Chiara Pinto
Tutor: Francesco RIGGI
2018-on going: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Catania. Thesis: Measurement of light (anti-)nuclei production with ALICE at LHC. Mentors: Prof. Francesco Riggi (University and INFN – Catania) and Prof. Paola La Rocca (University and INFN – Catania).
2016-2018: Master Degree in Physics (Nuclear Physics curriculum) at the University of Catania, summa cum laude. Thesis: Production of 3He and anti-3He nuclei in Xe-Xe collisions at LHC energies with the ALICE detector. Mentors: Prof. Francesco Riggi (University and INFN – Catania), Prof. Paola La Rocca (University and INFN – Catania) and Dr. Alberto Calivà (GSI, Germany).
2012-2016: Bachelor Degree in Physics at the University of Catania. Thesis: Ricerca dell'eccitazione della risonanza Pygmy nel 68Ni. Mentors: Prof. Francesca Rizzo (University of Catania and INFN-LNS), Dr. Giuseppe Cardella (INFN- Section of Catania) and Dr. Nunzia Martorana (University of Catania).
2007-2012: High school leaving qualification in classical studies, Liceo Classico Statale Gulli e Pennisi, Acireale (CT).
ALICE Collaboration: ALICE, acronym of A Large Ion Collider Experiment, is one of the biggest experiments carried out at CERN in the domain of ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. Within the ALICE Collaboration, I am involved in the data analysis for the measurement of the production of light nuclei and anti-nuclei in p-A and A-A collisions at LHC energies. As a master student, in 2018 I joined the ALICE Collaboration and I carried out a thesis about the study of (anti-)3He production in Xe-Xe collisions at 5.44 TeV. As a Ph.D. student (2018-2021) I performed the analysis of (anti-)d, (anti-)3H and (anti-)3He production in p-Pb collisions at 8.16 TeV. During the Service Work related to my Ph.D. position, I was involved in the ITS Upgrade group, performing quality assurance checks on the OB module FPC.
EEE Project: The Project Extreme Energy Events - Science inside Schools (EEE), is a special research activity about the origin of cosmic rays, performed in collaboration with CERN, INFN and MIUR and carried out with the essential contribution of students and teachers of high schools. Within the EEE Collaboration I am involved in the Detectors’ Upgrade Group, performing efficiency and gas leakage tests on the MRPC chambers recently constructed. I was also involved in the study of the possibility to monitor the stability of civil structures on a long-time scale using the EEE telescope installed in Catania’s Physics Department and an additional detector located some distance apart.
D. Bonanno, G. Gallo, P. La Rocca, F. Longhitano, D. Lo Presti, C. Pinto and F. Riggi, Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2019) 134: 281, DOI 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12683-1, Measurement of nearly horizontal cosmic muons at high altitudes with the MEV telescope.
M. Abbrescia et al. 2019 JINST 14 P06035, The EEE MRPC telescopes as tracking tools to monitor building stability with cosmic muons.
ALICE Collaboration, Measurement of the inclusive isolated photon production cross section in pp collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}}= 7 TeV, Eur. Phys. J. C (2019) 79:896.
ALICE Collaboration, Measurement of Υ(1S) elliptic flow at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.02 TeV, Physical Review Letters 123, (2019) 192301.
ALICE Collaboration, Λ3H and anti- Λ3H lifetime measurement in Pb-Pb collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}}= 5.02 TeV via two-body decay, Physics Letters B, Volume 797 (2019) 134905.
Conference proceedings as corresponding author:
EPS-HEP2019: C. Pinto, P. La Rocca, D. Nicotra, O. Parasole, F. Riggi, A low cost reconfigurable mini-array facility for (under)graduate studies in cosmic ray physics, Proceedings of Science, PoS(EPS-HEP2019)438.
DeSyT19: C. Pinto for the EEE collaboration, Monitoring building stability with the EEE MRPC telescopes, Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS).
IPRD2019: C. Pinto for the EEE Collaboration, Monitoring the long term stability of civil buildings through the MRPC telescopes of the EEE Project, JINST.