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
- Design and Simulation of a Transmon Qubit Chip for Axion Detection [2024]
- A search for the K+->mu- nu e+e+ decay [2023]
- A search for the K+ → μ−νe+e+ decay [2023]
- A study of the K+? p0e+?? decay [2023]
- High Intensity Kaon Experiments (HIKE) at the CERN SPS Proposal for Phases 1 and 2 [2023]
Courses
- COMPUTING METHODS FOR EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS AND DATA ANALYSIS (Cod. 360BB) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
- FISICA GENERALE I (Cod. 011BB) CdS IAS-L INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE (Registro)
- INTRODUZIONE ALLA FISICA SUBNUCLEARE (Cod. 250BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)
- LABORATORIO 2 - MODULO A (Modulo dell'insegnamento LABORATORIO 2 - Cod. 033BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)
- LABORATORIO 2 - MODULO B (Modulo dell'insegnamento LABORATORIO 2 - Cod. 033BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)