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Overview

Luciano Nicastro is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of physics and astronomy, with a particular focus on astronomy and astrophysics. Their research spans a variety of subfields including nuclear and high energy physics, computational mechanics, artificial intelligence, and oceanography.

The scientist's primary research topics center around gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, pulsars and gravitational waves research, radio astronomy observations and technology, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, and astrophysical phenomena and observations. Additional topics of study include galaxies, formation, evolution and phenomena, as well as solar and space plasma dynamics.

Nicastro has published work in several academic venues with a notable frequency in arXiv (Cornell University), with nine publications. Other frequent publication venues include Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology).

Their recent scientific papers include:

  • The Lowest-frequency Fast Radio Bursts: Sardinia Radio Telescope Detection of the Periodic FRB 180916 at 328 MHz (2020) in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A comparison between short GRB afterglows and kilonova AT2017gfo: shedding light on kilonovae properties (2020) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • A nebular origin for the persistent radio emission of fast radio bursts (2024) in Nature
  • EMU Detection of a Large and Low Surface Brightness Galactic SNR G288.8-6.3 (2023) in The Astronomical Journal
  • Unnamed paper (2020) in Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • E. Palazzi
  • A. Gardini
  • N. Hurley-Walker
  • W. Becker
  • M. Pilia

Best Publications

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

    A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

  • The Gaia mission

    T. Prusti;J. H. J. de Bruijne;A. G. A. Brown

  • Discovery of the peculiar supernova 1998bw in the error box of GRB980425

    T.J. Galama;P.M. Vreeswijk;J. van Paradijs;C. Kouveliotou

  • An Unusual Supernova in the Error Box of the Gamma-Ray Burst of 25 April 1998

    T. J. Galama;P. M. Vreeswijk;J. van Paradijs;J. van Paradijs;C. Kouveliotou;C. Kouveliotou

  • Gaia Data Release 1 Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

    A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

  • Discovery of an X-ray afterglow associated with the γ-ray burst of 28 February 1997

    E. Costa;F. Frontera;J. Heise;M. Feroci

  • Intrinsic spectra and energetics of BeppoSAX Gamma-Ray Bursts with known redshifts

    L. Amati;F. Frontera;M. Tavani;J. J. M. in 't Zand

  • Transient optical emission from the error box of the gamma-ray burst of 28 February 1997

    J vanParadijs;J vanParadijs;PJ Groot;T Galama;C Kouveliotou;C Kouveliotou

  • Discovery of the X-Ray Afterglow of the Gamma-Ray Burst of February 28 1997

    E. Costa;F. Frontera;J. Heise;M. Feroci

  • Gaia Data Release 2: Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

    C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M.A. Barstow

  • The radio afterglow from the γ-ray burst of 8 May 1997

    D. A. Frail;S. R. Kulkarni;L. Nicastro;M. Feroci

  • Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron star merger

    E. Pian;P. D'Avanzo;S. Benetti;M. Branchesi

  • Introducing the CTA concept

    B. S. Acharya;M. Actis;T. Aghajani;G. Agnetta

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Photometric content and validation

    D. W. Evans;M. Riello;F. De Angeli;J. M. Carrasco

  • An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218.

    E. Pian;E. Pian;P. A. Mazzali;N. Masetti;P. Ferrero

  • Identification of a host galaxy at redshift z = 3.42 for the γ-ray burst of 14 December 1997

    S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski;A. N. Ramaprakash;A. N. Ramaprakash;R. Goodrich

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way

    A Helmi;F van Leeuwen;PJ McMillan;D Massari

  • The high energy instrument PDS on-board the BeppoSAX X{ray astronomy satellite

    F. Frontera;E. Costa;D. Dal Fiume;M. Feroci

  • Gaia Data Release 2: Properties and validation of the radial velocities

    D. Katz;P. Sartoretti;M. Cropper;P. Panuzzo

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Properties and validation of the radial velocities

    D. Katz;P. Sartoretti;M. Cropper;P. Panuzzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliana Palazzi
Eliana Palazzi National Institute for Astrophysics
Elena Pian
Elena Pian National Institute for Astrophysics
Stefano Covino
Stefano Covino National Institute for Astrophysics
Lorenzo Amati
Lorenzo Amati National Institute for Astrophysics
G. Tosti
G. Tosti University of Perugia
Enrico Costa
Enrico Costa National Institute for Astrophysics
C. Guidorzi
C. Guidorzi University of Ferrara
N. Masetti
N. Masetti National Institute for Astrophysics
Luigi Stella
Luigi Stella National Institute for Astrophysics
Alberto J. Castro-Tirado
Alberto J. Castro-Tirado Spanish National Research Council

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