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As an experimental astrophysicist, my research focuses primarily on the detection of gravitational waves—spacetime perturbations predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 based on General Relativity and first detected by LIGO-Virgo in 2015. Following the initial detections of signals from stellar-mass binary black hole coalescences, in 2017 —thanks to Virgo— we also observed for the first time the signal from a binary neutron star merger, identifying its optical counterpart and marking the beginning of the multi-messenger astronomy era.
Main research activities:
Main research activities:
development and integration of the detector payloads of Advanced Virgo and Advanced Virgo+;
R&D on the payloads for the Einstein Telescope;
reduction of quantum noise with squeezing techniques in interferometers;
seismic/vibrational noise reduction and characterization of experimental sites;
application of cryogenic techniques in third generation gravitational wave detectors (Einstein Telescope).
Local Research Group:
Local Research Group:
Virgo group of Roma (INFN Roma1 & Sapienza Univ.)
ET-Roma1 R.U. (INFN Roma1 & Sapienza Univ.)
Experiments:
Experiments:
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