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Mario Merola is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics. This subfield represents the majority of their work, supplemented by interests in Materials Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their research topics include a range of areas within particle physics and related disciplines. These encompass Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, Neutrino Physics Research, Fusion materials and technologies, and Computational Physics and Python Applications.

Merola's publication record includes work in several prominent venues. They have contributed 19 publications in Physical Review D, 10 in arXiv (Cornell University), 4 in Physical Review Letters, 4 in Fusion Engineering and Design, and 3 in the Journal of High Energy Physics. Additionally, they have authored a book published by Springer Nature titled "8th Workshop on Theory, Phenomenology and Experiments in Flavour Physics" (2023).

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Test of Lepton-Flavor Universality in B→K*ℓ+ℓ− Decays at Belle, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Overview of recent ITER TBM Program activities, 2020, Fusion Engineering and Design
  • Search for lepton-flavor-violating tau-lepton decays to ℓγ at Belle, 2021, Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Observation of a new structure near 10.75 GeV in the energy dependence of the e+e-→ Υ(nS)π+π- (n = 1, 2, 3) cross sections, 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • B-flavor tagging at Belle II, 2022, CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • M. Iwasaki
  • V. Gaur
  • A. Ishikawa
  • H. Aihara
  • M. Masuda

Best Publications

  • A full tungsten divertor for ITER: Physics issues and design status

    R.A. Pitts;S. Carpentier;F. Escourbiac;T. Hirai

  • Physics basis and design of the ITER plasma-facing components

    R.A. Pitts;S. Carpentier;F. Escourbiac;T. Hirai

  • Use of Tungsten Material for the ITER Divertor

    T. Hirai;S. Panayotis;V. Barabash;C. Amzallag

  • Principal Physics Developments Evaluated in the ITER Design Review

    R. J. Hawryluk;D. J. Campbell;G. Janeschitz;P. R. Thomas

  • Status and physics basis of the ITER divertor

    R A Pitts;A Kukushkin;A Loarte;A Martin

  • ITER tungsten divertor design development and qualification program

    T. Hirai;F. Escourbiac;S. Carpentier-Chouchana;A. Fedosov

  • ITER plasma-facing components

    Mario Merola;D. Loesser;A. Martin;P. Chappuis

  • Effects of ELMs on ITER divertor armour materials

    A. Zhitlukhin;N. Klimov;I. Landman;J. Linke

  • Overview and status of ITER internal components

    Mario Merola;Frederic Escourbiac;René Raffray;Philippe Chappuis

  • Status of technology R&D for the ITER tungsten divertor monoblock

    T. Hirai;F. Escourbiac;V. Barabash;A. Durocher

  • Effects of ELMs and disruptions on ITER divertor armour materials

    G. Federici;A. Zhitlukhin;N. Arkhipov;R. Giniyatulin

  • The ITER blanket system design challenge

    A. R. Raffray;B. Calcagno;P. Chappuis;Zhang Fu

  • High heat flux components—Readiness to proceed from near term fusion systems to power plants

    A. R. Raffray;R. Nygren;D. G. Whyte;S. Abdel-Khalik

  • Analysis of performance of the optimized divertor in ITER

    A.S. Kukushkin;H.D. Pacher;A. Loarte;V. Komarov

  • Experimental study of PFCs erosion under ITER-like transient loads at plasma gun facility QSPA

    N. Klimov;V. Podkovyrov;A. Zhitlukhin;D. Kovalenko

  • ITER full tungsten divertor qualification program and progress

    T Hirai;F Escourbiac;S Carpentier-Chouchana;A Durocher

  • Overview on fabrication and joining of plasma facing and high heat flux materials for ITER

    M. Merola;M. Akiba;V. Barabash;I. Mazul

  • ITER divertor materials and manufacturing challenges

    T. Hirai;V. Barabash;F. Escourbiac;A. Durocher

  • Investigation of tungsten alloys as plasma facing materials for the ITER divertor

    M. Roedig;W. Kuehnlein;J. Linke;M. Merola

  • Overview of decade-long development of plasma-facing components at ASIPP

    G.-N. Luo;G.H. Liu;Q. Li;S.G. Qin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen Linke
Jochen Linke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Milena Salvo
Milena Salvo Polytechnic University of Turin
G. Federici
G. Federici Max Planck Society
Monica Ferraris
Monica Ferraris Polytechnic University of Turin
Gerald Pintsuk
Gerald Pintsuk Forschungszentrum Jülich
A.R. Raffray
A.R. Raffray University of California, San Diego
Rosaria Villari
Rosaria Villari Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes

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