Research Area: PHYS-01/A - Fisica Sperimentale delle Interazioni Fondamentali e Applicazioni
Research activities
My research activity is devoted to elementary particle physics. In particular, to CP symmetry violation and standard model testing. I am a member of the NA62 collaboration at CERN in Geneva for the study of ultra-rare decays of charged K mesons. For this experiment, I participated in the design and construction of the detectors and, mainly, in the building of the data acquisition system for which I proposed a system based on the use of graphics processors for data real-time selection. I am involved in data analysis and detector maintenance during data taking. More recently, I have started working on cryogenic detectors for axions and other exotic dark matter candidates detection. Within the Qub-it collaboration of INFN, I study the use of superconducting transmons (essential elements of quantum computers) as possible detectors for these elusive particles.
Recent publications
- First detection of a tagged neutrino in the NA62 experiment [2025]
- Hyper-Kamiokande: Neutrino Astrophysics and Status [2025]
- Kaon physics: a cornerstone for future discoveries [2025]
- Observation of the $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ decay and measurement of its branching ratio [2025]
- Searches for hidden sectors using K+ → π+X decays [2025]
Courses
- COMPUTING METHODS FOR EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS AND DATA ANALYSIS (Cod. 360BB) CdS WFIR-LM FISICA (Registro)
- FISICA GENERALE I (Cod. 011BB) CdS IASR-L INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE (Registro)
- MODULO B (Modulo dell'insegnamento FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS LABORATORY / LABORATORIO DI INTERAZIONI FONDAMENTALI - Cod. 413BB) CdS WFIR-LM FISICA (Registro)
- MODULO A (Modulo dell'insegnamento FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS LABORATORY / LABORATORIO DI INTERAZIONI FONDAMENTALI - Cod. 413BB) CdS WFIR-LM FISICA (Registro)
- INTRODUZIONE ALLA FISICA SUBNUCLEARE (Cod. 250BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)