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Prof. Carla Andrean

 

 

Carla ANDREANI

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Current Professional Positions

Full Professor in Condensed Matter at the Faculty of Science of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Research Experience

Carla Andreani, experimental physicist, received a Laurea Cum Laude in Physics in 1977 at the Università di Roma “La Sapienza” and is presently full professor in Condensed Matter at Department of Physics – Faculty of Science – at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. From 1981 – 1987 she worked at the A.E.R.E Harwell Laboratory, at the ISIS Spallation neutron Source – Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in UK, and at the IPNS pulsed Neutron source – Argonne National Laboratory, in US.  In those years she initiated a research program applying neutron spectroscopic methods to investigate structural and dynamical properties of quantum and molecular fluids and solids, complex systems and neutron science. These studies involved developing instrumental, technological and methodological tools for characterizing materials on a nanometer-length scale. These include:

  • quantum fluids and solids – liquid 4He, liquid and solid 3He, in bulk and confined geometry, and 3He-4He mixtures;
  • molecular fluids and solid – diatomic homonuclear fluids (Cl2, Br2, I2, H2, D2) hydrogen halides (HCl, HBr, HI), H2S and H2O (in bulk – stable and metastable -and confined geometry);

CA employed a combination of diffraction and spectroscopy techniques (most notably, neutron and x-ray diffraction, neutron spectroscopy, combined with Raman spectroscopy). In particular neutron scattering represents an important tool for the study of the properties of matter at the nanoscale, the ideal probe of microscopic correlations in bulk sample in reciprocal space. Its provides relevant information for the understanding of microscopic physical properties of materials, which add and complement real space visualization and manipulation of matter on the nanometer scale.

CA has contributed to the design and realization of instrumentation for neutron diffraction and scattering: the DBSS diffractomer (PLUTO Reactor Harwell UK) -  “Neutron diffraction methods for the study of residual stress fields“, A. J. Allen, M. T. Hutchings, C. G. Windsor, C. Andreani, Advances in Physics 34, 445 (1985) – the 2-axis diffractometer at TRIGA Reactor (ENEA Casaccia, I),the Constant Q spectrometer (CQS) at HELIOS Linac (Harwell, UK), the PRISMA  spectrometer – “PRISMA – A unique phonon spectrometer”, C. Andreani, U. Steigenberger, C. G. Windsor Europhysics News 21, 147 (1990) and TOSCA spectrometer – “TOSCA: a world class inelastic neutron spectrometer”, S. F. Parker, C. J. Carlile, T. Pike, J. Tomkinson, R. J. Newport, C. Andreani, F. P. Ricci, F. Sacchetti, M. Zoppi, Physica B241, 154 (1998) - at ISIS pulsed neutron source (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory).

CA has designed and realized, with the ISIS team, the VESUVIO spectrometer – “VESUVIO: the double difference inverse geometry spectrometer at ISIS”, J. Mayers, J. Tomkinson, T. Abdul-Redah,  W.G. Stirling, C. Andreani, R. Senesi, M. Nardone, D. Colognesi, E. Degiorgi, Physica B 350, 659 (2004), and the e.VERDI spectrometer at ISIS – “Recent developments of the e.VERDI Project at ISIS”, T. Abdul-Redah, C. Andreani, A. D’Angelo, G. Gorini, S. Imberti, J. Mayers, R. J. Newport, A. Pietropaolo, N. J. Rhodes, E. M. Schooneveld, R. Senesi, M. Tardocchi, J. Tomkinson, Physica B350, 837 (2004) – for Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering, to study of proton quantum dynamics (“Measurement of momentum distribution of light atoms and molecules in condensed matter systems using inelastic neutron scattering”).

She gave a significant contribution to the development of gamma detector concepts for DINS and neutron imaging.

She is currently studying the proton quantum effects in water – in normal and metastable phases – in bulk and confined geometry via the DINS measurement of the proton momentum distribution, n(p).

She is currently participating to the construction of CHIP  instrument at the ISIS neutron source, TS2 (UK)– for accelerated test of ‘‘single event effects’’  in electronic devices (Facility for fast neutron irradiation tests of electronics at the ISIS spallation neutron source) – instrument at the ISIS neutron source (UK).

Example of applications of eV techniques CA has proposed and developed:

Teaching Activities

CA is member of the Graduate School in Physics – PhD Program at the University of Roma Tor Vergata – and the Graduate School Nanostructure and Nanotechnology – a joint PhD program between University of Tor Vergata and  University of Milano-Bicocca. CA has a long-standing interest in teaching improvements in undergraduate and graduate physics also providing the students with a modern introduction to spectroscopic techniques. Much of this work has concentrated on the use of modern technology to improve the student’s conceptual understanding of basic experimental physical concepts.

Management and organizational experience

Chairperson of the Area Panel for Physical Sciences, Italian Research Council, Italian Research Council CNR (2009-2010)

Chairperson of the Advisory Board for the Roadmap  on Research Infrastructure, Italian Ministry of Research  (2010)

Delegate of President of CNR for European Spallation Source project (2010-present)

Member of the Neutron Committee of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) (1994-present)

Member of the Executive Board of University of Rome Tor Vergata (2005-2008).

Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Advisory Board ESS Bilbao Initiative (2008-present)

Member of the Novel Neutron Instrumentation Think Tank (2005-2009)

Member of the Science Advisory Board del Studsvik Neutron Research Laboratory (NFL) – Svezia (2000-2002 )

Member of the OECD MEGASCIENCE FORUM: NEUTRON SOURCES WORKING GROUP Panel B: International cooperation in the development of neutron instrumentation and data evaluation (1996-1999)

Member (scientific secretary) of the Scientific Advisory Board for Physical Sciences of the Italian national research Council CNR (1994-1998)

Member of the Round Table on Neutron Sources, http://neutron.neutron-eu.net/n nmi3/n (1994-present)

Peer Review

CA served as:

  • Referee for NSF (US), New Eurasia Foundation, Russia, European Commission FP7, Georgia National Science Foundation;
  • Referee American Physical Society  journals, Phys. Rev. B e Phys. Rev. Letters) di J. Chem. Physics, Meas. Sci. Technology, ISRN Condensed Matter Physics.
  • member of evaluation Area panel Physical Science, CIVR for Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) (2003-2009)
  • member of the ISIS Facility Access Panel (FAP 5), 2006-2008, 2011-present
  • member of peer review panel for Material science for Georgia National Science Fundation (2007-2008, 2011-present)
  • member of peer review panel for New Eurasia Foundation (FNE), Moscow, (2011-present)
  • Chairperson of the Area Panel for Physical Sciences, Italian Research Council, CNR Italy (2009-2010)
  • Chairperson of the Ministry of Research advisory board for the Italian Infrastructure Roadmap  (2010)
  • member of review panel for research projects of Regione Lombardia  (2010)
  • member of ISRN Condensed Matter Physics editorial board
  • member of SNS neutron scattering science proposal Review Panel (2008-2010)
  • chair board for ESS Italy (www.ess-italia.it)

I am currently supervising 6 scientists. I have significant experience in recruiting and interviewing. I have served as project scientist and, more recently, project sponsor in a variety of instrument development projects at ISIS (UK), SNS (US) and ESS Lund.

Membership of professional societies

  • Italian Physical Society
  • European Physical Society
  • American Chemical Society
  • School of Neutron Scattering “Francesco Paolo Ricci“
  • Sociedad Española de Tecnicas Neutronicas

Editorial Roles

Editor of Notiziario Neutroni e Luce di Sincrotrone,  ISSN: 1592-7822m (from 1999), a journal supported by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Selected Publications

[1] Temperature Dependence of Neutron-induced Soft Errors in SRAMs, M. Bagatin, S. Gerardin, A. Paccagnella, C. Andreani, G. Gorini, C. D. Frost, Microelectronics Reliability (2011)

[2] Spherical momentum distribution of the protons in hexagonal ice from modeling of inelastic neutron scattering data,  D. Flammini, A. Petropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, F. McBride, A. Hodgson,  M. Adams, L. Lin, R. Car, accepted for publication on J. Chemical Physics,  July (2011)

[3] Ground state proton dynamics in stable phases of water, C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, A Pietropaolo and R. Senesi, Chem Physics Letters  Frontier Physics, doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2011.09.036 (2011)

[4] Comment on “High energy neutron scattering from hydrogen using a   direct geometry spectrometer, J. Mayers, N. I. Gidopoulos, M. A. Adams, G. Reiter, C. Andreani and R. Senesi., r”, C Stock, R A Cowley, J W Taylor and  S. M. Bennington, Phys Rev B, 84, 056301 (2011)

[5] Non destructive neutron diffraction measurements of cavities, inhomogeneities and residual strain in bronzes of Ghiberti’s relief from the Gates of Paradise, G. Festa, R. Senesi, M. Alessandroni, C. Andreani,  G.Vitali, S. Porcinai, A. M. Giusti, T. Materna, A. M. Paradowska, Journal of Applied Physics 109, 064908 (2011)

[6] A non destructive stratigraphic and radiographic neutron study of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s reliefs from Paradise and North doors of Florence Baptistery                                                                                                                                                          G. Festa, C. Andreani, et al.,  J. Appl. Phys. 106, 074909 (2009)

[7] Characterization of the neutron field at the ISIS-VESUVIO facility by means of a bonner sphere spectrometer
R. Bedogni, A. Esposito, C. Andreani, R. Senesi, M. P. De Pascale, P. Picozza, A. Pietropaolo, G. Gorini, C. D. Frost, and S. Ansell, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 612, no. 1, pp. 143–148, (2009)

[8] Diamond detectors for fast neutron irradiation experiments                                                                                                      L. Giacomelli, C. Andreani, A. Fazzi, C. D. Frost, G. Gorini, E. Perelli Cippo, A. Pietropaolo, M. Rebai, H. Schuhmachere M. Tardocchi, C. Verona, G. Verona Rinati and A. Zimbal, Nuclear Physics B (Proceedings Supplements), 215, 242-246 (2011)

 [9] A silicon photomultiplier readout for time of flight neutron spectroscopy with γ -ray detectors
A. Pietropaolo, G. Gorini, G. Festa, C. Andreani, M. P. De Pascale, E. Reali, F. Grazzi, E. M. Schooneveld, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 80, no. 9, (2009)

[10] γ-Ray background sources in the VESUVIO spectrometer at ISIS spallation neutron source
A. Pietropaolo, E. Perelli Cippo, G. Gorini, M. Tardocchi, E. M. Schooneveld, C. Andreani and R. Senesi, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 608, no. 1, pp. 121–124, (2009)

[11] Pietropaolo et al Reply, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, A. Botti, M. A. Ricci, and F. Bruni, Physical Review Letters, vol. 103, no. 6, (2009)

[12] Quantum effects in water: Proton kinetic energy maxima in stable and supercooled liquid
A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, J. Mayers, Brazilian Journal of Physics, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 318–321, (2009)

[13] Prompt gamma activation analysis and time of flight neutron diffraction on ‘black boxes’ in the ‘Ancient Charm’ project
Zs. Kasztovszky, Z. Kis, T. Belgya, W. Kockelmann, S. Imberti, G. Festa, A. Filabozzi, C. Andreani, A. Kirfel, K. T. Biró, K. Dúzs, Zs. Hajnal, P. Kudejova, M. Tardocchi, and the Ancient Charm Collaboration Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, vol. 278, no. 3, pp. 661–664, (2008)

[14] Neutron-induced soft errors in advanced Flash memories
G.Cellere , S. Gerardin, M. Bagatin, A. Paccagnella, A.Visconti, M. Bonanomi, S. Beltrami, P. Roche, G. Gasiot, R. H. Sørensen,  A. Virtanen, C. Frost, P.  Fuochi, C. Andreani, G. Gorini, A. Pietropaolo, S. Platt, International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM, (2008)

[15] Constant-q data representation in Neutron Compton scattering on the VESUVIO spectrometer
R. Senesi , A. Pietropaolo, C. Andreani, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 594, no. 2, pp. 244–252, (2008)

[16] The very low angle detector for high-energy inelastic neutron scattering on the VESUVIO spectrometer
Enrico Perelli Cippo, Giuseppe Gorini, Marco Tardocchi, Antonino Pietropaolo, Carla Andreani, Roberto Senesi, Nigel J Rhodes, Erik M Schooneveld, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 589, no. 2, pp. 296–303, (2008)

[17] Proton momentum distribution of liquid water from room temperature to the supercritical phase
 C. Pantalei, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, S. Imberti, J. Mayers, C. Burnham, and G. Reiter, Physical Review Letters, vol. 100, no. 17, (2008)

[18] Advances on detectors for low-angle scattering of epithermal neutrons
E. Perelli Cippo, G. Gorini, M. Tardocchi, C. Andreani, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, N. Rhodes, E. Schoonveld, Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 19, no. 4, (2008)

[19] Facility for fast neutron irradiation tests of electronics at the ISIS spallation neutron source , C. Andreani, A. Pietropaolo, A. Salsano, G. Gorini,M. Tardocchi, A. Paccagnella,, S. C. D. Frost, S. Ansell, S. P. Platt, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 92, no. 11, (2008)

[20] Excess of proton mean kinetic energy in supercooled water
A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, A. Botti, M. A. Ricci, F. Bruni, Physical Review Letters, vol. 100, no. 12, (2008)

[21] Composition and corrosion phases of Etruscan Bronzes from Villanovan Age
G. Festa, P. A. Caroppi, A. Filabozzi, C. Andreani, M. L. Arancio, R. Triolo, F. Lo Celso, V. Benfante, S. Imberti, Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 19, no. 3, (2008)

[22] Structure and Single Proton Dynamics of Bulk Supercooled Water
A. Botti, F. Bruni, M. A. Ricci, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, Journal of Molecular Liquids, vol. 136, no. 3, pp. 236–240, (2007)

[23] Proton quantum coherence observed in water confined in silica nanopores
V. Garbuio, C. Andreani, S. Imberti, A. Pietropaolo, G. F. Reiter, R. Senesi, M. A. Ricci, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 127, 154501, (2007)

[24] A new hardware/software platform and a new 1/E neutron source for soft error studies: Testing FPGAs at the ISIS facility
M. Violante, L. Sterpone, A. Manuzzato, S. Gerardin, P. Rech, M. Bagatin, A. Paccagnella, C. Andreani, G. Gorini , A. Pietropaolo, G. Cardarilli, S. Pontarelli, C. Frost, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1184–1189, (2007)

[25] 4He adsorbed in cylindrical silica nanopores: Effect of size on the single-atom mean kinetic energy , C. Andreani, C. Pantalei, R. Senesi, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, vol. 75, no. 6, (2007)

[26] Resolution function in deep inelastic neutron scattering using the Foil Cycling Technique
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 570, no. 3, pp. 498–510, (2007)

[27] Mean kinetic energy of helium atoms in fluid 3He and 3He-4He mixtures
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 18, 5587 (2006)

[28] Advances in Physics, C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, J. Mayers, G. Reiter, R. Senesi, 54, 377 (2005)

[29] Measurement of momentum distribution of light atoms and molecules in condensed matter systems using inelastic neutron scattering
Advances in Physics, 54, 377 (2005)

[30] A resonant detector for high-energy inelastic neutron scattering experiments
Appl. Physics Letters, 85, 5454, (2004)

[31] Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering determination of the single particle kinetic energy in solid and liquid 3He, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, A. Cunsolo, M. Nardone, Phys. Rev. Letts. 86, 4584, (2001)

Notes. CA has authored about 150 publications on international journals and about 180 scientific oral contributions at international conferences, meetings and schools.

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