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93
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27431
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2057
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107

Overview

Gianfranco Brunetti is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy. Their research primarily spans Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

Their work encompasses a wide range of topics, focusing notably on Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brunetti include: R. J. van Weeren, A. Botteon, M. Brüggen, H. J. A. Röttgering, and A. Bonafede.

They have published extensively in venues such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brunetti include:

  • "The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey", 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1", 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: I. Survey description and preliminary data release", 2024, University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)
  • "Shock acceleration efficiency in radio relics", 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky", 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Best Publications

  • COSMIC RAYS IN GALAXY CLUSTERS AND THEIR NONTHERMAL EMISSION

    Gianfranco Brunetti;Thomas W. Jones

  • Particle reacceleration in the Coma cluster: radio properties and hard X‐ray emission

    G. Brunetti;G. Setti;L. Feretti;G. Giovannini

  • Particle reacceleration in Coma cluster: radio properties and hard X-ray emission

    G. Brunetti;G. Setti;L. Feretti;G. Giovannini

  • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - II. First data release

    T. W. Shimwell;T. W. Shimwell;C. Tasse;C. Tasse;M. J. Hardcastle;A. P. Mechev

  • Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

    B.S. Acharya;I. Agudo;I. Al Samarai

  • Bow Shock and Radio Halo in the Merging Cluster A520

    M. Markevitch;M. Markevitch;F. Govoni;G. Brunetti;D. Jerius

  • Turbulent gas motions in galaxy cluster simulations: The role of SPH viscosity

    K. Dolag;F. Vazza;G. Brunetti;G. Tormen

  • Compressible turbulence in galaxy clusters: physics and stochastic particle re-acceleration

    Gianfranco Brunetti;A. Lazarian

  • Turbulent gas motions in galaxy cluster simulations: the role of smoothed particle hydrodynamics viscosity

    Klaus Dolag;Klaus Dolag;F Vazza;G Brunetti;Giuseppe Tormen

  • A low-frequency radio halo associated with a cluster of galaxies

    G. Brunetti;S. Giacintucci;S. Giacintucci;R. Cassano;W. Lane

  • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey. I. Survey description and preliminary data release

    T. W. Shimwell;H. J. A. Röttgering;Philip N. Best;W. L. Williams

  • GMRT radio halo survey in galaxy clusters at z = 0.2–0.4 - II. The eBCS clusters and analysis of the complete sample

    T. Venturi;S. Giacintucci;S. Giacintucci;D. Dallacasa;D. Dallacasa;R. Cassano;R. Cassano

  • Cluster mergers and non‐thermal phenomena: a statistical magneto‐turbulent model

    R. Cassano;G. Brunetti

  • GMRT radio halo survey in galaxy clusters at z = 0.2–0.4 - I. The REFLEX sub-sample

    T. Venturi;S. Giacintucci;S. Giacintucci;G. Brunetti;R. Cassano;R. Cassano

  • Turbulent Motions and Shocks Waves in Galaxy Clusters simulated with AMR

    F. Vazza;G. Brunetti;A. Kritsuk;R. Wagner

  • On the Connection Between Giant Radio Halos and Cluster Mergers

    R. Cassano;R. Cassano;S. Ettori;S. Giacintucci;S. Giacintucci;G. Brunetti

  • Statistics of giant radio haloes from electron reacceleration models

    Rossella Cassano;Rossella Cassano;G. Brunetti;Giancarlo Setti;Giancarlo Setti

  • On the evolution of giant radio halos and their connection with cluster mergers

    G. Brunetti;R. Cassano;K. Dolag;G. Setti

  • REVISITING SCALING RELATIONS FOR GIANT RADIO HALOS IN GALAXY CLUSTERS

    R. Cassano;S. Ettori;G. Brunetti;S. Giacintucci

  • Cosmic rays and radio halos in galaxy clusters: new constraints from radio observations

    G. Brunetti;T. Venturi;Daniele Dallacasa;Daniele Dallacasa;Rossella Cassano;Rossella Cassano

Frequent Co-Authors

Annalisa Bonafede
Annalisa Bonafede National Institute for Astrophysics
Marcus Brüggen
Marcus Brüggen Universität Hamburg
Glenn J. White
Glenn J. White The Open University
Michael W. Wise
Michael W. Wise Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Gabriele Giovannini
Gabriele Giovannini National Institute for Astrophysics
Stefano Ettori
Stefano Ettori National Institute for Astrophysics
Huub Röttgering
Huub Röttgering Leiden University
Andrea Comastri
Andrea Comastri National Institute for Astrophysics
Matt J. Jarvis
Matt J. Jarvis University of Oxford
Maxim Markevitch
Maxim Markevitch Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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