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Overview

R. Ciolfi is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their body of work covers a range of subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and related topics such as Oceanography and Geophysics.

The scientist's research focuses prominently on several main topics, which include:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

R. Ciolfi's publication record features multiple papers in renowned venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by R. Ciolfi include:

  • "Collimated outflows from long-lived binary neutron star merger remnants," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters
  • "A comparison between short GRB afterglows and kilonova AT2017gfo: shedding light on kilonovae properties," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "The THESEUS space mission: science goals, requirements and mission concept," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Turbulent magnetic field amplification in binary neutron star mergers," 2022, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • "Quantum Backaction on Kg-Scale Mirrors: Observation of Radiation Pressure Noise in the Advanced Virgo Detector," 2020, Physical Review Letters

They have collaborated frequently with a cohort of scientific peers, including but not limited to:

  • M. Branchesi
  • Jay Vijay Kalinani
  • L. Amati
  • Bruno Giacomazzo
  • G. Stratta

The research contributions of R. Ciolfi intersect observational and theoretical aspects of astrophysics, focusing on phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts, neutron star mergers, and gravitational waves, often involving computational and experimental approaches.

Best Publications

  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass ∼ 3.4 M O

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

    B. P. Abbott

  • GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 M$_\odot$ Black Hole with a 2.6 M$_\odot$ Compact Object

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

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

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

  • Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1

    B.P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T.D. Abbott;S. Abraham

  • Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
R. Flaminio
R. Flaminio National Institutes of Natural Sciences
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Harald P. Pfeiffer
Harald P. Pfeiffer Max Planck Society
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Gijs Nelemans
Gijs Nelemans Radboud University
Fabio Marchesoni
Fabio Marchesoni Tongji University
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
H. Heitmann
H. Heitmann Artemis Intelligent Power (United Kingdom)

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