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MASSIMILIANO RAZZANO

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Research Area: PHYS-01/A - Fisica Sperimentale delle Interazioni Fondamentali e Applicazioni

L.go B. Pontecorvo, 3, 56127 Pisa (PI), Italy.

massimiliano.razzano@unipi.it

050 2214400

Research activities

My research activity is focused on the multimessenger investigation of the most extreme phenomena in the Universe. This approach has opened a new window on the cosmos and allows to explore the laws of Nature in a totally new perspective. In particular, the discovery of the GW170817 event by LIGO and Virgo opened a new era of multimessenger studies based on gravitational waves and photons. The cosmic messengers I am mainly interested in, are high-energy photons (X and gamma rays) and gravitational waves. In my research I focus on the most extreme cosmic sources, including neutron stars and pulsars. I am also interested in advanced data analysis techniques, in particular machine learning and neural networks, and how to use them to tackle very complex problems in modern Physics, also involving citizen science. I am member of the Fermi Large Area Telescope Collaboration, of the Virgo Collaboration, and of the Einstein Telescope Collaboration.

Recent publications

  • GW231123: A Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190–265 M ⊙ [2025]
  • GW241011 and GW241110: Exploring Binary Formation and Fundamental Physics with Asymmetric, High-spin Black Hole Coalescences [2025]
  • GW250114: Testing Hawking’s Area Law and the Kerr Nature of Black Holes [2025]
  • Search for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars in the First Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run [2025]
  • Search for Gravitational Waves Emitted from SN 2023ixf [2025]
See all the publications on: Arpi, Orcid, Google Scholar

Courses

  • ASTROPHYSICS AND MULTIMESSENGER LABORATORY (Cod. 0010B) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
  • DETECTION TECHNIQUES: FROM LAB TO SPACE (Cod. 0009B) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
  • FISICA 1 (Cod. 028BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)
  • FISICA 1 (Cod. 028BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)
  • GRAVITATIONAL WAVE PHYSICS / FISICA DELLE ONDE GRAVITAZIONALI (Cod. 257BB) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
  • MULTIMESSENGER AND HIGH-ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS (Cod. 0011B) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
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