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Giovanni Fiorentini

1948 – 2022

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Giovanni “Gianni” Fiorentini (Seravezza, February 22, 1948) is an Italian physicist. His main interests are neutrinos and applications of Nuclear Physics to different disciplines, such as Astrophysics, Earth Sciences and Nuclear Medicine.

Life

He graduated with honors at the University of Pisa in 1970. He also was a student and a PhD student at the the Scuola Normale Superiore, where he served as a Research Assistant. From 1974 to 1986 he was a Researcher at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics. In 1987 he was appointed as Full Professor of Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics in Cagliari and in 1990 moved to Ferrara. At the University of Ferrara he held various positions, including the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and the Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies IUSS-Ferrara 1391. He represented the full professors of Physical Sciences in the National University Council and was a member of the Physics Committee of the National Research Council. Within the National institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), he served as a member of the INFN Board of Directors, Director of the INFN Department of Ferrara and then Director of the Legnaro National Laboratories. He also chaired the Consortium “Future in Research”, a private research organization.

Work

Author of about 200 scientific publications, his research was on phenomenological aspects of interdisciplinary problems, often combining basic research with applications:

  • Study of muonic atoms and muon-catalyzed fusion were performed in collaboration with Luciano Bracci and the group of Semen Gershtein and Leonid Ponomarev.
  • Together with Nicola Cabibbo, Giorgio Parisi, Raffaele Tripiccione and others, he started the APE project, for the construction of the first super-computer dedicated to calculations of Quantum Chromo Dynamics.
  • Research on stellar models and solar neutrinos with Vittorio Castellani opened in Italy a line of research on theoretical astro-particle themes.
  • Together with Claus Rolfs and Marcel Arnould, he proposed a critical review of the nuclear astrophysics data relevant to solar neutrinos, which then developed as the Nuclear Astrophysics Compilation of REaction rates (NACRE).
  • Together with Claus Rolfs, he proposed an underground laboratory for nuclear astrophysics (LUNA), which was built and exploited by INFN at the Gran Sasso.
  • In collaboration with Luigi Carmignani, Gianpaolo Bellini and their groups, he has pursued an interdisciplinary research for the study of the interior of the Earth by means of geo-neutrinos.
  • Together with Adriano Duatti, he has developed the project of a Laboratory of Radioisotopes for Medicine (LARAMED), a structure for research and production of radioisotopes at the National Laboratories of Legnaro.

Selected papers

Title: MESIC MOLECULES AND MUON CATALYZED FUSION
Author(s): BRACCI, L; FIORENTINI, G
Source: PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS Volume: 86 Issue: 4 Pages: 169-216 DOI: 10.1016/0370-1573(82)90095-3 Published: 1982

Title: THE PROBABILITY OF MUON STICKING TO HELIUM IN THE MUON-CATALYZED FUSION dtμ → μ-4He + n
Authors: L.N.BOGDANOVA; L.BRACCI; G.FIORENTINI; S.S.GERSTEIN; V.E.MARKUSHIN; V.S.MELEZHIK; L.I.MENSHIKOV; L.I.PONOMAREV
Source: NUCLEAR PHYSICS A Volume 454, Issues 3–4, Pages 653-668 Published: June 1986

Title: THE APE COMPUTER: AN ARRAY PROCESSOR OPTIMIZED FOR LATTICE GAUGE THEORY SIMULATIONS
Authors: M ALBANESE, P BACILIERI, S CABASINO, N CABIBBO, FLAVIO COSTANTINI, G FIORENTINI, F FLORE, A FONTI, A FUCCI, MP LOMBARDO, S GALEOTTI, P GIACOMELLI, P MARCHESINI, E MARINARI, F MARZANO, A MIOTTO, P PAOLUCCI, G PARISI, D PASCOLI, D PASSUELLO, S PETRARCA, F RAPUANO, E REMIDDI, R RUSACK, G SALINA, R TRIPICCIONE
Source: COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, Volume 45 Issue 1-3 Pages 345-353 Publication date:1987/8/1

Title: GLUEBALL MASSES AND STRING TENSION IN LATTICE QCD
Author(s): M ALBANESE, FLAVIO COSTANTINI, G FIORENTINI, F FLORE, MP LOMBARDO, R TRIPICCIONE, P BACILIERI, L FONTI, P GIACOMELLI, E REMIDDI, M BERNASCHI, N CABIBBO, E MARINARI, G PARISI, G SALINA, S CABASINO, F MARZANO, P PAOLUCCI, S PETRARCA, F RAPUANO, P MARCHESINI, R RUSACK, APE COLLABORATION
Source: PHYSICS LETTERS B Volume: 192 Issue:1-2 Pages: 163-169 DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(87)91160-9 Published: JUN 25 1987

Title: SOLAR NEUTRINOS AND NUCLEAR-REACTIONS IN THE SOLAR INTERIOR
Author(s): CASTELLANI, V; FIORENTINI, G
Source: ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS Volume: 271 Issue: 2 Pages: 601- 620 Published: APR 1993

Title: SOLAR NEUTRINOS: BEYOND STANDARD SOLAR MODELS
Author(s): CASTELLANI, V; DEGL’INNOCENTI, S; FIORENTINI, G; LISSIA, M; RICCI, B.
Source: PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS Volume: 281 Issue: 5-6 Pages: 310-398 Published: MAR 1997

Title: A COMPILATION OF CHARGED-PARTICLE INDUCED THERMONUCLEAR REACTION RATES
Author(s): CARMEN ANGULO, MARCEL ARNOULD, MARC RAYET, PIERRE DESCOUVEMONT, D BAYE, C LECLERCQ-WILLAIN, ALAIN COC, SLIMANE BARHOUMI, P AGUER, CLAUS ROLFS, RINO KUNZ, JOHANN WOLFGANG HAMMER, ALICE MAYER, TH PARADELLIS, S KOSSIONIDES, CH CHRONIDOU, K SPYROU, SCILLA DEGL'INNOCENTI, G FIORENTINI, BARBARA RICCI, SANDRA ZAVATARELLI, C PROVIDENCIA, H WOLTERS, J SOARES, CORNELIA GRAMA, JAVAD RAHIGHI, A SHOTTER, M LAMEHI RACHTI
Source: NUCLEAR PHYSICS A Volume: 656 Issue:1 Pages: 3-183 DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9474(99)00030-5 Published: AUG 23 1999

Title: LABORATORY-FOR-UNDERGROUND-NUCLEAR-ASTROPHYSICS (LUNA)
Author(s): U GREIFE, C ARPESELLA, CA BARNES, F BARTOLUCCI, E BELLOTTI, C BROGGINI, P CORVISIERO, G FIORENTINI, A FUBINI, G GERVINO, F GORRIS, C GUSTAVINO, M JUNKER, RW KAVANAGH, A LANZA, G MEZZORANI, P PRATI, P QUARATI, WS RODNEY, C ROLFS, WH SCHULTE, HP TRAUTVETTER, D ZAHNOW
Source: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT Volume: 350 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 327-337 DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(94)91182-7 Published: OCT 15 1994

Title: CROSS SECTION OF HE-3(HE-3,2P)HE-4 MEASURED AT SOLAR ENERGIES
Author(s): J M JUNKER, A D’ALESSANDRO, S ZAVATARELLI, C ARPESELLA, E BELLOTTI, C BROGGINI, P CORVISIERO, G FIORENTINI, A FUBINI, GIANPIERO GERVINO, U GREIFE, C GUSTAVINO, J LAMBERT, P PRATI, WS RODNEY, C ROLFS, F STRIEDER, HP TRAUTVETTER, D ZAHNOW
Group Author(s): Luna Collaboration
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW C Volume: 57 Issue: 5 Pages: 2700-2710. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.57.2700 Published: MAY 1998

Title: ANTINEUTRINOS FROM EARTH: A REFERENCE MODEL AND ITS UNCERTAINTIES
Author(s): MANTOVANI, F; CARMIGNANI, L; FIORENTINI, G; LISSIA, M
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW D Volume: 69 Issue: 1 Article Number: 013001 DOI: 10.1103 Phys RevD.69.013001 Published: JAN 2004

Title: GEO-NEUTRINOS AND EARTH'S INTERIOR
Authors: FIORENTINI, G; LISSIA, M; MANTOVANI, F
Source: PHYSICS REPORTS Volume 453 Issue 5-6 Pages 117-172 Publication date 2007/12/1

Title: OBSERVATIONS OF GEONEUTRINOS
Author(s): G BELLINI, J BENZIGER, S BONETTI, M BUIZZA AVANZINI, B CACCIANIGA, L CADONATI, F CALAPRICE, C CARRARO, A CHAVARRIA, F DALNOKI-VERESS, D D'ANGELO, S DAVINI, H DE KERRET, A DERBIN, A ETENKO, GIOVANNI FIORENTINI, K FOMENKO, D FRANCO, C GALBIATI, S GAZZANA, C GHIANO, M GIAMMARCHI, M GOEGER-NEFF, A GORETTI, E GUARDINCERRI, S HARDY, ALDO IANNI, ANDREA IANNI, M JOYCE, VV KOBYCHEV, Y KOSHIO, G KORGA, D KRYN, M LAUBENSTEIN, M LEUNG, T LEWKE, E LITVINOVICH, B LOER, P LOMBARDI, L LUDHOVA, I MACHULIN, S MANECKI, W MANESCHG, G MANUZIO, Q MEINDL, E MERONI, L MIRAMONTI, M MISIASZEK, D MONTANARI, V MURATOVA, L OBERAUER, M OBOLENSKY, F ORTICA, M PALLAVICINI, L PAPP, L PERASSO, S PERASSO, A POCAR, RS RAGHAVAN, G RANUCCI, A RAZETO, A RE, B RICCI, P RISSO, A ROMANI, D ROUNTREE, A SABELNIKOV, R SALDANHA, C SALVO, S SCHÖNERT, H SIMGEN, M SKOROKHVATOV, O SMIRNOV, A SOTNIKOV, S SUKHOTIN, Y SUVOROV, R TARTAGLIA, G TESTERA, D VIGNAUD, RB VOGELAAR, F VON FEILITZSCH, J WINTER, M WOJCIK, A WRIGHT, M WURM, J XU, O ZAIMIDOROGA, S ZAVATARELLI, G ZUZEL
Group Author(s): Borexino Collaboration
Source: PHYSICS LETTERS B Volume: 687 Volume: 58 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 299-303 Article Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.03.051 Published: APR 2010




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Curriculum vitae

Ricercatore dell’Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare a Pisa dal 1975 al 1986, professore di prima fascia di Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare dal 1987 al 1990 a Cagliari e quindi fino al 2018 a Ferrara.
Ha svolto ricerche di tipo teorico, con particolare riguardo alle proprietà dei neutrini e alle applicazioni della fisica nucleare a discipline diverse, come l’Astrofisica, le Scienze della Terra e la Medicina Nucleare. É autore di circa 200 pubblicazioni, con indice h di circa 47.
Nell’Università di Ferrara, è stato componente del Consiglio di Amministrazione e del Senato Accademico, Preside della Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali, Coordinatore del Dottorato di Ricerca in Fisica e quindi Direttore dell’Istituto di Studi Avanzati IUSS-Ferrara 1391, struttura nata per coordinare le attività di tutti i corsi di dottorato dell’Ateneo.
Dal Gennaio 2017 al Novembre 2018 è stato membro del Consiglio Universitario Nazionale, in rappresentanza dei professori ordinari dell’area 02-Scienze Fisiche.
Nell’ambito degli Enti Pubblici di Ricerca, è stato componente del Comitato Fisica del CNR, membro del consiglio direttivo dell’INFN, Direttore della Sezione INFN di Ferrara e quindi Direttore dei Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro.
In ambito extra-accademico, ha presieduto il Consorzio Futuro in Ricerca, organismo di ricerca di diritto privato.