Maurizio Giannotti, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Physics

PPh. D in Physics, University of L’Aquila, 2002
B.Sc.(H) in Physics, University “La Sapienza”, Roma, 1997

Joined Barry: August 2009

Courses

• PHY 201, PHY 201 L

Research Interests

• Particle Physics
• Cosmology/Astrophyiscs
• Quantum field theory

Selected Research Publications

Particle Physics

“The Impact of Neutrino Magnetic Moments on the Evolution of Massive Stars”, In collaboration with A.  Heger, A. Friedland,  V. Cirigliano,  Astrophys.J.696:608-619, (2009).

“Electromagnetic effects in K(l3) decays”, In collaboration with Vincenzo Cirigliano,  Helmut Neufeld, JHEP 0811:006,(2008).

“Astrophysical bounds on photons escaping into extra dimensions”,  In collaboration with A. Friedland, Phys.Rev.Lett.100:031602,(2008).

“Mirror world and axion: Relaxing cosmological bounds”,  Int.J.Mod.Phys.A20:2454-2458,(2005).
“Nucleon-nucleon Bremsstrahlung emission of massive axions”, In collaboration with F. Nesti,  Phys.Rev.D72:063005,(2005).

Astrophysics and Cosmology

“Production of axions by cosmic magnetic helicity”, In collaboration with L. Campanelli, Phys.Rev.Lett.96:161302,(2006).

“Magnetic helicity generation from the cosmic axion field”, In collaboration with Leonardo Campanelli,  Phys.Rev.D72:123001,(2005).

“The Response of primordial abundances to a general modification of G(N) and/or of the early Universe expansion rate”, In collaboration with Cosimo Bambi,  F.L. Villante,  Phys.Rev.D71:123524,(2005).

“Faraday rotation of the CMB polarization and primordial magnetic field properties”, In collaboration with L. Campanelli,  A.D. Dolgov,  F.L. Villante,  Astrophys.J.616:1-7,(2004).

“Mirror world, supersymmetric axion and gamma ray bursts”, In collaboration with L. Gianfagna, F. Nesti,  JHEP 0410:044,(2004).

Quantum Field Theory

“On the RS2 realization of unparticles”, In collaboration with  A. Friedland, M. Graesser, Phys.Lett.B678:149-155,(2009).

“The Trace Anomaly and Massless Scalar Degrees of Freedom in Gravity”, In collaboration with Emil Mottola, Phys. Rev. D  79 045014 (2009).

Selected Invited Talks and International Conference Presentations

• INFO 09: Implications of Neutrino Flavor Oscillations, Santa Fe, NM, July 2-6, 2007. Title of talk: Constraints on New Physics from Stellar Cooling
• Ferrara, Italy,   June  2009. Title of talk: On RS2 and  Unparticles
• COSMO 08: University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 25-29, 2008. Title of talk: New Physics and Stellar Evolution
•  PPC 08: The interconnection between Particle Physics and Cosmology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, May 19-23, 2008. Title of talk: New Physics and Stellar Evolution
•  PHENO 08: LHC turn On, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 28-30, 2008. Title of talk: Extra Dimensions and Stellar Evolution
•  INFO 07: Implications of Neutrino Flavor Oscillations, Santa Fe, NM, July 2-6, 2007. Title of talk: Massive Stars and Nonstandard Cooling Mechanisms .
•  11th Summer Institute: Frontiers in Astroparticle Physics, Assergi, Italy, July 11 -28, 2006. Title of talk: Primordial magnetic fields and axion cosmology.
•  10th Summer Institute: Particle Physics and Astrophysics beyond the Tev Scale, Assergi, Italy, August 29-September 16, 2005. Title of talk: New axion models and GRB.
•  Sixth Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology, Cargese, France, June 28-July 3, 2004. Title of talk: New Axion models and Cosmology.
•  XII-th International School: Particles and Cosmology, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian Federation, April 21-26, 2003. Title of talk: Axion from Extra Dimensions and Gamma Ray Bursts.
•  Quarks 2000: XIth International Seminar on High Energy Physics, Pushkin, Russia, May 13-21, 2000. Title of talk: Mirror World and Axion.

Professional Memberships

American Physical Society
INFN – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (National Institute of Nuclear Physics).

Contact Information

Office: Wiegand 122
Telephone: 305-899-4565
Fax: 305-899-3479
E-mail: mgiannotti@mail.barry.edu