Short CV
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Born in November 7th, 1977, ITALY
January 2003:
Pisa University. Bachelor degree in Physics, 110/110 cum laude, Thesis: "Functional quantization".
January 2004:
Pisa University. Master degree in Theoretical Physics, 110/110 cum laude, Master Thesis: "Topological properties of QCD through large-N expansion and Monte Carlo simulation of CP^(N-1) models".
March 2007:
Parma University. PhD in Physics. PhD thesis: "Dynamical instabilities of rapidly rotating relativistic stars".
February 2007 :
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics. Guest Scientist.
Postdoc JPL & Visitor Caltech.
PUBLICATIONS:
[1] Luigi Del Debbio (CERN), Gian Mario Manca, Ettore Vicari (Pisa U.), Critical slowing down of topological modes, Phys.Lett.B594:315-323,2004
[2] R. De Pietri, L. Baiotti, G. M. Manca, L. Rezzolla "Accurate simulations of the dynamical bar-mode instability in General Relativity". Proceeding of XVIII Spanish Relativity Meeting E.R.E. 2005 "A Century of Relativity Physics", Oviedo (Asturias) Spain, September 6-10, 2005. AIP Conference Proceeding, page 416-419.
[3] R. De Pietri, L. Baiotti, G. M. Manca, L. Rezzolla "Accurate simulations of the dynamical bar-mode instability in General Relativity", Phys. Rev. D75, 044023 (2007), astro-ph/0609473.
[4] L. Del Debbio, G.M. Manca, H. Panagopoulos, A. Skouroupathis, E.Vicari "Theta dependence of the spectrum of SU(N) gauge theories.", JHEP06(2006)005.
[5] L. Del Debbio, G.M. Manca, H. Panagopoulos, A. Skouroupathis, E.Vicari "The spectrum of SU(N) gauge theories at Theta different from zero.", PoS(LAT2006)045, Proceeding of Science, XXIV International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 23-28 2006, Tucson Arizona, US.
[6] G. M. Manca, L. Baiotti, R. De Pietri, L. Rezzolla "Dynamical non-axisymmetric instabilities in rotating stars" Class. Quantum Grav. 24 S171-S186
SELECTED TALKS:
[1] 3rd ILIAS Annual Meeting, Gran Sasso INFN National Lab, February 28-March 3 2006: “Accurate simulations of the dynamical bar-mode instability in General Relativity".
[2] New frontiers in numerical relativity. Albert Einstein Institute, Golm (Germany) July 17-21, 2006: “Dynamical bar-mode instability in General Relativity".
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About Me
Name: Gian Mario Manca
Birthday: November 7th 1977
Institution: JPL & Caltech
Department: Physics
Links:
Sardinia
Where I come from
Work
June 2004
December 2006
Parma.
Piazza Duomo.
Pisa. Piazza dei Miracoli.
Munich
neighborhood.
Neuschwarstein Castle.
