Catia Grimani / Professoressa Associata

Catia Grimani (CG) è nata a Terni nel 1963. Si è laureata in Fisica all’Università di Perugia. A partire dal lavoro di tesi si è sempre occupata di Fisica dei raggi cosmici, ioni energetici di origine galattica che giungono al culmine dell’atmosfera in numero di circa 1000 m2  s-1. Subito dopo la laurea è stata Post-Doc e Research Assistant Professor alla New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, USA) dove ha lavorato con il Prof. Robert L. Golden, a cui è stata conferita la Distinguished Public Service Medal dalla NASA (la più alta forma di riconoscimento che la NASA conferisce ad un soggetto non dipendente governativo ai tempi della scoperta) per la scoperta dell’antimateria barionica nei raggi cosmici. A seguire, CG ha lavorato per cinque anni come ricercatore dell’Istituto di Fisica Nucleare presso la Sezione di Perugia e dal 1997 è stata ricercatore e professoressa associata all’Università di Urbino Carlo Bo. Attualmente è core team member delle missioni dell’Agenzia Spaziale Europea LISA e Solar Orbiter nella Collaborazione Metis. In questa ultima collaborazione è anche Topical Team Leader per i raggi cosmici. E’ altresì responsabile per la Sezione INFN di Firenze degli esperimenti LISA e SAMADHA. E’ infine responsabile scientifico di contratto dell’Agenzia Spaziale Europea ITT10081. Dal 2021 è responsabile del WP Spazio nell'ambito della Collaborazione HASPIDE in risposta ad una call competitiva del Gruppo V dell'Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare.

C. Grimani

About detection of precessing circumpulsar discs,

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 460 2186-2192, 2016

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Sub-femto-g free fall for space-based gravitational wave observations: LISA Pathfinder results,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 (23) 231101, 2016

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Constraints on LISA Pathfinder self gravity: design requirements, estimates and testing procedures,

Class. Quant. Grav. 33 235015, 2016

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Charge-Induced Force Noise on Free-Falling Test Masses: Results from LISA Pathfinder,

Physical review letters 118 (17), 171101, 2017

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Capacitive sensing of test mass motion with nanometer precision over millimeter-wide sensing gaps for space-borne gravitational reference sensors,

Physical Review D 96 (6), 062004, 2017

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

LISA Pathfinder: First steps to observing gravitational waves from space

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840,012001, 2017

H. Inchauspé et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

LISA Pathfinder closed-loop analysis: a model breakdown of the in-loop observables,

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840,012038, 2017

C. Grimani et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

GCR flux 9-day variations with LISA Pathfinder,

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840,012037, 2017

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Beyond the Required LISA Free-Fall Performance: New LISA Pathfinder Results down to 20 mHz,

Physical review letters 120 (6), 061101, 2018

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Measuring the Galactic Cosmic Ray flux with the LISA Pathfinder radiation monitor,

Astroparticle physics 98, 28-37, 22018, 2018

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Precision charge control for isolated free-falling test masses: LISA pathfinder results,

Physical Review D 98 (6), 062001, 2018

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Calibrating the system dynamics of LISA Pathfinder,

Physical Review D 97 (12), 122002, 2018

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Characteristics and energy dependence of recurrent galactic cosmic-ray flux depressions and of a Forbush decrease with LISA Pathfinder,

The Astrophysical Journal 854 (2), 113, 2018

H. Ward et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Experimental results from the ST7 mission on LISA Pathfinder,

Physical Review D, 98(10), 102005, 2018

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Forbush decreases and < 2-day GCR flux non-recurrent variations studied with LISA Pathfinder,

The Astrophysical Journal 874 (2), 167, 2019

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

LISA Pathfinder platform stability and drag-free performance,

Physical review D 99 (8), 082001, 2019

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

LISA Pathfinder micronewton cold gas thrusters: In-flight characterization,

Physical review D 99 (12), 122003, 2019

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Temperature stability in the sub-milliHertz band with LISA Pathfinder,

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 486 (3), 3368-3379, 2019

S. Benella, C. Grimani, M. Laurenza, G. Consolini

Grad-Shafranov reconstruction of a magnetic cloud: E?ects of the magnetic-?eld topology on the galactic cosmic-ray intensity,

Il nuovo cimento C 42 (1), 1-4, 2019

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Novel methods to measure the gravitational constant in space,

Physical review D 100 (6), 062003, 2019

J. I. Thorpe et al.

Micrometeoroid events in LISA Pathfinder,

The Astrophysical Journal 883 (1), 53, 2019

M. Armano et al. (The LISA-PF collaboration)

LISA pathfinder performance confirmed in an open-loop configuration: results from the free-fall actuation mode,

Physical review letters 123 (11), 111101, 2019

C. Grimani, D. Telloni, S. Benella, A. Cesarini, M. Fabi, M. Villani

Study of Galactic Cosmic-Ray Flux Modulation by Interplanetary Plasma Structures for the Evaluation of Space Instrument Performance and Space Weather Science Investigations,

Atmosphere 10 (12), 749, 2019

C. Grimani, S. Benella, M. Fabi, N. Finetti, M. Laurenza, D. Telloni, M. Villani

Galactic cosmic-ray ?ux short-term variations and associated interplanetary structures with LISA Path?nder,

Il nuovo cimento C 42 (1), 1-6, 2019

P. Zweifel et al., (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Temperature stability in the sub-milliHertz band with LISA Pathfinder,

Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 486, 3368-3379, 2019

M. Armano et al., (The LISA-PF collaboration)

LISA Pathfinder micronewton cold gas thrusters: In-flight characterization,

Physical Review D, 99, 122003, 2019

E. Antonucci et al., (The Metis Collaboration)

Metis: the Solar Orbiter visible light and ultraviolet coronal imager,

Astronomy & Astrophysics 642, A10, 2020

M. Armano et al., (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Spacecraft and interplanetary contributions to the magnetic environment on-board LISA Pathfinder,

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 494 (2), 3014-3027, 2020

M. Villani, S. Benella, M. Fabi, C. Grimani

Low-energy electron emission at the separation of gold-platinum surfaces induced by galactic cosmic rays on board LISA Pathfinder,

Applied Surface Science 512, 145734, 2020

M. Armano et al., (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Analysis of the accuracy of actuation electronics in the laser interferometer space antenna pathfinder,

Review of Scientific Instruments 91 (4), 045003, 2020}

S. Benella et al.

A New Method to Model Magnetic Cloud-driven Forbush Decreases: The 2016 August 2 Event,

The Astrophysical Journal 901 (1), 21, 2020

D. Telloni et al.

Study of the Influence of the Solar Wind Energy on the Geomagnetic Activity for Space Weather Science,

The Astrophysical Journal 896 (2), 149, 2020

L. Lanci, S. Galeotti, C. Grimani, M. Huber

Evidence against a long-term control on Earth climate by Galactic Cosmic Ray Flux,

Global and Planetary Change 185, 103095, 2020

C. Grimani, A. Cesarini, M. Fabi, M. Villani

Low-energy electromagnetic processes affecting free-falling test-mass charging for LISA and future space interferometers,

Classical and Quantum Gravity 38 (4), 045013, 2020

C. Grimani, A. Cesarini, M. Fabi, F. Sabbatini, D. Telloni, M. Villani

Recurrent Galactic Cosmic-Ray Flux Modulation in L1 and Geomagnetic Activity during the Declining Phase of the Solar Cycle 24,

The Astrophysical Journal 904 (1), 64, 2020

D. Bortoluzzi et al.

In-flight testing of the injection of the LISA Pathfinder test mass into a geodesic,

Advances in Space Research 67 (1), 504-520, 2021

M. Villani, A. Cesarini, M. Fabi, C. Grimani

Role of plasmons in the LISA test-mass charging process,

Classical and Quantum Gravity 38 (14), 145005, 2021

M. Armano et al., (The LISA-PF collaboration)

Sensor Noise in LISA Pathfinder: In-Flight Performance of the Optical Test Mass Readout,

Physical review letters 126 (13), 131103, 2021

C. Grimani et al.

Cosmic-ray flux predictions and observations for and with Metis on board Solar Orbiter,

Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021