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Stefano Foffa

Stefano Foffa's picture
Position: 
Staff
Office: 
SCI 214
Phone: 
+41 22 379 63 59
Web: 
theory.physics.unige.ch/foffa
Email: 
stefano.foffa@unige.ch

Publication listings: 
inSPIRE
Topics: 
Gravitational waves, General relativity

Bio: 
  • Since Sep 2007: Adjoint Scientifique at the Department of Theoretical physics, University of Geneva
  • Oct 2001 - Aug 2007: postdoc and then Maitre Assistant at the Department of Theoretical physics, University of Geneva
  • Jan 2000 - Sep 2001: postdoc at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva (Israel)
  • Jan 2000: PhD in physics at Pisa University: "Cosmological aspects of string theory", supervised by Michele Maggiore
  • Mar 1996: graduation in physics at Pisa university: "Tecniche di Lagrangiana Eettiva per difetti topologici", supervised by Michele Maggiore

Recent publications and presentations:

Accurate standard siren cosmology with joint gravitational-wave and γ-ray burst observations
Date: 6. May 2024
Members involved: Michele Mancarella, Francesco Iacovelli, Stefano Foffa, Niccolò Muttoni, Michele Maggiore
Topics: Gravitational waves, Multi-messenger astrophysics, Hubble constant, Statistical Inference
Type: Publication
The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: Mission Studies and Science Case
Date: 16. April 2024
Members involved: Enis Belgacem, Stefano Foffa, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Maggiore, Michele Mancarella, Alberto Roper Pol
Topics: Gravitational waves
Type: Publication
Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs
Date: 28. July 2023
Members involved: Michele Maggiore, Enis Belgacem, Giulia Cusin, Valerio De Luca, Stefano Foffa, Gabriele Franciolini, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella, Niccolò Muttoni, Antonio Riotto
Topics: ET, Gravitational waves
Type: Publication
Combining chirp mass, luminosity distance and sky localisation from gravitational wave events to detect the cosmic dipole
Date: 24. April 2023
Members involved: Nastassia Grimm, Martin Pijnenburg, Camille Bonvin, Stefano Foffa, Giulia Cusin
Topics: Gravitational waves, Large scale structure
Type: Publication
Detection and estimation of the cosmic dipole with the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer
Date: 1. March 2023
Members involved: Camille Bonvin, Giulia Cusin, Stefano Foffa
Topics: Gravitational waves
Type: Publication
Forecasting the detection capabilities of third-generation gravitational-wave detectors using GWFAST
Date: 27. December 2022
Members involved: Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella, Stefano Foffa, Michele Maggiore
Topics: Gravitational waves, ET
Type: Publication
GWFAST: A Fisher Information Matrix Python Code for Third-generation Gravitational-wave Detectors
Date: 21. October 2022
Members involved: Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella, Stefano Foffa, Michele Maggiore
Topics: Gravitational waves, ET
Type: Publication
GWFAST
Date: 8. September 2022
Members involved: Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella, Stefano Foffa, Michele Maggiore
Topics: Gravitational waves, ET
Type: Research Tools
Modified gravitational wave propagation and the binary neutron star mass function
Date: 1. June 2022
Members involved: Andreas Finke, Stefano Foffa, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Maggiore, Michele Mancarella
Topics: Gravitational waves, Modified gravity, statistical methods in cosmology, Dark energy, Dark Sirens
Type: Publication
New Horizons for Fundamental Physics with LISA
Date: 4. May 2022
Members involved: Valerio De Luca, Stefano Foffa, Lucas Lombriser, Michele Maggiore, Michele Mancarella, Antonio Riotto, Giulia Cusin
Topics: LISA, Fundamental Physics
Type: Publication

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