Edgardo Franzin Curriculum Vitæ et Studiorum

Born in Iglesias (Italy) on 4th May 1985 Italian & European citizen � (upon request) � [email protected] � edgardofranzin � https://www.edgardo-franzin.eu

Current Position

Postdoctoral Researcher · from October 2020 Astroparticle Physics group, SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy Office: 532 � +39 040 3787 377 � [email protected]

Previous Positions

9.2019–9.2020 Postdoctoral Researcher · Department of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Fundamental In- teractions, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 9.2018–8.2019 Postdoctoral Researcher · Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica & Institut de Ciènces del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. 10.2017–4.2018 Postdoctoral Scholar · Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy. 4–9.2017 Visiting Scientist (Della Riccia Fellow) · Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (AEI, Albert-Einstein-Institut), Potsdam, Germany. Host: prof. Alessandra Buonanno. 2–3.2017 Postdoctoral Scholar · Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.

Education

10.2004–7.2008 Bachelor in Physics (Laurea triennale in Fisica) · Università degli Studi di Cagliari Thesis supervisor: prof. Mariano Cadoni, Final mark: 109/110. Erasmus student at The University of Manchester, UK, from September 2007 to February 2008. 10.2008–3.2011 Master in Physics (Laurea specialistica in Fisica) · Università degli Studi di Trieste Thesis supervisor: prof. Loriano Bonora (SISSA), Final mark: 110/110 cum laude.

1.2014–3.2017 PhD in Physics � Doctor Europaeus label · Università degli Studi di Cagliari Visiting PhD student at CENTRA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, from Septem- ber 2015 to June 2016, founded by an Erasmus+ Placedoc grant. Host: prof. Vítor Cardoso. Thesis: “Aspects of Black Hole Physics: Scalar Sources, Holography and Gravitational-Wave Emission”. Supervisor: prof. Mariano Cadoni. � Link to pdf.

Fellowships, Grants and Awards

2008 Award: “Premio Medaglia d’oro”, Università degli Studi di Cagliari 2010 Award: “Assegno di merito”, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

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6–8.2011 Postgraduate fellowship at SISSA, Trieste, Elementary Particle Theory sector 2–4,10.2017–4.2018 Borsa di ricerca, Università degli Studi di Cagliari 2017 Grant: “Fondazione Angelo Della Riccia”

Publications

@Articles{ } [1] E.F. and I. Smolić. “A new look at hidden conformal symmetries of black holes”. J. High Energy Phys. (2011), JHEP09(2011)081. arXiv: 1107.2756. [2] M. Cadoni and E.F. “Asymptotically flat black holes sourced by a massless scalar field”. Phys. Rev. D 91 (2015), 104011. arXiv: 1503.04734. [3] M. Cadoni, E.F. and S. Mignemi. “Inflation as de Sitter instability”. Eur. Phys. J. C 76 (2016), 483. arXiv: 1510.04030. [4] M. Cadoni, E.F.and M. Serra. “Brane solutions sourced by a scalar with vanishing potential and classification of scalar branes”. J. High Energy Phys. (2016), JHEP01(2016)125. arXiv: 1511.03986. [5] V. Cardoso, E.F. and P. Pani. “Is the gravitational-wave ringdown a probe of the event horizon?” Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 (2016), 171101. arXiv: 1602.07309. Erratum: ibid. 117 (2016), 089902(E). [6] V. Cardoso, E.F., A. Maselli, P. Pani and G. Raposo. “Testing strong-field gravity with tidal Love numbers”. Phys. Rev. D 95 (2017), 084014. arXiv: 1701.01116. [7] M. Cadoni, E.F. and M. Tuveri. “Van der Waals-like behaviour of charged black holes and hysteresis in the dual QFTs”. Phys. Lett. B 768 (2017), 393. arXiv: 1702.08341. [8] M. Cadoni, E.F. and M. Tuveri. “Hysteresis in η/s for QFTs dual to spherical black holes”. Eur. Phys. J. C 77 (2017), 900. arXiv: 1703.05162. [9] E.F., M. Cadoni and M. Tuveri. “Sine-Gordon solitonic scalar stars and black holes”. Phys. Rev. D 97 (2018), 124018. arXiv: 1805.08976. [10] M. Cadoni, E.F., F. Masella and M. Tuveri. “A solution-generating method in Einstein-scalar gravity”. Acta Appl. Math. Special Issue: Symmetry and Perturbation Theory 162, 33. Guest editor: G. Gaeta. Springer, 2019. [11] A. Le Tiec, M. Casals and E.F. “Tidal Love numbers of Kerr black holes”. Phys. Rev. D 103 (2021), 084021. arXiv: 2010.15795. [12] E.F. and I. Smolić. “Stationary spacetimes with time-dependent real scalar fields”. Class. Quantum Grav. 38 (2021), 115004. arXiv: 2101.05816. [13] J. Mazza, E.F. and S. Liberati. “A novel family of rotating black hole mimickers”. J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. (2021), JCAP04(2021)082. arXiv: 2102.01105. [14] E.F., S. Liberati and M. Oi. “Superradiance in Kerr-like black holes”. Phys. Rev. D 103 (2021), 104034. arXiv: 2102.03152. [15] E.F., S. Liberati, J. Mazza, A. Simpson and M. Visser. “Charged black-bounce spacetimes”. J. Cosmol. Astro- part. Phys. (2021), JCAP07(2021)036. arXiv: 2104.11376.

@Proceedings{ } [16] F. Agostini et al., eds. Proceedings of the 8th Young Researcher Meeting (Cagliari, Italy, 29th May–1st June 2017). Journal of Physics: Conference Series 956. IOP, 2018.

@InProceedings{ } [17] M. Cadoni and E.F. “Black holes sourced by a massless scalar”. Proceedings of the 2nd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics (Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 20th–24th July 2015). Ed. by P. Nicolini, J. Mureika, M. Kaminski and M. Bleicher. Proceedings in Physics 208, 47. Springer, 2018. arXiv: 1510.02076.

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[18] E.F.,V. Cardoso, P. Pani and G. Raposo. “Testing strong gravity with gravitational waves and Love numbers”. Proceedings of the 7th Young Researcher Meeting (Turin, Italy, 23rd–26th Oct. 2016). Ed. by F. Agostini et al. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 841, 012035. IOP, 2017. [19] M. Tuveri, M. Cadoni and E.F. “Shear viscosity in QFTs dual to AdS spherical black holes”. Proceedings of the 3rd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics (Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 24th–28th July 2017). Ed. by P. Nicolini, M. Kaminski, J. Mureika and M. Bleicher. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 942, 012018. IOP, 2017. [20] M. Oi, E.F. and S. Liberati. “Superradiance in deformed Kerr black holes”. Proceedings of the 55th Rencontres de Moriond on Gravitation (Online, 9th–11th Mar. 2021). Ed. by É. Augé, J. Dumarchezand and J. Trân Thanh Vân. 2021. arXiv: 2105.09258.

Highlights

� PRL Editors’ Suggestion for Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 (2016), 171101 and � Cover of the Vol. 116, Issue 17, 29th April 2016 � PRD Editors’ Suggestion for Phys. Rev. D 95 (2017), 084014

Lectures, Teaching and Training Experience

3–6.2014 Teaching assistant for the course “Mathematical Methods for Physics”, Physics Dept., Uni- versity of Cagliari 6.2014 Mini course “Cosmological Inflation”, Physics Dept., University of Cagliari 10–12.2014 Teaching assistant for the course “Introduction to Theoretical Physics”, Physics Dept., Uni- versity of Cagliari 2017 Co-tutor of Mauro Oi (undergrad) and Federico Masella (Master student), University of Cagliari Winter 2017 Master and PhD course “Introductory Gravitational Waves”, University of Cagliari 2019 Tutor of Mauro Oi (Master student), University of Cagliari and visiting student University of Barcelona 10.2019 Mini course “Love numbers”, COSMO Dept., Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas

Conferences, Workshops and Seminars Invited 14.4.2016 “Effective boson stars”, CENTRA Seminars, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon 4.7.2016 “The sound and the noise of black holes”, HEP Colloquia, Physics Dept., University of Cagliari 12.4.2017 “Tidal Love numbers of compact objects within and beyond general relativity”, Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity Seminars, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Potsdam 1.6.2018 “Exotic compact objects and how to test them”, HEP Seminars, Institut de Ciènces del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona 10.3.2021 “Tidal deformations and Love numbers in GR and beyond”, HEP Colloquia, Physics Dept., University of Cagliari 25.6.2021 “Symmetry (non)inheritance of scalar fields”, IFPU Journal Club, Trieste

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Contributed 18–20.5.2016 “Can one hear the shape of a black hole?” New frontiers in theoretical physics · XXXV Convegno nazionale di fisica teorica, Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Firenze, Italy 23–26.10.2016 “Testing strong gravity with gravitational waves and Love numbers” 7th Young Researcher Meeting, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Torino, Italy 17–18.12.2018 “Sine-Gordon solitonic stars and black holes” 11th Black Holes Workshop, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal 17–21.6.2019 “Recent results on tidal deformability of black holes” 22nd Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, CBPF, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12–16.4.2021 “Superradiance in deformed Kerr black holes” BritGrav21, University College, Dublin, Ireland [online]

Participation 5–8.9.2011 Gravity as Thermodynamics: towards the microscopic origin of geometry, the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy 19–21.12.2012 8th Avogadro Meeting on Strings, Supergravity and Gauge Theories, Scuola Normale Su- periore, Pisa, Italy 26–30.5.2014 PLANCK 2014, Institut des Cordeliers, Paris, France 17–19.12.2014 10th Avogadro Meeting on Strings, Supergravity and Gauge Theories, Scuola Normale Su- periore, Pisa, Italy 21–22.12.2015 8th Black Holes Workshop, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Schools

3–21.12.2012 “LACES 2012”, Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Firenze, Italy 31.3–8.4.2014 “Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics”, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy 7–16.1.2015 “Nordita Winter School on Theoretical Physics”, Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden

Meeting Organisation

2016–2017 High Energy Physics Colloquia, Physics Dept., University of Cagliari 29.5–1.6.2017 8th Young Researcher Meeting, Cittadella dei Musei, Cagliari, Italy 9–15.9.2018 23rd SIGRAV Conference, Santa Margherita di Pula (Cagliari), Italy

Referee activity

I have refereed one or more manuscripts for: Journal of Physics: Conference Series; Modern Physics Letters A, European Physical Journal C, Physical Review D; Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters B.

Languages

Italian Native language

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French Proficient* (C2) English Advanced* (C1) Portuguese Elementary* (A2)

* Self-assessment according to the Common European Framework of Reference

Computer Skills

Systems macOS, Linux, Windows — advanced knowledge Languages C — nuts and bolts; HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python — intermediate knowledge Computing Mathematica — good knowledge

Typesetting LATEX — advanced knowledge; (Open-/Libre-)Office — good knowledge

Outreach and Press Coverage

• Personal contribution to the educational project Gravitão, o sítio da gravitação, “A Gravitação e os Buracos Negros”. [Italian with Portuguese subtitles] • “Exploration”, interview by Joséphine Lanesem for the blog Nervures et Entailles with some personal reflections on science. [French] • Lectures on the Universe and the Solar System for fifth grade pupils, Istituto comprensivo P. Allori, Iglesias, Italy, March 2018. Enrica Ena wrote a comment for the blog Cosa c’è di nuovo in classe? [Italian]

Here is a selection of press coverage; a complete list can be found in the � Press section of my website

• S. Hossenfelder. Aeon.“Echoes of a black hole”. 29.3.2017. • D. Larousserie. Le Monde.“Trous de ver ou trous noirs?” 9.5.2016. [French] • L. Fraioli. La Repubblica.“Buchi neri o gravastar? La scienza si divide sulle onde gravitazionali”. 5.5.2016. [Italian] • J. Aron. NewScientist.“Was gravitational wave signal from a gravastar, not black holes?” 4.5.2016. • B. Yirka. Phys.org.“Simulations suggest other phenomenon besides black holes merging could produce gravity [sic!] waves”. 2.5.2016. • T. Commissariat. Physics World.“Are wormholes or ‘gravastars’ mimicking gravitational-wave signals from black holes?” 29.4.2016. • M. Schirber. Synopsis in Physics:“Did Black Hole ‘Mimickers’ Produce LIGO Signal?” 27.4.2016.

Last modified on 25th September 2021 Online updated CV at � www.edgardo-franzin.eu/cv

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