Research lines and guidelines for PhD students


Our research focuses on the exploitation of ongoing Cosmological Experiments measuring Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies (CMB) and Large Scale Structure (LSS) for investigating the early Universe and the dark cosmological components. We are directly involved in the ongoing and preparatory work related to the EBEX, LSPE sub-orbital CMB experiments, as well as the Planck (CMB, operating) and Euclid (LSS, planned for the next decade) satellites. The group is currently made by Carlo Baccigalupi, Sam Leach, Francesca Perrotta (Staff), Pawel Bielevicz, Matteo Martinelli, Francesco Paci, Jun-Qing Xia (Post-Docs), Claudia Antolini, Yabebal Fantaye, Alessandro Renzi (PhD students). Click here, to view our recent publications.


Available PhD projects (more details upon request at bacci at sissa.it)


- Foreground cleaning studies for the LSPE experiment: instrumental systematics and combination with other probes

Supervision by Carlo Baccigalupi and collaborators from the LSPE experiment

Main collaborators: LSPE collaborators from systematics and analysis groups

Related experiments: LSPE

- Foreground cleaning and B mode extraction for EBEX

Supervision by Carlo Baccigalupi

Main collaborators: EBEX collaborators for data analysis

Related experiments: EBEX

- Herschel Data and Point-like extra-Galactic and Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission at Arcminutes Angular Scales: Astrophysical investigation and contamination to sub-orbital CMB experiments

Supervision by Carlo Baccigalupi, Paola Andreani (ESO)

Main collaborators: Herschel collaborators for data analysis

Related experiments: Herschel, EBEX

- Cross correlation of Cosmic Microwave Background with Large Scale Structure: extraction and exploitation of the ISW effect

Supervision by Carlo Baccigalupi, Jun-Qing Xia

Main collaborators: Sabino Matarrese (INFN-Pd), Gianfranco De Zotti (INAF-OAPd), Licia Verde (ICC, Barcelona), Anna Bonaldi (Manchester), Matteo Viel (INAF-OATs)

Related experiments: Planck, Euclid


Ongoing PhD projects


- B mode recovery from sub-orbital CMB experiments

Yabebal Fantaye, supervision by Carlo Baccigalupi and Sam Leach

Main collaborators: Radek Stompor at APC, Paris

Related experiments: EBEX, Planck

- Exploitation of CMB lensing for Dark Energy

Claudia Antolini, supervision by Carlo Baccigalupi

Main collaborators: Matteo Martinelli

Related experiments: Euclid

- Primordial non-Gaussianity and Planck

Alessandro Renzi, supervision by Carlo Baccigalupi, Michele Liguori (INAF-OAPd)

Main collaborators: Sabino Matarrese

Related experiments: Planck