The Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is responsible for promoting, organizing, coordinating and conducting research activities in the field of astrophysics in Italy, covering a wide range of astrophysical fields, including cosmology, astroparticle physics and high-energy astrophysics, as well as studies of the solar system, stars, and galaxies. The eight INAF institutes involved in ACME play a pivotal role in multimessenger research. In particular, INAF researchers have leading roles in a large number of National and International Observatories as LBT, TNG, ELT, CTA, EST, Rubin LSST, JWST, Euclid, Gaia, AGILE, HERMES, INTEGRAL, MAGIC, ASTRI, Swift, as well as in scientific projects funded by National or International programs (e.g. European H2020). They are also members of the Einstein Telescope, Swift, GRAWITA, ENGRAVE, MAGIC, CTA, ePessto+ and NUTS Collaborations. INAF offers detailed knowledge on observations, data analysis of electromagnetic counterparts (GRBs and kilonovae) of gravitational wave (GW) sources and valuable expertise on carrying out follow-up observational campaigns and data analysis in the optical, NIR, X-ray, gamma-ray and very high energy bands.
Available expertise
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- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Supernovae
- Kilonovae
- Novae
- X-ray binaries
- Tidal Disruption Events
- Active Galactic Nuclei
- Innovative technologies and materials for optical elements
- Holographic optical elements
- Materials engineering
Expertise:
- Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data of astrophysical transients
- Analysis/interpretation/modeling of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
- Spectroscopic classification of astrophysical transients
- Software expert for data reduction of astrophysical transients data
- Theoretical studies on nucleosynthesis of r-process
- Population studies, rates and statistics of Astrophysical transients
- Enabling technologies for optical astronomy with small space-borne missions
- Training activity
Available tools
TBD
Involved scientists
Silvia Piranomonte
Topic:
- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Supernovae
- Kilonovae
Expertise:
- Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
- Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
- Spectroscopic classification of transients
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Andrea Melandri
Topic:
- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Supernovae
- Kilonovae
Expertise:
- Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
- Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
- Spectroscopic classification of transients
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Antonio Stamerra
Topic:
- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
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Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Matteo Perri
Topic:
- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
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Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma/Space Science Data Center, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Fabrizio Nicastro
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Enzo Brocato
Topic:
- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
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Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
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Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
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Studies on stellar evolution and population synthesis
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Paolo D’Avanzo
Topic:
- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
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Gamma-Ray Bursts
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Supernovae
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Kilonovae
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X-ray binaries
Expertise:
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Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
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Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
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Spectroscopic classification of transients
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
Sergio Campana
Topic:
- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
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Gamma-Ray Bursts
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Supernovae
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Kilonovae
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X-ray binaries
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Tidal Disruption Events
Expertise:
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Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
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Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
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Spectroscopic classification of transients
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
Giancarlo Ghirlanda
Topic:
- Transient search/study with ground based and space telescopes
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Gamma-Ray Bursts
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Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
Andrea Bianco
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Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
Lina Tomasella
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Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
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Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
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Spectroscopic classification of transients
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Asiago, Italy
Stefano Benetti
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Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
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Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
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Spectroscopic classification of transients
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Padova, Italy
Nancy Elias Rosa
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Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Padova, Italy
Andrea Rossi
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Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
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Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
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Spectroscopic classification of transients
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Host galaxies of astrophysical transients
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Elisabetta Maiorano
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Institute: INAF – Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Sergio Cristallo
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Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico d’Abruzzo, Teramo, Italy
Maria Teresa Botticella
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Photometric data reduction
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Photometric classification
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Transients rates and statistics
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
Luca Izzo
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Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
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Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
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Spectroscopic classification of transients
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Host galaxies of astrophysical transients
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
Vincenzo Petrecca
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Time-series analysis in time and frequency domain
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Photometric classification of transients
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Supernova rates and statistics
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Modeling of AGN variability in UV/optical bands
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LSST science pipelines and survey design
Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
Lorenzo Natalucci
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Institute: INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, Italy
Luigi Piro
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Institute: INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, Italy
Maria Teresa Fiocchi
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Institute: INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, Italy
Gabriele Bruni
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Data reduction of photometric and spectroscopic data
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Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic emission of astrophysical transients
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Radio emission from jet-outflows
Institute: INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, Italy
Giulia Gianfagna
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Institute: INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, Italy
Aishwarya Thukur
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Institute: INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, Italy
Fabrizio Fiore
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Institute: INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
