Conferenza Italiana Plasmi (CIP)

Session

Sessione pomeridiana 3 febbraio 2026, 2/2

3 Feb 2026, 16:25

Bruno Brunelli hall (ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati)

21. An Overview of Current Research in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas

Dr Elena Amato (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri), Sergio Servidio (University of Calabria)

03/02/2026, 16:25

Overview/Tutorial

In this joint talk, we will provide an overview of plasma physics research in the context of space and astrophysical environments, charting a journey from our local heliosphere to distant compact objects. We will begin by covering the fundamentals of heliospheric plasmas, including the physics of the solar corona, the properties of the solar wind, and the dynamics of near-Earth plasmas [1]. We...

20. Astrophysical jet modeling

Paola Rossi (INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino)

03/02/2026, 17:10

Invited

Astrophysical jets are highly collimated outflows observed in a wide range of astronomical systems, from young stellar objects and X-ray binaries to active galactic nuclei (AGN). These jets are intimately linked to the accretion processes occurring around forming stars or supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. I will focus on the extragalactic case, where jets are accelerated to...

11. Energization and transport of cosmic rays in astrophysical plasmas

Pasquale Blasi (GSSI)

03/02/2026, 17:40

Invited

I will discuss the main plasma physics challenges to understand how particles scatter inside their acceleration region, around their sources and in the medium between the source and the observer. I will outline how non-linear process are expected to play a crucial role in all of these cases and their phenomenological implications.

22. Revisiting the X-Ray Polarization of the Shell of Cassiopeia A Using Spectropolarimetric Analysis

Alessandra Mercuri (Università della Calabria, via P. Bucci, cubo 33C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy)

03/02/2026, 18:10

Oral

X-ray synchrotron radiation is expected to be highly polarized. Thanks to the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), it is now possible to evaluate the degree of X-ray polarization in sources such as supernova remnants (SNRs). Jointly using IXPE data and high-resolution Chandra observations, we perform a spatially resolved spectropolarimetric analysis of SNR Cassiopeia A (Cas A). We focus...