Curriculum Vitae of Roberto Terenzi - CERN

Curriculum Vitae of Roberto Terenzi
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Roberto Terenzi.
Nationality: Italian.
Birth: 3 Apr. 1950, Rome-Italy.
Contact: roberto.terenzi@cern.ch
May 18, 2008
Address: Rue Voltaire 26, CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland.
Current Job: Permanent position at INAF 1 -IFSI Rome-Italy.
Current Activity :
• Data Analysis of gravitational waves data.
• Maintenance of Data base of ROG experiments events for the International
Gravitational Event Collaboration (IGEC).
• Maintenance of Web scripts for web display of ROG Experiments
Status.
• Shift Coordinator of the Explorer Experiment (RE5) at Cern.
• CERN-RE5 interaction management.
• Member of the IGEC task force.
• Member of the ROG gravitational wave research collaboration.
• Member of the VIRGO gravitational wave research collaboration.
• Presentation of data analysis results to international conferences.
1 Personal Motivation.
After more than 17 years spent living in Geneva and working at the RE5 experiment
hosted by CERN, I am willing to exert leverage on my technical, scientific
and management experience in international research organization environments
(formerly I carried on collaborations with NASA 2 , ESA 3 , ASI 4 ) to explore also
new activity areas in the CERN organization.
1 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica.
2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
3 European Space Agency.
4 Agenzia Spaziale Italiana.
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2 Education.
Highest Qualification: Degree (”Laurea”) in Mathematics, La Sapienza, 1st
University of Rome - Italy.
Year Achieved: 1994
Subject: Theorem Prover.
Other degree: Technical Engineer in Nuclear Energy and its application I.T.I.
E. Fermi, Rome.
Year Achieved: 1969.
LANGUAGES
Italian: Mother tongue.
French: Fluently spoken and written. Qualification: ”Diplôme DALF”.
English: Fluently spoken and written. Qualification: ”First Certificate Cambridge”.
3 Skills.
• Data analysis using Wavelets and Fourier transforms, statistics etc.
• Data analysis tools and computer languages: Mathematica, ROOT, Java
Core, JDBC, SQL, Prolog, C, C++, PLM86, ASM86.
• Data base: PSQL, ORACLE.
• Effective collaborative skills and teamwork.
• High communication ability in Italian, French and English.
• Project management in international organization environments.
• Experiment operation management.
• Teaching experience in specialist training courses in microprocessor and
microprocessor computer languages.
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4 Official Roles.
4.1 Gravitational wave research and CERN.
1. 1992-present: data analysis of RE5 and NAUTILUS gravitational wave
data.
2. 1999-present: Member of the task force of IGEC (International Gravitational
Events Collaboration): ROG events control and ROG events data
base maintenance.
3. 1994-present: Shifts coordinator for CERN experiment RE5 (Explorer).
4. 1992-2002, Experiment CERN-RE5: Cern contact person.
5. 1999-present: ROG representative in the CDA (Collaborative Data Analysis)
of GWIC (Gravitational Wave International Committee).
6. 2007-present: Member of the VIRGO interferometer collaboration.
4.2 Space research and management.
7. 1985-1990: Co-investigator of TEMAG experiment on board of the TSS 5
NASA 6 -ASI 7 spacecraft.
8. 1986-1991: Project Scientist of the TEMAG (TSS spacecraft) ASI industrial
contract.
9. 1981-1986: MAG Experiment representative on the EGSE 8 Working Group
of the GIOTTO Spececraft, ESA 9 .
10. 1974:Co-investigator S406plasma experiment of the ISEE spacecraft (ESA).
5 Main Scientific Congress-Workshop Presentations,
Public Lectures, Seminars and Training
courses (Only those held by Roberto Terenzi
are reported here).
1. R.Terenzi: Gravitational wave detection: an overview, Geneva University
seminar, 15 Jun. 2007, Geneva (Switzerland).
2. R.Terenzi: les Ondes Gravitazionelles, Public presentation in the ”Féerie
d’un nuit” astronomer manifestation, 16 Jul. 2005, Signal de Bougie
(Switzerland).
3. R.Terenzi: Adding Mathematica Software to an Oracle data base, CERN
ORACLE Development Forum, Nov. 2001, CERN Switzerland.
5 Thethered Spacecraft System.
6 National Aeronauthics and Space Administration.
7 Agenzia Spaziale Italiana.
8 Experiment Ground Support Equipments.
9 European Space Agency.
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4. R.Terenzi: IGEC Events and Coincidences Network Data Base, Gravitational
Wave Data Analysis Workshop, Dec. 2000, Baton Rouge, Louisiane
(U.S.A.).
5. R.Terenzi: n-fold Time Coincidences on IGEC Gravitational Wave Events
Data using Data-Base Technology, Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop,
Dec. 1999, Rome (Italy).
6. A. Formica, M. Missikoff, R. Terenzi: Constraint Satisfiability in Object-
Oriented Databases, Second International East-West Database Workshop
1994 (September 25 28), Klagenfurt (Austria).
7. 1979-1988: Many specialized training courses held c/o Italian industries, in
English and/or in Italian language, on microprocessor and microprocessor
systems.
8. R. Terenzi: The 8080 microprocessor and its peripherals, Series of seminars,
1978, CNR-IFSI, Rome (Italy).
9. R. Terenzi: Microprocessors, 1976, CNR-IFSI, Rome (Italy).
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6 Work History.
I am employed by the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, at the IFSI Rome department,
with a permanent contract position. For the last 17 years I’ve been
working at the INFN experiment RE5 (Explorer) hosted by CERN.
6.1 Gravitational wave research and CERN.
For all the held presentations, public lectures, seminars and teaching activities,
please see section 5.
• 1992 - present: Shifts coordinator for CERN experiment RE5 (Explorer),
CERN - experiment interaction management, study and implementation
(using ROOT,C,C++) of new data analysis techniques for resonant bar
gravitational data analysis, like wavelets transforms and filtering. Non
modeled burst signal data analysis both for RE5 and Nautilus experiment
hosted in Frascati - Italy.
• 1999 - present: As member of the task force of IGEC (International Gravitational
Events Collaboration), active participation to data analysis technique
definition and data exchange protocol. Design and management of
the events data base for Explorer and Nautilus: formerly on an ORACLE
CERN server (with Java, JDBC, Java Servelets interfaces), now on a Psql
server in Rome. Control of the events congruences before collaboration
data exchange.
• 2007 - present: As member of the VIRGO interferometer collaboration,
some participation to VIRGO acquisition shifts with the duty of checking
science data quality. Study of porting of data analysis techniques from
resonant bar detectors to interferometers and vice-versa.
• 1995 - 2003: RE5 and Nautilus data filtering and validation.
6.2 Mathematical logic.
• 1992 - 1994: Original researh for a logic theory to extend in an efficient
way the application field of an existing theorem prover (SATCHMO). New
theorem demonstrations and a Prolog implementation.
6.3 Space research field and related topics.
• 1985 - 1992: Magnetic experiment TEMAG on board of the TSS spacecraft
(NASA-ASI collaboration). Experiment specifications definition in
team with the GSFC - NASA (Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA in
Greenbelt, Md. USA) group and the Technical University of Braunschweig
- Germany group. Experiment - spacecraft interfaces definition. Project
scientist of the industrial contract ASI with the Gavazzi industry for the
on board experiment data handling unit. Two years in Bombay India for
a collaboration with the Geomagnetic Institute of Colaba to take magnetic
field ground measurements during TSS mission. Unfortunately, both for
the Shuttle accident that postponed the mission and for a personal car
accidents the measures weren’t taken.
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• 1987 - 1989: OPERA experiment on the URSS spacecraft INTERBALL.
Experiment specifications and interfaces definition, experiment automatic
test system overall design definition meetings both in Rome and on the
Sovietic Science Academy in Moscow.
• 1981 - 1986: Magnetic experiment MAG on board of the ESA spacecraft
GIOTTO to the Hanley comet. Collaboration with the GSFC - NASA
and the Germany TUB to design, realize and test the experiment. Overall
design and software implementation (languages: PLM86, ASM86) of a microprocessor
based real time data simulator . Responsibility of all the environmental
test on the experiment integrated on the spacecraft, tests held
at British Aerospace (BAE), Bristol, U.K., at Ariannspace and CNRS in
Toulose, France and at Kourou, French Guyane. GIOTTO EGSE member,
design of the experiment ground support equipment and management of
the contact with the industry that built the system. Many working meetings
in ESA institutes (Norvikeraut - Holland, Paris - France, Kourou,
ESOC, Darmstadt - Germany), BAE factories, CNERS and Ariannespace
sites. Launch campaign in Kourou, real time data verification at ESOC
during GIOTTO - Hanley encounter.
• 1981 - 1982: Co - investigator on JPA (plasma) experiment of GIOTTO
spacecraft. Participation to experiment and experiment test system specifications.
• 1978 - 1981: Magnetic experiment on board of the ISPM NASA spacecraft.
Collaboration and meetings with the GSFC - NASA to design, realize
and test the experiment. Design of multiprocessor experiment ground
support equipment.
• 1976 - 1977: Multiprocessor data acquisition system for an infrared photometer.
• 1976 - 1977: Co - investigator in a proposal for an experiment to be flown
on the Spacelab for superfluid helium characteristics under gravity free
conditions.
• 1973 - 1974: Magnetic experiment S331 on the GEOS ESA spacecraft.
Design of the on board DPU, design specifications for the EGSE and a
ground magnetometer testing system.
• 1971 - 1975: Mgnetic experiment E3 on board of Helios A and Helios
B spacecraft. Collaboration with the GSFC - NASA as technical engineer
to test the DPU built by the Italian industry LABEN and to integrated it
with the sensor part of the experiment built by GSFC at GSFC, Greenbelt
Md. USA. Experiment representative at the spacecraft Helias A launch
at Cape Kennedy, Fl. USA in 1974.
• 1970 - 2004: Employee with a permanent position at CNR (Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy).
• 1969 - 1970: Employee with a limited duration contract (1 year) at GIFCO
- SPAROM group of the Roma University.
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• 1969 - 1971: Several works on digital electronics techniques, like parallel
multiplication and sequential arithmetic unit using CMOS technologies.
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7 Publications and Conferences Proceedings.
1. S.Sturani, R. Terenzi: Adaptive Multiresolution for Wavelets Analysis,
Journal Of Physics , Conference Proceedings: VII Amaldi Conference,
2008 (in press).
2. P. Astone, D. Babusci, L. Baggio, M. Bassan, M. Bignotto, M. Bonaldi, M.
Camarda, P. Carelli, G. Cavallari, M. Cerdonio, A. Chincarini, E. Coccia,
L. Conti, S. DAntonio, M. De Rosa, M. di Paolo Emilio, M. Drago, F.
Dubath, V. Fafone, P. Falferi, S. Foffa, P. Fortini, S. Frasca, G. Gemme, G.
Giordano, G. Giusfredi, W. O. Hamilton, J. Hanson, M. Inguscio, W.W.
Johnson, N. Liguori, S. Longo, M. Maggiore, F. Marin, A. Marini, M. P.
McHugh, R. Mezzena, P. Miller, Y. Minenkov, A. Mion, G. Modestino,
A. Moleti, D. Nettles, A. Ortolan, G.V. Pallottino, R. Parodi, G. Piano
Mortari, S. Poggi, G. A. Prodi, L. Quintieri, V. Re, A. Rocchi, F. Ronga,
F. Salemi, G. Soranzo, R. Sturani, L. Taffarello, R. Terenzi, G. Torrioli,
R. Vaccarone, G. Vandoni, G. Vedovato, A. Vinante, M. Visco, S. Vitale,
J. Weaver, J. P. Zendri and P. Zhang: ” Results of the IGEC-2 search for
gravitational wave bursts during 2005 ” Physical Review D 76, 102001
(2007).
3. P Astone, D Babusci, M Bassan, K M Borkowski, L Brocco, E Coccia,
S DAntonio, V Fafone, S Frasca, G Giordano, P Jaranowski, A Krolak,
A Marini, Y Minenkov, I Modena, G Modestino, A Moleti, A Pai, G
V Pallottino, C Palomba, M Pietka, G Pizzella, L Quintieri, F Ricci, A
Rocchi, F Ronga, R Terenzi and M Visco: ” All-sky search of EXPLORER
data: search for coincidences ” Class. Quantum Grav. 23 S687S692
(2006).
4. P Astone, D Babusci, R Ballantini, M Bassan, P Carelli, G Cavallari, F
Cavanna, A Chincarini, E Coccia, C Cosmelli, S DAntonio, F Dubath, V
Fafone, S Foffa, S Frasca, G Gemme, G Giordano, M Maggiore, A Marini,
Y Minenkov, I Modena, G Modestino, A Moleti, G P Murtas, A Pai, O
Palamara, G V Pallottino, R Parodi, G Piano Mortari, G Pizzella, L Quintieri,
A Rocchi, F Ronga, R Sturani, R Terenzi, G Torrioli, R Vaccarone,
G Vandoni and M Visco: ” The 2003 run of the EXPLORERNAUTILUS
gravitational wave experiment ” Class. Quantum Grav. 23 S169S178
(2006).
5. P Astone, R Ballantini, D Babusci, M Bassan, P Carelli, G Cavallari, F
Cavanna, A Chincarini, E Coccia, C Cosmelli, S DAntonio, F Dubath,
V Fafone, S Foffa, G Gemme, G Giordano, M Maggiore, A Marini, Y
Minenkov, I Modena, G Modestino, A Moleti, G P Murtas, A Pai, O
Palamara, G V Pallottino, R Parodi, G Piano Mortari, G Pizzella, L
Quintieri, A Rocchi, F Ronga, R Sturani, R Terenzi1, G Torrioli, R Vaccarone,
G Vandoni and M Visco: ”Status report on the EXPLORER and
NAUTILUS detectors and the present science run” Class. Quantum
Grav. 23 S57S62 (2006).
6. P Astone, D Babusci, M Bassan, K M Borkowski, L Brocco, E Coccia, S
DAntonio, V Fafone, S Frasca, G Giordano, P Jaranowski, A Krolak, A
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Marini, Y Minenkov, I Modena, G Modestino, A Moleti, A Pai, G V Pallottino,
C Palomba, M Pietka, G Pizzella, L Quintieri, F Ricci, A Rocchi,
F Ronga, R Terenzi and M Visco: ” An all-sky search of EXPLORER
data ” Class. Quantum Grav. 22 S1243S1254 (2005).
7. P Astone, D Babusci, M Bassan, P Carelli, E Coccia, C Cosmelli, S DAntonio,
V Fafone, F Frontera, G Giordano, C Guidorzi, A Marini, Y Minenkov,
I Modena, G Modestino, A Moleti, E Montanari, G V Pallottino,
G Pizzella, L Quintieri, A Rocchi, F Ronga, L Sperandio, R Terenzi, G
Torrioli and M Visco: Cumulative analysis of the association between the
data of the gravitational wave detectors NAUTILUS and EXPLORER
and the gamma ray bursts detected by BATSE and BeppoSAX Physical
Review D 71, 042001 (2005).
8. P Astone, D Babusci, M Bassan, P Bonifazi, P Carelli, E Coccia, C Cosmelli,
S D’Antonio, V Fafone, G Giordano, A Marini, Y Minenkov, I
Modena, G Modestino, A Moleti, G V Pallottino, G Pizzella, L Quintieri,
A Rocchi, F Ronga, R Terenzi, G Torrioli and M Visco: Search for counterpart
of -ray burst with resonant gravitational wave detectors Classical
and Quantum Gravity 21, S759-S764 (2004).
9. P Astone, D Babusci, M Bassan, P Bonifazi, P Carelli, G Cavallari, E
Coccia, C Cosmelli, S D’Antonio, V Fafone, S Frasca, G Giordano, A
Marini, Y Minenkov, I Modena, G Modestino, A Moleti, G V Pallottino,
G Pizzella, L Quintieri, A Rocchi, F Ronga, R Terenzi, G Torrioli and
M Visco: Comments on the 2001 run of the EXPLORER/NAUTILUS
gravitational wave experiment Classical and Quantum Gravity 20
S785-S788 (2003).
10. P Astone, D Babusci, M Bassan, K M Borkowski, E Coccia, S D’Antonio,
V Fafone, G Giordano, P Jaranowski, A Krolak, A Marini, Y Minenkov,
I Modena, G Modestino, A Moleti, G V Pallottino, M Pietka, G Pizzella,
L Quintieri, A Rocchi, F Ronga, R Terenzi and M Visco: All-sky upper
limit for gravitational radiation from spinning neutron stars Classical
and Quantum Gravity 20, S665-S676 (2003).
11. P. Astone, D. Babusci, M. Bassan, P. Carelli, G. Cavallari, E. Coccia,
C. Cosmelli, S. D’Antonio, V. Fafone, A. C. Fauth, G. Federici, G. Giordano,
A. Marini, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, G.
V. Pallottino, G. Pizzella, L. Quintieri, A. Rocchi, F. Ronga, R. Terenzi,
G. Torrioli, and M. Visco: Increasing the Bandwidth of Resonant Gravitational
Antennas: The Case of Explorer Physical Review Letters 91,
111101 (2003).
12. P. Astone, D. Babusci, L. Baggio, M. Bassan, D. G. Blair, M. Bonaldi,
P. Bonifazi, D. Busby, P. Carelli, M. Cerdonio, E. Coccia, L. Conti, C.
Cosmelli, S. DAntonio, V. Fafone, P. Falferi, P. Fortini, S. Frasca, G.
Giordano, W. O. Hamilton, I. S. Heng, E. N. Ivanov, W. W. Johnson, A.
Marini, E. Mauceli, M. P. McHugh, R. Mezzena, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena,
G. Modestino, A. Moleti, A. Ortolan, G. V. Pallottino, G. Pizzella, G. A.
Prodi, L. Quintieri, A. Rocchi, E. Rocco, F. Ronga, F. Salemi, G. Santostasi,
L. Taffarello, R. Terenzi, M. E. Tobar, G. Torrioli, G. Vedovato,
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A. Vinante, M. Visco: S. Vitale, and J. P. Zendri (International Gravitational
Event Collaboration): Methods and results of the IGEC search for
burst gravitational waves in the years 1997-2000 Physical Review D 68,
022001 (2003).
13. P.Astone, D.Babusci, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, E.Coccia, S.DAntonio, V.Fafone,
G.Giordano, A.Marini, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena, G.Modestino, A.Moleti,
GV.Pallottino, G.Pizzella, L.Quintieri, A.Rocchi, F.Ronga, R.Terenzi, M.Visco:
The next science run of the gravitational wave detector NAUTILUS, Classical
and Quantum Gravity 19, 1911-1917 (2002).
14. P.Astone, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, M.G.Castellano, G.Cavallari,
E.Coccia, C.Cosmelli, S.DAntonio, V.Fafone, G.Federici, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena,
G.Modestino, A.Moleti, GV.Pallottino, G.Pizzella, L.Quintieri, A.Rocchi,
F.Ronga, R.Terenzi, G.Torrioli, M.Visco. The EXPLORER gravitational
wave antenna:recent improvements and performances, Classical and Quantum
Gravity 19, 1905-1910 (2002).
15. P.Astone, D.Babusci, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, E.Coccia, S.DAntonio, V.Fafone,
G.Giordano, A.Marini, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena, G.Modestino, A.Moleti,
GV.Pallottino, G.Pizzella, L.Quintieri, F.Ronga, R.Terenzi, M.Visco: Anomalous
signals due to cosmic rays observed by the bar gravitational wave
detector NAUTILUS, Classical and Quantum Gravity 19, 1897-1903
(2002).
16. P.Astone, L.Baggio, D.Busby, M.Bassan, D.G.Blair, M.Bonaldi, P.Bonifazi,
P.Carelli, M.Cerdonio, E.Coccia, L.Conti, C.Cosmelli, S.DAntonio, V.Fafone,
P.Falferi, P.Fortini, S.Frasca, W.O.Hamilton, I.S.Heng, E.N.Ivanov, W.W.Johnson,
C.R.Locke, A.Marini, E.Mauceli, M.P.McHugh, R.Mezzena, Y.Minenkov,
I.Modena, G.Modestino, A.Moleti, A.Ortolan, G.V.Pallottino, G.Pizzella,
G.A.Prodi, L.Quintieri, A.Rocchi, E.Rocco, F.Ronga, F.Salemi, G.Santostasi,
L.Taffarello, R.Terenzi, M.E.Tobar, G.Vedovato, A.Vinante, M.Visco, S.Vitale
and J.P.Zendri (International Gravitational Event Collaboration): Search
for gravitational wave bursts by the network of resonant detectors, Classical
and Quantum Gravity 19, 1367-1375 (2002).
17. P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, G. Castellano, E. Coccia, C.
Cosmelli, G. D’Agostini, S. D’Antonio, V. Fafone, G. Federici, F. Frontera,
C. Guidorzi, A. Marini, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A.
Moleti, E. Montanari, G. V. Pallottino, G. Pizzella, L. Quintieri, A. Rocchi,
F. Ronga, R. Terenzi, G. Torrioli, and M. Visco: Search for correlation
between GRB’s detected by BeppoSAX and gravitational wave detectors
EXPLORER and NAUTILUS Physical Review D 66, 102002 (8 pag.)
(2002).
18. P.Astone, D.Babusci, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, G.Cavallari, E.Coccia,
C.Cosmelli, S.DAntonio, V.Fafone, G.Federici, S.Frasca, G.Giordano, A.Marini,
Y.Minenkov, I.Modena, G.Modestino, A.Moleti, G.V.Pallottino, G.Pizzella,
L.Quintieri, A.Rocchi, F.Ronga, R.Terenzi, R.Torrioli, M.Visco. Study of
the coincidences between the gravitational wave detectors EXPLORER
and NAUTILUS in 2001, Classical and Quantum Gravity 19, 5449-
5463 (2002).
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19. P.Astone, D.Babusci, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, E.Coccia, S.DAntonio,
V.Fafone, G.Giordano, A.Marini, G.Mazzitelli, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena,
G.Modestino, A.Moleti, G.V.Pallottino, G.Pizzella, L.Quintieri, A.Rocchi,
F.Ronga, R.Terenzi, M.Visco. Effect of cosmic rays on the resonant gravitational
wave detector NAUTILUS at temperature T=1.5 K, Physics
Letter B 540, 179-184 (2002).
20. P.Astone, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, E.Coccia, C.Cosmelli, S.D’Antonio,
V. Fafone, S.Frasca, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena, G.Modestino, A.Moleti, G.V.Pallottino,
M.A.Papa, G.Pizzella, L.Quintieri, F.Ronga, R.Terenzi and M.Visco. ”Search
for periodic gravitational wave sources with the Explorer detector”, Physical
Review D 65, 022001 (11 pag.) (2002).
21. P.Astone, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, E.Coccia, C.Cosmelli, S.DAntonio,
V.Fafone, G.Federici, A.Marini, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena, G.Modestino,
A.Moleti, G.V.Pallottino, G.Pizzella, L.Quinteri, F.Ronga, R.Terenzi, M.Visco
and L.Votano. Study of coincidences between resonant gravitational wave
detectors, Classical and Quantum Gravity 18, 243-251 (2001).
22. P.Astone, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, E.Coccia, S.DAntonio, V.Fafone,
G.Federici, A.Marini, G.Mazzitelli, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena, G.Modestino,
A.Moleti, G.V.Pallottino, V.Pampaloni, G.Pizzella, L.Quinteri, F.Ronga,
R.Terenzi, M.Visco, L.Votano. Energetic cosmic rays observed by the resonant
gravitational wave detector NAUTILUS, Physics Letter B 499,
16-22 (2001).
23. Z.Allen, P.Astone, L.Baggio, D.Busby, M.Bassan, D.G.Blair, M.Bonaldi,
P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, M.Cerdonio, E.Coccia, L.Conti, C.Cosmelli, V.Crivelli
Visconti, S.DAntonio, V.Fafone, P.Falferi, P.Fortini, S.Frasca, W.O.Hamilton,
I.S.Heng, E.N.Ivanov, W.W.Johnson, M.Kingham, C.R.Locke, A.Marini,
V.Martinucci, E.Mauceli, M.P.McHugh, R.Mezzena, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena,
G.Modestino, A.Moleti, A.Ortolan, G.V.Pallottino, G.Pizzella, G.A.Prodi,
E.Rocco, F.Ronga, F.Salemi, G.Santostasi, L.Taffarello, R.Terenzi, M.E.Tobar,
G.Vedovato, A.Vinante, M.Visco, S.Vitale, L.Votano and J.P.Zendri (International
Gravitational Event Collaboration). First Search for Gravitational
Wave Burst with a Network of Detectors, Physical Review
Letters 85, 5046-5050 (2000).
24. P.Astone, M.Bassan, P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, E.Coccia, V.Fafone, S.DAntonio,
S.Frasca, A.Marini, E.Mauceli, G.Mazzitelli, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena, G.Modestino,
A.Moleti, G.V.Pallottino, M.A.Papa, G.Pizzella, F.Ronga, R.Terenzi, M.Visco,
L.Votano. Cosmic ray observed by the resonant gravitational wave detector
NAUTILUS, Physical Review Letters 84, 14-17 (2000), Mentioned
in the American Institute of Phys. Bullettin of Phys. News, 465, Jan
2000.
25. G.A.Prodi,I.S.Heng,Z.A. Allen,P. Astone, L. Baggio, M. Bassan, D.G.
Blair,M. Bonaldi, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, M. Cerdonio, E. Coccia, L. Conti,
C. Cosmelli, V. Crivelli Visconti, S. DAntonio, V. Fafone, P. Falferi, P. Fortini,
S. Frasca, W.O. Hamilton, E.N.Ivanov, W.W. Johnson, C.R. Locke,
A. Marini, V. Martinucci, E. Mauceli, M. P. McHugh, R. Mezzena, Y. Minenkov,
I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, A. Ortolan, G.V. Pallottino,
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G. Pizzella, E. Rocco, F. Ronga, F. Salemi, G. Santostasi, L. Taffarello,
R. Terenzi, M.E. Tobar, G. Vedovato, A. Vinante, M. Visco, S. Vitale, L.
Votano, J.P. Zendri: Initial Operation of the International Gravitational
Event Collaboration, International Journal of Modern Physics D,
Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000) 237-245.
26. R. Terenzi: n-fold Time Coincidences on IGEC Gravitational Wave Events
Data Using Data-Base Technology, International Journal of Modern
Physics D, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000) 347-351.
27. P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, V. Fafone, S.
Frasca, Y. Minenkov, G. Modestino, I. Modena, A. Moleti, G.V. Pallottino,
G. Pizzella, R. Terenzi, M. Visco, Upper limit at 1.8 KHz for a
gravitational-wave stochastic background with the Altair resonant detector,
Astronomy and astrophysics, 343, 19-22 (1999).
28. L. Amati, P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli,
E. Costa, V. Fafone, M. Feroci, S. Frasca, F. Frontera, F. Longo,
E. Mauceli, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, M. Orlandini,
G.V. Pallottino, L. Piro, G. Pizzella, B. Preger, F. Salemi, R.
Terenzi, M. Visco, Measuraments with the resonant gravitational wave
detector Explorer during the gamma ray burst 980425 Astronomy and
astrophysics supplement series, 138 605-606 (1999).
29. P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, C. Cosmelli. E. Coccia,
V. Fafone, S. Frasca, A. Marini, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino,
A. Moleti, G.V. Pallottino, M.A. Papa, G. Pizzella, F. Ronga, R.
Terenzi, M. Visco, L. Votano: Crosscorrelation Measurement of Stochastic
Gravitational Waves with two Resonant Gravitational Wave Detectors
in Astronomy and astrophysics 351, 811-814,1999.
30. P. Astone, M. Bassan, D.G. Blair, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C.
Cosmelli, V. Fafone, L. Febo, S. Frasca, I.S. Heng, E.N. Ivanov, A. Marini,
E. Mauceli, S.M. Merkowitz, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A.
Moleti, G.V. Pallottino, M.A. Papa, G. Pizzella, F. Ronga, R. Terenzi,
M.E. Tobar, P.J. Turner, F.J. Van Kann, M. Visco, L. Votano: Search for
Coincident Excitation of the Widely Spaced Resonant Gravitational Wave
Detectors EXPLORER, NAUTILUS and NIOBE in Astropart.Phys.
10:83-92, 1999.
31. P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V.
Fafone, S. Frasca, K. Geng, W.O. Hamilton, W.W. Johnson, E. Mauceli,
M.P. Mc Hugh, S. Merkowitz, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Morse, G.V.
Pallottino, M.A. Papa, G. Pizzella, N. Solomonson, R. Terenzi, M. Visco,
N. Zhu: Search for Gravitational Radiation with the ALLEGRO and EX-
PLORER Detectors in Phys. Rev. D 59:122001, 1999.
32. P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, V. Fafone, A.
Marini, G. Mazzitelli, S.M. Merkowitz, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino,
A. Moleti, G.V. Pallottino, M.A. Papa, G. Pizzella, F. Ronga, M.
Spinetti, R. Terenzi, M. Visco, L. Votano: Underground Spherical Gravitational
Wave Detector, Nuclear Physics B (Proc.Suppl.) 70 (1999)
461- 465.
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33. F. Mariani, M. Candidi, S. Orsini, R. Terenzi, R. Agresti, G. Musmann,
M. Rahm, M. Acuna, P. Panetta, N.F. Ness, F. Neubauer: Current Flow
through High-voltage Sheaths observed by the TEMAG Experiment during
TSS-1R, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 4, Page
425-428, February 15, 1998.
34. P.Astone, M.Bassan, D.G.Blair, P.Bonifazi, P.Carelli, E.Coccia, C.Cosmelli,
V.Fafone, L.Febo , S.Frasca, I.S.Heng, E.N.Ivanov, A.Marini, E.Mauceli,
S.M.Merkowitz, Y.Minenkov, I.Modena, G.Modestino, A.Moleti, G.V.Pallottino,
M.A.Papa, G.Pizzella, F.Ronga, R.Terenzi, M.E.Tobar, P.J.Turner, F.J.van
Kann, M.Visco, L.Votano, Search for Coincident Excitation of the Widely
Spaced Resonant Gravitational Wave Detectors Explorer , Nautilus and
Niobe, Astroparticle Physics 10 1 83-92 (1998).
35. P. Astone, G.V. Pallottino, M. Bassan, E. Coccia, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena,
A. Moleti, M.A. Papa, G. Pizzella, P. Bonifazi, R. Terenzi, M. Visco,
P. Carelli, V. Fafone, A. Marini, S.M. Merkowitz, G. Modestino, F. Ronga,
M. Spinetti, L. Votano: Sfera: Research and Development for a Spherical
Wave Detector, in Second Edoardo Amaldi Conference - CERN Switzerland,
1- 4 July 1997. Vol. 4. World Scientific.
36. P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V.
Fafone, S. Frasca, A. Marini, G. Mazzitelli, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G.
Modestino, A. Moleti, G.V. Pallottino, M.A. Papa, G. Pizzella, P. Rapagnani,
F. Ricci, F. Ronga, R. Terenzi, M. Visco, L. Votano: The Gravitational
Wave Detector NAUTILUS operating at T=0.1 K, Astroparticle
Physics, 7 (1997) 231-243.
37. E. Mauceli, Z.K. Geng, W.O. Hamilton, W.W. Johnson, S. Merkowitz,
A. Morse, N. Solomonson, P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli,
E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V. Fafone, S. Frasca, I. Modena, G. Modestino,
G.V. Pallottino, G. Pizzella, P. Rapagnani, F. Ricci, R. Terenzi, M. Visco:
Search for Gravitational Radiation from Supernova 1993J in Phys. Rev.
D 56; 6081-6084, 1997.
38. G.V. Pallottino, C. Cosmelli, M.A. Papa, E. Coccia, G. Pizzella, V. Fafone,
P. Rapagnani, S. Frasca, F. Ricci, P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P.
Carelli, D. Castellazzi, A. Marini, F. Ronga, G. Mazzitelli, R. Terenzi,
I. Modena, M. Visco, G. Modestino, L. Votano, A. Moleti: Cosmic-Ray-
Induced Cascades on the Ultracryogenic Antenna NAUTILUS, Nuclear
Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) vol. 48, May 1996.
39. P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V.
Fafone, S. Frasca, A. Marini, G. Mazzitelli, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A.
Moleti, G.V. Pallottino, M.A. Papa, G. Pizzella, P. Rapagnani, F. Ricci, F.
Ronga, R. Terenzi, M. Visco, L. Votano: Upper Limit for a Gravitational
Wave Stochastic Background with the EXPLORER and NAUTILUS Resonant
Detectors, Physics Letters B, 385 (1996) 421- 424.
40. A. Formica, M. Missikoff, R. Terenzi: A Theorem Prover for Checking
Satisfiability of Object-Oriented Database Schemas, Proceedings of the
Twelfth International Conference on Logic Programming, Tokyo, Japan,
June 13-16 1995, Leon Sterling Ed. MIT Press.
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41. P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V. Fafone, S.
Frasca, I. Modena, G.V. Pallottino, G. Pizzella, P. Rapagnani, F. Ricci, R.
Terenzi, M. Visco: Operation of the Explorer Detector of the Rome Group,
in Trieste 1994, General relativity and gravitational physics 409-410.
42. A. Formica, M. Missikoff, R. Terenzi: Constraint Satisfiability in Object-
Oriented Databases, Proceedings of the Second International East-West
Database Workshop, Klagenfurt, Austria, 25-28 September 1994, J. Eder
and L.A. Kalinichenko Eds. Springer.
43. P. Astone, C. Cosmelli, S. Frasca, G.V. Pallottino, P. Puppo, P. Rapagnani,
F. Ricci, M. Bassan, E. Coccia, V. Fafone, I. Modena, M.A. Papa,
G. Pizzella, P. Bonifazi, R. Terenzi, M. Visco, P. Carelli, M.G. Castellano,
A. Marini, G, Mazzitelli, G. Modestino, F. Ronga, L. Votano: The
NAUTILUS Experiment, in First Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational
Wave Experiments, E. Coccia, G. Pizzella. F. Ronga Eds., World
Scientific, pp. 161-175.
44. E. Amata, P. Baldetti, C. Bellucci, V. Formisano, A. Morbidini, S. Orsini,
A. Pavoni, R. Terenzi, M. Viterbini: ”The experiment OPERA for the
Mission Interball”, Il Nuovo Cimento- vol. 13 C, N.1, gennaio-febbraio
1990.
45. F.N. Neubauer, M.H. Acuna, L.F. Burlaga, B. Franke, B. Gramkow, F.
Mariani, G. Musmann, N.F. Ness, H.U. Schmidt, R. Terenzi, E. Ungstrup,
M. Wallis: The GIOTTO Magnetometer experiment”, Journal Of Physics
, Section E, 20 (1987).
46. F.M. Neubauer, M.H. Acuna, L.F. Burlaga, B. Franke, B. Gramkow, F.
Mariani, G. Musmann, N.F. Ness, H.U. Schmidt, R. Terenzi et al. : ”The
GIOTTO Magnetic Field Experiment” in ESA SP-1077, March 1986, pp.
1-14.
47. F. Mariani, R. Terenzi: ”L’esperimento magnetico per la sonda cometaria
GIOTTO” in Giornale di Fisica, vol. 26 - luglio/settembre 1985, pp.
211-216.
48. F. Mariani, N. Ness, B. Bavassano, L. Burlaga, S. Cantarano, C. Scearce,
R. Terenzi and U. Villante: ”Rome-GSFC Magnetic Field Experiment: a
Summary of Results” in ”10 years Helios-10 Jahre Helios”, editor H.Porsche
on the behalf of the Federal Minister for Research and Technology- Oberpfaffenhofen,
1984 pp. 90-99.
49. A. Johnstone, P. Cerulli-Irelli, M. Dobrowolny, A. Egidi, R. Terenzi, D.
Bryant, T. Edwards, K. Jockers, H. Rosenbauer, W. Studemann, B, Wilken,
B. Hultquist, M. Wallis, V. Formisano, G. Haerendel, G. Paschmann,
L. Biermann, R. Luest, H. Schmidt, J.D. Winningham, W. Feldman, H.
Reme: ”A Cometary Plasma Experiment for the Mission to Comet Halley”
in ESA SP-169 June 1981, proc. of international Meeting on the
Giotto Mission, Noordwijkerhout Netherlands 27 Aprile 1981
50. C. Bonifazi, P. Cerulli-Irelli, A. Egidi, G. Marangoni, G. Moreno, G.V.
Pallottino and R. Terenzi: ”The S406 Experiment for the IME Project in
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ELDO-CECLES-ESRO-CERS Scientific and Technical Review
(1976) 6, pp. 209-216.
51. C. Scearce, S. Cantarano, N. Ness, F. Mariani, R. Terenzi: ”The Rome-
GSFC Magnetic Field Experiment for HELIOS A-B (E3) ” in Raumfahrtforschung,
19, pp. 237-240, 1975.
52. C. Scearce, S. Cantarano, N. Ness, F. Mariani, R. Terenzi, L. Burlaga:
”Rome-GSFC Magnetic Field Experiment for HELIOS A & B” X-6992-
75-112 Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA-GSFC), May 1975.
8 IFSI(Istituto di Fisica Spazio Interplanetario)
and INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica)
Internal Technical Reports.
53. IFSI-INAF 2008 R. Terenzi: Gravitational wave data analysis using signal
cross correlation and the case of the ROG data collected during the
Magnetar SGR 1806-20 Giant Flare, 2008 (in press).
54. IFSI-94-30 R. Terenzi: Adding Paramodulation to a Hyperresolution based
Theorem Prover, Dec 1994.
55. IFSI 87-1 F. Mariani, N.F. Ness, B. Bavassano, R. Bruno, R. Buccellato,
L.F. Burlaga, S. Cantarano, C.S. Scearce, R. Terenzi, U. Villante: Magnetic
Field Hourly Averages from the Rome-GSFC Experiment Aboard
Helios 1 and Helios 2, January 1987.
56. LPS 85-14 F. Mariani, M. Candidi, R. Terenzi, M.H. Acuna, J.E.P. Connerney,
N.F. Ness, M. Sugiura, G. Musmann, F. Neubauer: ”TEMAG
Experiment for TSS”, Oct. 1985.
57. LPS 80-3 R. Terenzi; ”International Solar Probe Mission: a Real Time
Data Simulator”, Mar. 1980.
58. LPS 77-22 P. Cerulli-Irelli, R. Terenzi: ”Collegamento tra i calcolatori
HP9825A e HP2116B”, Sept. 1977.
59. LPS 72-14 F. Palutan, R. Terenzi : ”Moltiplicatori di numeri binari con
reti combinatorie”, Jun. 1972.
60. LPS 71-19 L. Diodato, R. Terenzi: ”Descrizione di uno strumento per la
misura di protoni (50-500 KeV) mediante satellite su orbita geostazionaria”,
Jun 1971.
61. LPS 70-14 S. Cantarano, F. Palutan, R. Terenzi : ”Unità aritmetica di
impiego generale per esperimenti a bordo di satelliti artificiali”, Dec. 1970.
62. LPS-70-1 R. Orfei, G.V. Pallottino, R. Terenzi: ”Linea di ritardo analogica
a ritardo programmabile”, Oct. 1970.
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9 Other Works.
63. S. Cunsolo, I. Modena, F. Scaramuzzi, R. Terenzi: Measurements of Properties
of Superfluid Helium under Gravity-free Conditions, experiment proposal
for Spacelab .
64. F.M. Neubauer, M.H. Acuna, L.F. Burlaga, B. Franke, B. Gramkow, F.
Mariani, G. Musmann, N.F. Ness, H.U. Schmidt, R. Terenzi, E. Ungstrup,
M. Wallis: The GIOTTO Magnetic Field Investigation, project analysis.
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