Gravity theory and gravitational wave phenomenology

Theses

Several master and PhD theses are available, please contact us for more information. Typically, we collect the applications for the master theses in September/October, and assign a limited number of theses by October.

PhD Theses

2022

1. TDB; Marco Melis [supervisor: Paolo Pani]

2021

1. TDB; Loris Del Grosso [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
2. TBD: Antonio Junior Iovino [supervisor: Alfredo Urbano]

2020

1. EMRIs in modified gravity; Susanna Barsanti [supervisor: Leonardo Gualtieri];
2. Black hole formation in modified gravity: Fabrizio Corelli [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
3. Plasma effects in curved spacetime: Enrico Cannizzaro [supervisor: Paolo Pani]

2019

1. Ringdown in modified gravity; Lorenzo Pierini [supervisor: Leonardo Gualteri]
2. GW modellng of boson-star binaries; Massimo Vaglio [ supervisors: Andrea Maselli / Paolo Pani]
3. Numerical aspects of black-hole superradiance; Giuseppe Lingetti [supervisors: Paolo Pani / Richard Brito]

2018

1. Tidal deformability in General Relativity and beyond; Goncalo Castro [supervisor: Leonardo Gualteri]
2. Probing the horizon of black holes through gravitational waves; Elisa Maggio [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
3. Testing the nature of compact objects with EMRIs; Gabriel Piovano [supervisor: Andrea Maselli / Paolo Pani]

2017

1. Constraining the equation of state of neutron stars with astrophysical and gravitational wave observations; Margherita Fasano [supervisors: Valeria Ferrari / Andrea Maselli]
2. Testing the nature of black holes with gravitational waves; Guilherme Raposo [supervisor: Paolo Pani]

Master Theses

2019/2020

1. Scalar fields around Kerr black holes in extreme mass ratio inspirals; Susanna Barsanti [supervisor: Andrea Maselli]
2. Photon-Plasma interaction in curved spacetime; Enrico Cannizzaro [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
3. Instability of Schwarzschild Black Holes in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity: Perturbative Approach and Time-Domain Analysis; Fabrizio Corelli [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
4. Multi-band analysis of the neutron star equation of state with future gravitational wave and electromagnetic observatories; Giulio Danella [supervisor: Andrea Maselli]
5. Hawking radiation in modified gravity; Marina de Amicis [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
6. Quasi periodic oscillations and the neutron star equation of state; Irene Fabbri [supervisor: Andrea Maselli] 

2018/2019

1. On the Vainshtein mechanism for compact objects in modified theories of gravity; Flavio Riccardi [supervisor: Paolo Pani] (moved to PhD at SISSA)
2. Multipole moments beyond Kerr; Francesco di Pasqua [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
3. Spin-2 superradiance; Sara Grillo [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
4. Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals in Einstein-dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet gravity; Lorenzo Pierini [supervisor: Leonardo Gualtieri]
5. A slow-rotation expansion of quasi-normal modes of Kerr black holes; Matteo Pracchia [supervisor: Leonardo Gualtieri]
6. Scalarized black hole solutions in modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity; Jacopo Busatto [supervisor: Leonardo Gualtieri]
7. Structure of compact stars in modified theories of gravity; Marco Di Bella [supervisor: Leonardo Gualtieri]

2017/2018

1. Quasi-Normal Modes excitation in coalescence processes; Rita Fiorini [supervisor: Valeria Ferrari] 
2. Viability of gravastars as dark compact objects:  stability analysis for static and rotating solutions; Emanuele D'Angelo [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
3. Gravitational-wave spectroscopy of exotic compact objects: eikonal approximation and tests of the no-hair theorem; Arianna Foschi [supervisor: Paolo Pani] (moved to PhD at IST, Lisbon)
4. On general parametrisations for non-rotating black hole solutions in modified gravity theories; Giuseppe Lingetti [supervisor: Paolo Pani]
5. Tests on the nature of compact objects: an analytical template for gravitational-wave echoes; Adriano Testa [supervisor: Paolo Pani] (moved to PhD at Caltech)
6. Relativistic Axion stars; Davide Guerra [supervisor: Paolo Pani]

2016/2017

1. Evolution of the black hole superradiant instability in the presence of multiple modes; Giuseppe Ficarra [supervisor: Paolo Pani] (moved to PhD at King's College London)
2. On theoretical constraints on Palatini modified gravity; Giulia Ventagli [supervisor: Paolo Pani] (moved to PhD at Nottingham University)

2015/2016

1. Early-universe Cìcosmology in Einstein-Scalar-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity; Laura Sberna [supervisor: Paolo Pani] (moved to PhD at Perimeter Institute)
2. Constraining Black Holes with Light Boson Hair Using QPOs; Nicola Franchini [supervisor: Paolo Pani] (moved to PhD at Nottingham University)
3. Exotic compact objects as black-hole mimickers spectroscopy and stability of wormholes; Elisa Maggio [supervisor: Paolo Pani] (moved to PhD at Sheffeld University, then Sapienza)