Subnuclear Physics

Subnuclear Physics

Coordinator Prof. Paolo MASSAROTTI

The subnuclear section research topics range across various aspects of the study of fundamental interactions and their applications and include:
  • Physics of proton-proton interactions at very high energies at the LHC accelerator experiments
  • Physics of flavor and rare processes
  • Neutrino physics
  • Appicated physics
  • Related future developments

The members of the Section, in close collaboration with the INFN, are included in positions of responsibility in frontier scientific programs in both national (Gran Sasso National Laboratories, Frascati and Southern National Laboratories) and international (CERN-Geneva, KEK-Tsukuba) Research Laboratories.

The realization of complex experiments implies collaboration with high-tech industries, favoring interaction with the territory and technology transfer. Beyond the aspects related to specific experiments, the internal skills of the section include:
  • design and construction of experimental apparatus
  • development of particle detectors
  • nuclear emulsions and automatic microscopy
  • development of tools and methodologies for data analysis
  • creation and management of complex distributed computing tools
  • development and creation of trigger electronics and data acquisition
  • microelectronics and study of radiation damage
  • applications of detectors to interdisciplinary problems
  • organic electronics

The subnuclear section members are engaged in teaching activities in the Bachelor's and Master's Degree Courses in Physics, where they contribute to the curriculum in Subnuclear Physics and Electronics. They are also engaged in teaching activities in the Degree Courses in Optics and Optometry, in various Degree Courses in Engineering, Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biotechnology, Orthoptics and Ophthalmological Assistance, Speech Therapy and Physiotherapy, Medical Radiology Techniques.

In the last three years, approximately 12 Bachelor's and 11 Master's students have graduated in Physics with teachers of the Section. 6 PhD students, 5 research fellows, 2 foreign scholarship holders with post-doc positions and 3 Visiting Researchers carry out their research activity within the activities of interest of the section.

Five members of the Section are also part of the Teaching Board of the Doctorate in Fundamental and Applied Physics.

 

LIST OF ACTIVITIES

  • Physics of proton-proton interactions at very high energies at the LHC accelerator experiments
    • ATLAS experiment (team leader Prof. Mariagrazia Alviggi)
    • CMS experiment (team leader Prof. Orso Iorio)
    • LHCb experiment (team leader Prof. Fabio Ambrosino)
  • Flavour and rare process physics
    • NA62 experiment (team leader Prof. Fabio Ambrosino)
    • Belle2 experiment (team leader Prof. Guglielmo De Nardo)
  • Neutrino physics
    • Dune experiment (team leader Prof. Francesco Di Capua)
    • SHIP experiment (team leader Prof. Giovanni De Lellis)
    • SND experiment (team leader Prof. Antonia Di Crescenzo)
  • Applied physics
    • FragmentatiOn Of Target experiment (team leader Prof. Adele Lauria)
    • ASPIDES project, a CMOS SPAD and Digital SiPM Platform for High Energy Physics (team leader Dr. Marcello Campajola)
    • Muon radiography (team leader Prof. Giulio Saracino)
    • Research and development of reconfigurable electronics for trigger systems and data acquisition in high energy physics experiments (team leader Prof. Raffaele Giordano)
    • Development and characterization of biosensors and radiation detectors PRP@CERIC (team leader Prof. Alberto Aloisio)
    • Development and characterization of organic photo-transistors PNRR OPTICS (team leader Alberto Aloisio)
  • Related future developments
    • Future Circular Collider project (team leaders Drs. Marcello Campajola and Francesco Cirotto)