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My main field of research consists in the numerical solution of the full set of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic equations governing the evolution of compact objects in presence of magnetic fields. I am particularly interested in the numerical simulation of single and binary magnetized neutron stars and for this purpose, together with Luciano Rezzolla, I have developed a full GRMHD code named WhiskyMHD.
During my PhD (SISSA 2002-2006) under the supervision of Luciano Rezzolla I developed the first general exact solution of the Riemann problem in special relativistic MHD. This exact solver, which is public available for download, has been used by several groups in the world to test numerical codes and to study the physics of jets.
I am also interested in scientific visualization both as a tool to analyze data produced by numerical simulations and as an instrument to present to colleagues and/or to a more general public the results of my work.
The list of my collaborators includes at the moment the following persons:
Miguel A. Aloy (University of Valencia, Spain), Luca Baiotti (University of Osaka, Japan), John Baker (NASA GSFC, USA), Sebastiano Bernuzzi (University of Jena, Germany), Joan Centrella (NASA GSFC, USA), Giovanni Corvino (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy), Thibault Damour (IHES, France), Jose Font (University of Valencia, Spain), Jonathan Granot (University of Hertfordshire, UK), Philip E. Hardee (University of Alabama, USA), Dieter H. Hartmann (Clemson University, USA), Thorsten Kellermann (AEI, Germany), Rony Keppens (University of Leuven, Belgium), Chryssa Kouveliotou (NASA MSFC, USA), David Link (Humboldt University, Germany), Sean T. McWilliams (Columbia University, USA), Zakaria Meliani (University of Leuven, Belgium), James van Meter (NASA GSFC, USA), Cole Miller (University of Maryland, USA), Yosuke Mizuno (NSSTC/UAH, USA), Alessandro Nagar (IHES, France), Shigehiro Nagataki (Kyoto University, Japan), Ken-Ichi Nishikawa (NSSTC/UAH, USA), Rosalba Perna (University of Colorado, USA), Roberto De Pietri (University of Parma, Italy), Chris Reynolds (University of Maryland, USA), Luciano Rezzolla (AEI, Germany), Nikolaos Stergioulas (University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Shin'ichiorou Yoshida (University of Tokyo, Japan), Bing Zhang (University of Nevada, USA).
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