DrLucaFranci

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

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710Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

Summary

I am a computational plasma physicist investigating turbulence and particle dynamics in collisionless space plasmas, with particular focus on the solar wind and the inner heliosphere.

I have a MSc in Physics and Astrophysics (2010) and a PhD in Physics (2014). I have previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Florence (2014-2017), at Queen Mary University (2018-2022), and at Imperial College London (2023-2023).

From October 2023 I hold a University Research Fellow funded by the Royal Society to work on my own independent research "Thermal, suprathermal, and energetic particle dynamics in space plasmas".

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Journals

Hellinger P, Verdini A, Montagud-Camps V, et al.Hellinger P, Verdini A, Montagud-Camps V, Franci L, Papini E, Matteini L, Landi S close, 2024, Anisotropy of plasma turbulence at ion scales: Hall and pressure-strain effects, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol:684, ISSN:0004-6361

Matteini L, Tenerani A, Landi S, et al.Matteini L, Tenerani A, Landi S, Verdini A, Velli M, Hellinger P, Franci L, Horbury TS, Papini E, Stawarz JE close, 2024, Alfvénic fluctuations in the expanding solar wind: Formation and radial evolution of spherical polarization, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:31, ISSN:1070-664X

Trotta D, Larosa A, Nicolaou G, et al.Trotta D, Larosa A, Nicolaou G, Horbury TS, Matteini L, Hietala H, Blanco-Cano X, Franci L, Chen CHK, Zhao L, Zank GP, Cohen CMS, Bale SD, Laker R, Fargette N, Valentini F, Khotyaintsev Y, Kieokaew R, Raouafi N, Davies E, Vainio R, Dresing N, Kilpua E, Karlsson T, Owen CJ, Wimmer-Schweingruber RF close, 2024, Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Observed at 0.07 and 0.7 au by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol:962, ISSN:0004-637X, Pages:147-147

Zimbardo G, Ying B, Nisticò G, et al.Zimbardo G, Ying B, Nisticò G, Feng L, Rodríguez-García L, Panasenco O, Andretta V, Banerjee D, Bemporad A, De Leo Y, Franci L, Frassati F, Habbal S, Long D, Magdalenic J, Mancuso S, Naletto G, Perri S, Romoli M, Spadaro D, Stangalini M, Strachan L, Susino R, Vainio R, Velli M, Cohen CMS, Giacalone J, Shen M, Telloni D, Abbo L, Burtovoi A, Jerse G, Landini F, Nicolini G, Pancrazzi M, Russano G, Sasso C, Uslenghi M close, 2023, A high-latitude coronal mass ejection observed by a constellation of coronagraphs: Solar Orbiter/Metis, STEREO-A/COR2, and SOHO/LASCO, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol:676, ISSN:0004-6361

Lewis HC, Stawarz JE, Franci L, et al.Lewis HC, Stawarz JE, Franci L, Matteini L, Klein K, Salem CS, Burch JL, Ergun RE, Giles BL, Russell CT, Lindqvist P-A close, 2023, Magnetospheric Multiscale measurements of turbulent electric fields in earth's magnetosheath: How do plasma conditions influence the balance of terms in generalized Ohm's law?, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:30, ISSN:1070-664X

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