Dr. Riccardo Ciolfi

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsAstrophysics,Theoretical Physics
KeywordsNumerical Relativity, Magnetic Fields, Neutron Star Binary Merger, Short Gamma-Ray Bursts, Neutron Stars

Current contact address

CountryItaly
CityPadova
InstitutionOsservatorio Astronomico di Padova
InstituteINAF

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Luciano RezzollaMax-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2012

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2013Daniel M. Siegel, Riccardo Ciolfi, Abraham I. Harte, Luciano Rezzolla: Magnetorotational instability in relativistic hypermassive neutron stars. In: Physical Review D, Rapid Communications, 2013, 121302-121307
2013Riccardo Ciolfi, Luciano Rezzolla: Twisted-torus configurations with large toroidal magnetic fields in relativistic stars. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 2013, 43-47
2012Riccardo Ciolfi, Luciano Rezzolla: Poloidal-field instability in magnetized relativistic stars. In: The Astrophysical Journal, 2012, 1-13