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Ruben Salvaterra is a researcher affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy. Their work is situated primarily within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several specialized subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astrophysical phenomena and observations, pulsars and gravitational waves research, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, as well as astro and planetary science.

Salvaterra has contributed extensively to the scientific literature, producing numerous publications particularly focused on gamma-ray bursts and related astrophysical events. Their frequently published venues include arXiv (Cornell University), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Salvaterra are:

  • Heavy-element production in a compact object merger observed by JWST, 2023, Nature
  • The Peculiar Short-duration GRB 200826A and Its Supernova*, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • 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)
  • The First JWST Spectrum of a GRB Afterglow: No Bright Supernova in Observations of the Brightest GRB of all Time, GRB 221009A, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Salvaterra frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • N. R. Tanvir
  • A. Rossi
  • D. Malesani
  • S. Campana
  • P. Jakobsson

The scope of Salvaterra's work spans observational and theoretical aspects of astrophysical phenomena, with a strong emphasis on transient events such as gamma-ray bursts and their associated supernovae. Their involvement in the development and scientific goals of space missions like THESEUS reflects an engagement with future instrumentation and observational strategies in astrophysics.

Best Publications

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

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

  • GRB 090423 at a redshift of z ≈ 8.1

    R. Salvaterra;M. Della Valle;S. Campana;G. Chincarini;G. Chincarini

  • The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

    Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

  • An accreting pulsar with extreme properties drives an ultraluminous x-ray source in NGC 5907

    G. L. Israel;A. Belfiore;L. Stella;P. Esposito

  • An accreting pulsar with extreme properties drives an ultraluminous x-ray source in NGC 5907

    Gian Luca Israel;Andrea Belfiore;Luigi Stella;Paolo Esposito;Paolo Esposito

  • A complete sample of bright Swift Long Gamma-Ray Bursts: Sample presentation, Luminosity Function and evolution

    R. Salvaterra;S. Campana;S. D. Vergani;S. Covino

  • Discovery of a 0.42-s pulsar in the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 7793 P13

    G. L. Israel;A. Papitto;P. Esposito;P. Esposito;L. Stella

  • Low-mass relics of early star formation

    R. Schneider;A. Ferrara;R. Salvaterra;K. Omukai

  • The evolution of the X-ray afterglow emission of GW 170817 / GRB 170817A in XMM-Newton observations

    P. D’Avanzo;S. Campana;O. S. Salafia;G. Ghirlanda;G. Ghirlanda;G. Ghirlanda

  • A complete sample of bright swift long gamma-ray bursts. I. Sample presentation, luminosity function and evolution

    R. Salvaterra;S. Campana;S. D. Vergani;S. D. Vergani;S. Covino

  • A complete sample of bright Swift long gamma-ray bursts: testing the spectral-energy correlations

    L. Nava;R. Salvaterra;G. Ghirlanda;G. Ghisellini

  • Compact radio emission indicates a structured jet was produced by a binary neutron star merger

    G. Ghirlanda;G. Ghirlanda;O.S. Salafia;O.S. Salafia;Z. Paragi;M. Giroletti

  • The metallicity of the long GRB hosts and the fundamental metallicity relation of low-mass galaxies

    F. Mannucci;R. Salvaterra;M. A. Campisi

  • The imprint of the cosmic dark ages on the near-infrared background

    Ruben Salvaterra;Andrea Ferrara

  • The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

    L. Amati;P. O'Brien;D. Götz;E. Bozzo

  • A complete sample of bright Swift short gamma-ray bursts

    P. D'Avanzo;R. Salvaterra;M. G. Bernardini;L. Nava

  • Dust formation in very massive primordial supernovae

    R. Schneider;A. Ferrara;R. Salvaterra

  • Discovery of a 2.8 s pulsar in a 2 d orbit High-Mass X-ray Binary powering the Ultraluminous X-ray source ULX-7 in M51

    G. A. Rodríguez Castillo;G. L. Israel;A. Belfiore;F. Bernardini

  • Are LGRBs biased tracers of star formation? Clues from the host galaxies of the BAT6 complete sample of LGRBs. I: Stellar mass at z<1

    S. D. Vergani;R. Salvaterra;J. Japelj;A. Fernandez-Soto

  • The Highly Energetic Expansion of SN2010bh Associated with GRB 100316D

    Filomena Bufano;Elena Pian;Jesper Sollerman;Stefano Benetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Covino
Stefano Covino National Institute for Astrophysics
Gianpiero Tagliaferri
Gianpiero Tagliaferri National Institute for Astrophysics
Gabriele Ghisellini
Gabriele Ghisellini National Institute for Astrophysics
Lorenzo Amati
Lorenzo Amati National Institute for Astrophysics
Sergio Campana
Sergio Campana National Institute for Astrophysics
Andrea Ferrara
Andrea Ferrara Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Nial R. Tanvir
Nial R. Tanvir University of Leicester
C. Guidorzi
C. Guidorzi University of Ferrara
Elena Pian
Elena Pian National Institute for Astrophysics
G. L. Israel
G. L. Israel National Institute for Astrophysics

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