Stefano Bianchi Explained

Stefano Bianchi
Nationality:	Italian
Fields:	astrophysics
Awards:	Premio Monselice (2007)

Stefano Bianchi is an Italian astrophysicist who is currently an Associate Professor at the Mathematics and Physics Department of Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome, Italy.^[1] He is an INAF Associate and an IAU Member.^[2]

Education and career

Bianchi's research interests include different aspects of high-energy astrophysics, focusing on black holes, Active Galactic Nuclei, and X-ray Binaries. He is a member of the NASA/ASI IXPE Science Team^[3] and of the ESA XMM-Newton Users' Group.^[4] He is involved in the science definition of the future ESA missions Athena and LISA. He has translated three popular science books into Italian.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Main awards

• Bruno Rossi Prize 2024, as a member of the IXPE Team^[8]
• "Città di Monselice" award for Scientific Translation (2007)^{[9] [10] [11]}

Memberships

• European Space Agency XMM-Newton Users' Group (2019–present)
• Review Editor for Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences^[12]
• Editorial Board Member for Galaxies^[13]
• Member of the IXPE Science Team
• Member of the IAU

Books and articles

Bianchi has translated three popular science books into Italian.

• Hans Christian von Baeyer,, traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2005, p. 296,
• Tom Siegfried, L'Universo strano. Idee al confine dello spazio-tempo, traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2007, p. 352,
• Dan Hooper, Il lato oscuro dell'universo. Dove si nascondono energia e materia, traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2008, p. 240,

Selected papers

• 10.1086/340489 . Chandra Discovery of a Tree in the X-Ray Forest toward PKS 2155−304: The Local Filament? . 2002 . Nicastro . Fabrizio . Zezas . Andreas . Drake . Jeremy . Elvis . Martin . Fiore . Fabrizio . Fruscione . Antonella . Marengo . Massimo . Mathur . Smita . Bianchi . Stefano . The Astrophysical Journal . 573 . 1 . 157–167 . astro-ph/0201058 . 2002ApJ...573..157N . 17387111 .
• The soft X-ray/NLR connection: A single photoionized medium? . 10.1051/0004-6361:20054091 . 2006 . Bianchi . S. . Guainazzi . M. . Chiaberge . M. . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 448 . 2 . 499–511 . astro-ph/0511216 . 2006A&A...448..499B . 16245074 .
• CAIXA: A catalogue of AGN in the XMM-Newton archive . 10.1051/0004-6361:200810620 . 2009 . Bianchi . S. . Guainazzi . M. . Matt . G. . Fonseca Bonilla . N. . Ponti . G. . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 495 . 2 . 421–430 . 5801342 . 0811.1126 .
• CAIXA: A catalogue of AGN in theXMM-Newtonarchive . 10.1051/0004-6361/201118326 . 2012 . Ponti . G. . Papadakis . I. . Bianchi . S. . Guainazzi . M. . Matt . G. . Uttley . P. . Bonilla . N. F. . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 542 . A83 . 1112.2744 . 5848848 .
• A fast and long-lived outflow from the supermassive black hole in NGC 5548 . 10.1126/science.1253787 . 2014 . Kaastra . J. S. . Kriss . G. A. . Cappi . M. . Mehdipour . M. . Petrucci . P.-O. . Steenbrugge . K. C. . Arav . N. . Behar . E. . Bianchi . S. . Boissay . R. . Branduardi-Raymont . G. . Chamberlain . C. . Costantini . E. . Ely . J. C. . Ebrero . J. . Di Gesu . L. . Harrison . F. A. . Kaspi . S. . Malzac . J. . De Marco . B. . Matt . G. . Nandra . K. . Paltani . S. . Person . R. . Peterson . B. M. . Pinto . C. . Ponti . G. . Nuñez . F. Pozo . De Rosa . A. . Seta . H. . Science . 345 . 6192 . 64–68 . 24994647 . 1406.5007 . 2014Sci...345...64K . 30520552 . 1 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof. STEFANO BIANCHI . June 5, 2023.
2. Web site: International Astronomical Union | IAU. www.iau.org.
3. Web site: Sci team . 2023-06-05 . ixpe.msfc.nasa.gov.
4. Web site: Users Group Members - XMM-Newton - Cosmos. www.cosmos.esa.int.
5. Web site: Informazione .
6. Web site: L'Universo strano .
7. Web site: Il lato oscuro dell'Universo .
8. Web site: Bruno Rossi prize High Energy Astrophysics Division . 2024-01-15 . head.aas.org.
9. http://www.bibliotecamonselice.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/vincitoremonselice.pdf Biblioteca di Monselice PD
10. Book: PREMIO "CITTÀ DI MONSELICE" PER LA TRADUZIONE LETTERARIA E SCIENTIFICA 36-37 . Il Poligrafo . 2008 . 978-88-7115-594-4.
11. Web site: Premio traduzione di Monselice Al via domenica la 37ª edizione - il mattino di Padova . 2023-03-29 . Archivio - il mattino di Padova . 7 June 2007 . it.
12. Web site: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | Editorial board. www.frontiersin.org.
13. Web site: Galaxies. www.mdpi.com.