Dr Lorenzo Matteini

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Lecturer in Space Plasma Physics

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Location

Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

Summary

I am a Lecturer in the Physics Department of Imperial College London and I am a member of the Space, Plasma and Climate Community.

I have been previously an Assistant Astronomer at Paris Observatory, France (2017-2019) and a Research Associate at Imperial College (2012-2017).

I have obtained my PhD at the University of Florence (Italy) in 2008 and I have then been a post-doc at Paris Observatory (2009-2010) and University of Florence (2011-2012).

I have active collaborations with various international institutes and research groups, in particular:
U. Florence, IAPS Rome (IT), Paris Observatory (FR), Astr. Inst. Prague (Czechia), UCLA, U. Berkeley (US), Queen Mary U. London, MSSL/UCL (UK).

My research:

I am interested in processes that caracterize the evolution of space and astrophysical plasmas. These systems are only weakly collisional and are often far from thermodynamical equilibrium. In this framework, the Heliosphere constitutes an exceptional plasma laboratory, where detailed investigation of particles and fields can be achieved thanks to spacecraft measurements. During my career I have worked on in situ data from several spacecraft at different distances from the Sun, such as Helios, Ulysses, Wind, Cluster, Rosetta. At present I'm actively involved in the science from the new space missions Solar Orbiter (ESA) and Parker Solar Probe (NASA). I am also expert in the theoretical and numerical modelling of collisionless plasmas, using kinetic codes.

Methodology: Theoretical modelling, Numerical simulations, Analysis of in situ data

My main research areas:

Heliospheric Physics
Fluid and kinetic instabilities
Wave-particle interactions
Wave-wave interactions and turbulence
Magnetic reconnection
SW/comets interactions

Publications

Journals

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

Laker R, Horbury TS, Woodham LD, et al.Laker R, Horbury TS, Woodham LD, Bale SD, Matteini L close, 2024, Coherent deflection patternãndãssociated temperature enhancements in the near-Sun solar wind, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol:527, ISSN:0035-8711, Pages:10440-10447

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

Horbury T, Bale S, mcmanus M, et al.Horbury T, Bale S, mcmanus M, Larson D, Kasper J, Laker R, Matteini L, Raouafi N, Velli M, Woodham L, Woolley T, Fedorov A, Louarn P, Kieokaew R, Durovcova T, Chandran B, Owen C close, 2023, Switchbacks, microstreams and broadband turbulence in the solar wind, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:30, ISSN:1070-664X

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