Institution
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova
Recent research
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Autopsy assessment of drowning deaths remains a challenging task for forensic pathologists, requiring a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach. Drowning is typically diagnosed by exclusion, relying on careful evaluation of autopsy, toxicological, and histological findings. Howe...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Construction and characterisation of the DarkSide-20k veto silicon photo-multiplier tiles
Abstract Silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs) are state-of-the-art sensors capable of detecting a single photoelectron under cryogenic conditions, with potentially lower radioactivity than widely used photomultiplier tubes. The DarkSide-20k experiment, designed to perform direct dar...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Self-consistent fragmentation in dynamically dense turbulent fibre suspensions
Fragmentation of slender fibres by turbulence controls length distributions in many natural and industrial suspensions, yet most theories assume a prescribed carrier flow, and treat fibres as dilute and dynamically passive. Here, we develop a self-consistent kinetic description f...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Among the ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (SMAs), Ni43Mn31Ga19Co7 (at%) alloys are well known as a promising ferromagnetic SMA (FeSMA) for magnetocaloric effect, and scientific interest has increased due to the possible exploitation of multicaloric function. This first example...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Finite‐Time Protocols Stabilize Charging in Noisy Ising Quantum Batteries
ABSTRACT Reliable charging protocols are crucial for advancing quantum batteries toward practical use. We investigate a transverse‐field Ising chain as a quantum battery, focusing on the combined role of qubit interactions in the battery model and finite charging time. This inter...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract. Accurate storm surge forecasting is vital for protecting coastal regions, particularly in the northern Adriatic Sea where sea-level rise and increasingly severe storm events pose growing risks. Machine Learning (ML) approaches offer compelling speed and flexibility, yet...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Spinors Beyond Dirac, Weyl and Majorana: The Flag-Dipoles
Abstract We recall the Lounesto classification of 1/2-spin spinor fields, based on the vanishing of spinorial bilinear quantities: the classes are the regular spinor fields (i.e. the Dirac field), as well as singular spinor fields, also known as flag-dipole spinor fields, admitti...