the Belle II upgrade [2023]
- Studies on new Eco-gas mixtures for Extreme Energy Events Project [2023]