Experimental astroparticle physics
Associate Professor in Experimental Physics at the University of L'Aquila, working on ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, detector performance and multimessenger astroparticle physics.
My research activity is mainly focused on astroparticle physics and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays within the Pierre Auger Collaboration. I work on the hybrid energy spectrum, fluorescence-detector performance, exposure calculations, energy-scale comparisons between Auger and Telescope Array, and the phenomenology of Lorentz Invariance Violation and ultra-high-energy photon propagation.
I also contribute to rare-event and multimessenger astroparticle studies at LNGS and to simulation tools for cosmic-ray propagation and detector-response modelling. Since 2024 I have been an author of the Particle Data Group Review of Particle Physics.
Associate Professor in Experimental Physics
University of L'Aquila, Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences
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The Pierre Auger Observatory combines surface and fluorescence measurements to study the highest-energy cosmic rays. My work focuses on the hybrid energy spectrum, exposure, fluorescence-detector performance, detector-response modelling and the comparison of Auger and Telescope Array energy spectra.
Learn moreI work on Monte Carlo simulation of ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray propagation, including SimProp and CRPropa-based studies, cosmogenic photons and neutrinos, Lorentz Invariance Violation, photon-ALP mixing and the interpretation of high-energy multimessenger signals.
A central part of my activity concerns calibration, atmospheric monitoring, fluorescence and microwave detection techniques, optical instrumentation, SiPM technologies and the construction of reliable detector-response models for spectrum and composition analyses.
I teach and supervise students at the University of L'Aquila on nuclear and subnuclear physics, astroparticle physics, statistical tools, detector performance and advanced simulation techniques.
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