Lorenzo Iorio
I was born in Bari, Italy, in 1971.
I received my precollege and college education there, obtaining a degree in physics from the University of Bari in 1997.
In 2002, I earned the Ph.D. degree in physics from the Department of Physics Michelangelo Merlin, the University of Bari, where I also completed my postdoctoral studies.
I currently hold a permanent position at the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (M.I.U.R.) as a physics teacher in secondary schools since 2007.
To date, I received four qualifications (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale by the M.I.U.R.) as an Associate and Full Professor: two in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth and Planetary Physics, and two in Theoretical Physics of the Fundamental Interactions.
My research activity, started in 1999 after I published my first article in a peer-reviewed journal, is currently in the field of gravitational physics, in particular, experimental/observational tests of general relativity and modified models of gravity in several astronomical and astrophysical scenarios, and their theoretical interpretation.
I have published so far over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. According to the NASA/ADS database, my h-index is, at present, 40, and I have over 3500 citations (self-citations excluded).
Certain papers of mine attracted the attention of some international scientific magazines.
So far, I received 33 requests by foreign students of international academic institutions as supervisor of their Ph. D and/or post-Doc research activity.
I have acted as a referee for several international research institutions.
I received an invitation on behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to submit nominations for the Crafoord Prize 2006.
I am currently a Fellow of some professional societies such as the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
I received a grant of the Young Researchers Project 2001 by the University of Bari in 2001.
I was the recipient of an award by the Italian Physical Society (SIF) in 2003 for my scientific activity, and I received the Scholarship Luigi Volta for the Study of Astronomy from the Centre for Scientific Culture Alessandro Volta in 2006. Elsevier awarded me two New Astronomy Top Cited Author Awards in 2010. I received the IFM Einstein-Galilei Award 2012 from the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Advanced Mathematics (IFM) Einstein-Galilei. In March 2014, the Editors of the journal New Astronomy, published by Elsevier, selected me as one of the most valued reviewers for the year 2013.
I currently live in Bari, where I assist my mother, affected by a permanent disability handicapping her. I am her only son. I am not married, and I have no children.
Phone: +39 329 23 99 167
Address: Viale Unità di Italia 68, 70125, Bari (BA), Italy
I received my precollege and college education there, obtaining a degree in physics from the University of Bari in 1997.
In 2002, I earned the Ph.D. degree in physics from the Department of Physics Michelangelo Merlin, the University of Bari, where I also completed my postdoctoral studies.
I currently hold a permanent position at the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (M.I.U.R.) as a physics teacher in secondary schools since 2007.
To date, I received four qualifications (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale by the M.I.U.R.) as an Associate and Full Professor: two in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth and Planetary Physics, and two in Theoretical Physics of the Fundamental Interactions.
My research activity, started in 1999 after I published my first article in a peer-reviewed journal, is currently in the field of gravitational physics, in particular, experimental/observational tests of general relativity and modified models of gravity in several astronomical and astrophysical scenarios, and their theoretical interpretation.
I have published so far over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. According to the NASA/ADS database, my h-index is, at present, 40, and I have over 3500 citations (self-citations excluded).
Certain papers of mine attracted the attention of some international scientific magazines.
So far, I received 33 requests by foreign students of international academic institutions as supervisor of their Ph. D and/or post-Doc research activity.
I have acted as a referee for several international research institutions.
I received an invitation on behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to submit nominations for the Crafoord Prize 2006.
I am currently a Fellow of some professional societies such as the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
I received a grant of the Young Researchers Project 2001 by the University of Bari in 2001.
I was the recipient of an award by the Italian Physical Society (SIF) in 2003 for my scientific activity, and I received the Scholarship Luigi Volta for the Study of Astronomy from the Centre for Scientific Culture Alessandro Volta in 2006. Elsevier awarded me two New Astronomy Top Cited Author Awards in 2010. I received the IFM Einstein-Galilei Award 2012 from the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Advanced Mathematics (IFM) Einstein-Galilei. In March 2014, the Editors of the journal New Astronomy, published by Elsevier, selected me as one of the most valued reviewers for the year 2013.
I currently live in Bari, where I assist my mother, affected by a permanent disability handicapping her. I am her only son. I am not married, and I have no children.
Phone: +39 329 23 99 167
Address: Viale Unità di Italia 68, 70125, Bari (BA), Italy
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theoretical and experimental efforts aimed to detect the elusive Lense-Thirring effect
in the gravitational field of the Earth. The reader, after a robust introduction to
the historical (Chapter 2) and theoretical (Chapters 3-5) aspects of the subject, will
get acquainted with the subtleties required to design suitable observables which are
able to sufficiently enhance the signal-to-noise ratio. Moreover, he/she should be
able to follow autonomously the exciting developments which, hopefully, will take
place in the near future if and when reliable few percent tests of this prediction
of general relativity should become available. In an Earth-space based experiment
with artificial satellites a good compromise between the need of reducing the impact
of the systematic errors of gravitational origin and of non-gravitational origin must
be obtained; this is not an easy task because such requirements are often in conflict
one with each other. Consequently, a great attention is paid to elucidate many
classical perturbing effects which, if not carefully modelled and accounted for in
the data analysis, may alias the recovery of the gravitomagnetic signature. Indeed,
we are dealing with a fundamental test of general relativity which must be honest,
robust and based on solid error analysis. A critical and detailed discussion of the latest test with the LAGEOS satellites is included.
The book will also be useful for better understanding the interplay among
various geodetic, geophysical, general relativistic, astronomical and matter-wave interferometric effects which occurs in the weak-field and slow-motion approximation
and which will become increasingly important in the near future thanks to the improvements in the accuracy of the orbital reconstruction process.
Papers by Lorenzo Iorio
of a rotating oblate primary is impacted also by certain indirect, mixed effects arising
from the interplay of the different Newtonian and post-Newtonian accelerations which
induce known direct perturbations. We systematically calculate the indirect gravitoelectromagnetic
shifts per orbit of the Keplerian orbital elements of the test particle arising
from the crossing among the first even zonal harmonic J2 of the central body and the
post-Newtonian static and stationary components of its gravitational field. We also work
out the Newtonian shifts per orbit of order J2
2 , and the direct post-Newtonian gravitoelectric
effects of order J2c−2 arising from the equations of motion. In the case of both
the indirect and direct gravitoelectric J2c−2 shifts, our calculation holds for an arbitrary
orientation of the symmetry axis of the central body. We yield numerical estimates of
their relative magnitudes for systems ranging from Earth’s artificial satellites to stars
orbiting supermassive black holes. As far as their measurability is concerned, highly
elliptical orbital configuration are desirable.
the second half of the nineteenth century and its successful explanation by Einstein with
his General Theory of Relativity in the early years of the twentieth century, discrepancies
among observed effects in our Solar system and their theoretical predictions on
the basis of the currently accepted laws of gravitation applied to known matter-energy
distributions have the potential of paving the way for remarkable advances in fundamental
physics. This is particularly important now more than ever, given that most of
the universe seems to be made of unknown substances dubbed Dark Matter and Dark
Energy. Should this not be directly the case, Solar system’s anomalies could anyhow
lead to advancements in either cumulative science, as shown to us by the discovery of
Neptune in the first half of the nineteenth century, and technology itself. Moreover, investigations
in one of such directions can serendipitously enrich the other one as well.
The current status of some alleged gravitational anomalies in the Solar system is critically
reviewed. They are: (a) Possible anomalous advances of planetary perihelia. (b)
Unexplained orbital residuals of a recently discovered moon of Uranus (Mab). (c) The
lingering unexplained secular increase of the eccentricity of the orbit of the Moon. (d)
The so-called Faint Young Sun Paradox. (e) The secular decrease of the mass parameter
of the Sun. (f) The Flyby Anomaly. (g) The Pioneer Anomaly. (h) The anomalous
secular increase of the astronomical unit