Maria Teresa Brunetti mariateresa

Education

Master Degree in Physics with full marks (110/110) from the University of Perugia, Italy (1991). Thesis title: “Cosmic antihelium detection in a silicon calorimeter”.

PhD in Earth Sciences and Geotechnologies from the University of Perugia, Italy (2014). Thesis title: “Statistics of terrestrial and extraterrestrial landslides”.
 

Research topics

Before 2007, she worked in the fields of astrophysics and particle physics in international collaborations with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), ESA (European Space Agency), and CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). She was involved mainly in: (1) data analysis in astrophysics experiments, (2) development of simulation codes for the simulation of particles-matter interactions, (3) calibration and validation of particle detectors and microelectronic circuits for space and terrestrial applications. At present, she works in the terrestrial and planetary geomorphology, and in the natural hazard fields. Her main research topics are: (1) definition and validation of empirical rainfall thresholds for the possible initiation of landslides, (2) reconstruction of rainfall events, and of rainfall conditions responsible for landslide occurrence, (3) landslide early warning systems, (4) detection and mapping of landslides on Mars, the Moon, and Mercury, and (5) comparison between terrestrial and extraterrestrial landslide size (area and volume) distributions.

Curriculum Vitae

Maria Teresa Brunetti received her MS degree in Physics and PhD in Earth Sciences and Geotechnology. Before 2008, she worked in the fields of astrophysics and particle physics in international collaborations with NASA and CERN. In 2008, she joined CNR-IRPI as a researcher. Her main research interests are in the prediction of rainfall induced landslides and in the development of landslide early warning systems (LEWS) at different geographical scales. She is particularly concerned with the use of satellite rainfall products for geo-hydrological applications in scarcely gauged regions. She participated in several research projects for developing tools and methods to predict rainfall induced landslides. Among them, she worked at the development of LEWS for the Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC) and for the Italian Railway Network (RFI). She participated in the MORFEO project funded by ASI for the monitoring of landslide and risk with Earth Observation data; in the LANDSLIP project, founded by NERC and SHEAR, aimed at implementing predictive models in regional-scale, operational LEWS in two areas in India; and in the U-Geohaz project, funded by the European Commission, working on defining rainfall thresholds for rockfall triggering in the Canary Islands. Since 2017, he has been the scientific responsible for the collaboration agreements between CNR-IRPI and the regional Agency for the Environmental Protection of Liguria Region (ARPAL), and between CNR-IRPI and the Civil Protection of Sardinia Region for the development of two regional LEWS for the development of two regional LEWS. Since 2022, she has represented CNR-IRPI as an Alternative Board Member at the International Consortium on Landslides. She is also involved in terrestrial and planetary geomorphology, working on surveying and mapping landslides on Mars, Moon and Mercury and comparing size distributions of terrestrial and extra-terrestrial landslides. She is co-leader of the CNR working group "Planetary Geosciences" and has been vice-president of the Italian Society of Planetary Sciences "A. Coradini" since 2023. She has taught at the undergraduate level at the University of Perugia and has been involved in the supervision of six master's students, one doctoral student and one research associate.

She has authored more than 190 publications, including more than 70 journal articles (more than 5,000 citations, H-index=27 with Scopus) and more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and book chapters. She has given more than 40 presentations at conferences and workshops and has been convenor of sessions at national and international conferences (e.g., Italian Geological Society, Plinius Conference, World Landslide Forum). She is on the editorial board of Results in Earth Science.

She has served as a reviewer for projects of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and for numerous international journals (e.g., BOEG, ENGEO, ENVSOFT, EPSL, EPSP, GEOMOR, HYDROL, ICARUS, LASL, NCOMMS, NHAZ, NHESS, PSS).

Publications

S. Steger, M. Moreno, A. Crespi, S.L. Gariano, M.T. Brunetti, M. Melillo, S. Peruccacci, F. Marra, L. de Vugt, T. Zieher, M. Rutzinger, V. Mair, M. Pittore. Adopting the margin of stability for space–time landslide prediction–A data-driven approach for generating spatial dynamic thresholds. Geoscience Frontiers, 101822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101822 (2024). 

S. Peruccacci, S.L. Gariano, M. Melillo, M. Solimano, F. Guzzetti, M.T. Brunetti. The ITAlian rainfall-induced LandslIdes CAtalogue, an extensive and accurate spatio-temporal catalogue of rainfall-induced landslides in Italy. Earth System Science Data https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2863-2023 (2023). 

M. Santangelo, O. Althuwaynee, M. Alvioli, F. Ardizzone, C. Bianchi, T. Bornaetxea, M.T. Brunetti, F. Bucci, M. Cardinali, M. Donnini, G. Esposito, S. L. Gariano, S. Grita, I. Marchesini, M. Melillo, S. Peruccacci, P. Salvati, M. Yazdani, F. Fiorucci. Inventory of landslides triggered by an extreme rainfall event in Marche-Umbria, Italy, on 15 September 2022. Scientific Data. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02336-3 (2023). 

S. Steger, M. Moreno, A. Crespi, P. J. Zellner, S. L. Gariano, M.T. Brunetti, M. Melillo, S. Peruccacci, F. Marra, R. Kohrs, J. Goetz, V. Mair. Deciphering seasonal effects of triggering and preparatory precipitation for improved shallow landslide prediction using generalized additive mixed models. Natural Hazard and Earth System Sciences. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1483-2023 (2023). 

M. Donnini, M. Santangelo, S.L. Gariano, F. Bucci, S. Peruccacci, M. Alvioli, O. Althuwaynee, F. Ardizzone, C. Bianchi, T. Bornaetxea, M.T. Brunetti, M. Cardinali. Landslides triggered by an extraordinary rainfall event in Central Italy on September 15, 2022. Landslides, https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-023-02109-4 (2023). 

M.T. Riaz, M. Basharat, M.T. Brunetti, M. T. Riaz. Semi-quantitative landslide risk assessment of district Muzaffarabad, northwestern Himalayas, Pakistan. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00477-023-02462-9 (2023). 

M.T. Riaz, M. Basharat, M.T. Brunetti. Assessing the effectiveness of alternative partitioning in machine learning methods for landslide prediction in the complex Himalayan terrain. Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment 47 (Issue 3). https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03091333221113660 (2022). 

M. Pajola, M. Mergili, P. Cambianica, A. Lucchetti, M. T. Brunetti, A. Guimpier, M. Mastropietro, G. Munaretto, S. Conway, J. Beccharelli, G. Cremonese. Modelling reconstruction and boulder size-frequency distribution of a young (<5 Myr) landslide located in Simud Vallis floor, Mars. Icarus, 228, 653–665. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus. 2021.114850 (2022). 

M.T. Brunetti, M. Melillo, S. L. Gariano, L. Ciabatta, L. Brocca, G. Amarnath, S. Peruccacci. Satellite rainfall products outperform ground observations for landslide prediction in India. Hydrology and Earth System Science 25, 3267–3279. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3267-2021 (2021).

T. Hu, Z. Kang, M. Massironi, H. Hiesinger, C. H. van der Bogert, P. Gamba, M.T. Brunetti, M.T. Melis. Geological evolution of the Sinus Iridum basin. Planetary and Space Science. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105134 (2020). 

M. Melillo, S. L. Gariano, S. Peruccacci, R. Sarro, R. M. Mateos, M.T. Brunetti. Rainfall and rockfalls in the Canary Islands: assessing a seasonal link. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 20, 2307–2317. https://dx.doi.org/10. 5194/nhess-20-2307-2020 (2020). 

G. Jordanova, S. L. Gariano, M. Melillo, S. Peruccacci, M. T. Brunetti, M. Auflic. Determination of empirical rainfall thresholds for shallow landslides in Slovenia using an automatic tool. Water, https://dx.doi.org/10. 3390/w12051449 (2020).

S L. Gariano, M. Melillo, S. Peruccacci, M.T. Brunetti. How much does the rainfall temporal resolution affect rainfall thresholds for landslide triggering? Natural Hazards 100 (Issue 2), 655–670. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-019-03830-x (2020). 

F. Guzzetti, S.L. Gariano, S. Peruccacci, M.T. Brunetti, I. Marchesini, M. Rossi, M. Melillo. Geographical landslide early warning systems. Earth-Science Reviews 200, 102973. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev. 2019.102973 (2020). 

S. Podda, M. T. Melis, C. Collu, V. Demurtas, F. O. Perseu, M. T. Brunetti, M. Scaioni. New Morphometric Data of Lunar Sinuous Rilles. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 13: 3304–3316. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3003080 (2020). 

A. Lucchetti, L. Penasa, M. Pajola, M. Massironi, M.T. Brunetti, G. Cremonese, N. Oklay, J. -B. Vincent, S. Mottola, S. Fornasier, H. Sierks, G. Naletto, P. L. Lamy, R. Rodrigo, D. Koschny, B. Davidsson, C. Barbieri, M. A. Barucci, J. -L. Bertaux, I. Bertini, D. Bodewits, P. Cambianica, V. Da Deppo, S. Debei, M. De Cecco, J. Deller, S. Ferrari, F. Ferri, M. Franceschi, M. Fulle, P. Gutierrez, C. Guettler, W. -H. Ip, U. Keller, L. Lara, M. Lazzarin, J. Lopez Moreno, F. Marzari, C. Tubiana. The rocky-like behavior of cometary landslides on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Geophysical Research Letters 46 (Issue 24), 14336–14346. https://dx.doi.org/:10.1029/2019GL085132 (2019). 

S.L. Gariano, R. Sarkar, A. Dikshit, K. Dorji, M.T. Brunetti, S. Peruccacci, M. Melillo. Automatic calculation of rainfall thresholds for landslide occurrence in Chukha Dzongkhag, Bhutan. Bulletin of engineering geology and the environment 78, 4325–4332. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10064-018-1415-2 (2018). 

L. Marchi, M.T. Brunetti, M. Cavalli, S. Crema. Debris-flow volumes in northeastern Italy: relationship with drainage area and size probability. Earth surface processess and landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4546 (2018).

S.L. Gariano, R.Sarkar, A. Dikshit, K. Dorji, M.T. Brunetti, S. Peruccacci, M. Melillo. Automatic calculation of rainfall thresholds for landslide occurrence in Chukha Dzongkhag, Bhutan. Bulletin of engineering geology and the environment, doi: 10.1007/s10064-018-1415-2 (2018).

M. Melillo, M.T. Brunetti, S. Peruccacci, S.L. Gariano, A. Roccati, F. Guzzetti. A tool for the automatic calculation of rainfall thresholds for landslide occurrence.  Environmental modelling & software,105:230-243 (2018).

M.T. Brunetti, M. Melillo, S. Peruccacci, L. Ciabatta, L. Brocca. How far are we from the use of satellite rainfall products in landslide forecasting? Remore sensing of environment 210: 65-75 (2018).

Alvioli M., Melillo M., Guzzetti F., Rossi M., Palazzi E., von Herdenberg J., Brunetti M.T., Peruccacci S. Implications of climate change on landslide hazard in Central Italy. Science of the total environment, 630:1528-1543 (2018).

M.E. Martinotti, L. Pisano, I. Marchesini, M. Rossi,S.  Peruccacci, M.T. Brunetti, M. Melillo, G. Amoruso, P. Loiacono, C. Vennari, G. Vessia, M. Trabace, M. Parise, F. Guzzetti.  Landslides, floods and sinkholes in a karst environment: the 1-6 September 2014 Gargano event, southern Italy. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 17: 467-480 (2017).

S. Peruccacci, M.T. Brunetti, S.L. Gariano, M. Melillo, M. Rossi, F. Guzzetti. Rainfall thresholds for possible landslide occurrence in Italy. Geomorphology, 290: 39-57 (2017).

M.R. Palladino, A. Viero, L. Turconi , M.T. Brunetti, S. Peruccacci, M. Melillo, F. Luino, A.M. Deganutti, F. Guzzetti. Rainfall thresholds for the activation of shallow landslides in the Italian Alps: The role of environmental conditioning factors. Geomorphology: 53-67 (2017).

M. Scaioni, V. Yordanov, M.T. Brunetti, M.T. Melis, A. Zinzi, Z. Kang, P. Giommi. Recognition of landslides in lunar impact craters. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 51: 47-61 (2017).

M. Rossi , S. Luciani, D. Valigi, D. Kirschbaum, M.T.  Brunetti, S. Peruccacci, F. Guzzetti. Statistical approaches for the definition of landslide rainfall thresholds and their uncertainty using rain gauge and satellite data. Geomorphology, 285: 16-27 (2017).

L. Piciullo, S.L. Gariano,M.  Melillo, M.T. Brunetti,S.  Peruccacci, F. Guzzetti, M. Calvello. Landslides, 14(3): 995-1008 (2016).

M. Melillo, M.T. Brunetti, S. Peruccacci, S.L. Gariano, F. Guzzetti. Rainfall thresholds for the possible landslide occurrence in Sicily (southern Italy) based on the automatic reconstruction of rainfall events. Landslides, 13 (1): 165-172 (2016). 

S.L.Gariano, M.T.Brunetti, G.Iovine, M.Melillo, S.Peruccacci, O.Terranova, C.Vennari, F.Guzzetti. Calibration and validation of rainfall thresholds for shallow landslide forecasting in Sicily, southern Italy. Geomorphology, 228: 653-665 (2015).

M.T.Brunetti, Z.Xiao, G.Komatsu, S.Peruccacci, F.Guzzetti. Large rock slides in impact craters on the Moon and Mercury. Icarus, 260: 289–300 (2015).

M.T.Brunetti, S.Peruccacci, L.Antronico, D.Bartolini, A.M.Deganutti, S.L.Gariano, G.Iovine, S.Luciani, F.Luino, M.Melillo, M.R.Palladino, M.Parise, M.Rossi, L.Turconi, C.Vennari, G.Vessia, A.Viero, F.Guzzetti. Catalogue of rainfall events with shallow landslides and new rainfall thresholds in Italy. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory, Lollino G. et al. Editors, Vol. 2: Landslide Processes, pp. 1575-1579 (2015).

M.R.Palladino, L.Turconi, F.Luino, M.T.Brunetti, S.Peruccacci, F.Guzzetti. Influence of geological, morphological and climatic factors in the initiation of shallow landslides in North Western Italy. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory Lollino G. et al. Editors, Vol. 2: Landslide Processes, pp. 1389-1392 (2015).

S.Peruccacci, M.T.Brunetti, S.Luciani, M.C.Calzolari, D.Bartolini, F.Guzzetti. Topographic and Pedological Rainfall Thresholds for the Prediction of Shallow Landslides in Central Italy. Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment, Sassa K. et al. Editors, Vol. 3: Targeted Landslides, pp. 299-304 (2014).

M.T.Brunetti, F.Guzzetti, M.Cardinali, F.Fiorucci, M.Santangelo, P.Mancinelli, G.Komatsu, L.Borselli. Analysis of a new geomorphological inventory of landslides in Valles Marineris, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 405: 156-168 (2014).

S.L.Gariano, M.T.Brunetti, G.Iovine, M.Melillo, S.Peruccacci, O.Terranova, C.Vennari, F.Guzzetti. Calibration and validation of rainfall thresholds for shallow landslide forecasting in Sicily, southern Italy. Geomorphology, 228: 653-665 (2014).

G.Vessia, M.Parise, M.T.Brunetti, S.Peruccacci, M.Rossi, C.Vennari, F.Guzzetti. Automated reconstruction of rainfall events responsible for shallow landslides. Natural Hazard and Earth System Science, 14: 2399-2408 (2014).

M.Melillo, M.T.Brunetti, S.Peruccacci, S.L.Gariano, F.Guzzetti. An algorithm for the objective reconstruction of rainfall events responsible for landslides. Landslides, doi:10.1007/s10346-014-0471-3 (2014).

C.Vennari, S.L.Gariano, L.Antronico, M.T.Brunetti, G.Iovine, S.Peruccacci, O.Terranova, F.Guzzetti. Rainfall thresholds for shallow landslide occurrence in Calabria, southern Italy. Natural Hazard and Earth System Science, 14: 317-330 (2014).

M.T.Brunetti, F.Luino, C.Vennari, S.Peruccacci, M.Biddoccu, D.Valigi, S.Luciani, C.G.Cirio, M.Rossi, G.Nigrelli, F.Ardizzone, M.Di Palma, F.Guzzetti. Rainfall thresholds for the possible occurrence of shallow landslides and debris flows in Italy. M. Schneuwly-Bollschweiler et al. (eds.), Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones, Advances in Global Change Research 47, © Springer ScienceCBusiness Media Dordrecht (2013).

S.Peruccacci, M.T.Brunetti, S.Luciani, C.Vennari, F.Guzzetti. Lithological and seasonal control on rainfall thresholds for the possible initiation of landslides in central Italy. Geomorphology, 139-140: 79-90 (2012).

M.T.Brunetti, S.Peruccacci, M.Rossi, S.Luciani, D.Valigi, F.Guzzetti. Rainfall thresholds for the possible occurrence of landslides in Italy. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 10: 447-458 (2010).

M.T.Brunetti, F.Guzzetti, M.Rossi. Probability distributions of landslide volumes. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 16: 179-188 (2009).

R.Battiston, M.T.Brunetti, F.Cervelli, C.Fidani, M.Menichelli. A Moon-borne electromagnetic calorimeter. Astrophysics and Space Science, 323: 357-366 (2009).

CMS Collaboration (S.Chatrchyan et al.). The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. Journal of Instrumentation, 3 (8), art. No S08004 (2008).

R.Battiston, P.Blasi, M.T.Brunetti, D.De Marco, P.Lipari, B.Sacco, A.Santangelo. Cosmic ray physics from low to extreme energies: status and perspectives. Advances in Space Research, 37: 1834-1840 (2006).

CMS Tracker Collaboration (W. Adam et al.). The effect of highly ionising particles on the CMS silicon strip tracker. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 543: 463-482 (2005).

M.T.Brunetti, B.Checcucci, V.Postolache, D.Ricci, T.Bauer, M.Friedl, M.Pernicka. Proton irradiation of analogue opto-hybrid circuits for the CMS tracker. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 523: 365-373 (2004).

A.Codino, F.Plouin, C.Bellachioma, M.T.Brunetti, B.Checcucci, C.Federico, M.Lanfranchi, P.Maffei, M.Miozza, H.Vocca. Comparison between computed and measured response of silicon strip detectors exposed to carbon, calcium and ruthenium ion beams. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 211: 107-116 (2003).

C.Grimani, S.A.Stephens, F.S.Cafagna, G.Basini, R.Bellotti, M.T.Brunetti, M.Circella, A.Codino, C.De Marzo, M.P.De Pascale, N.Finetti, R.L.Golden, M.Hof, W.Menn, J.W.Mitchell, A.Morselli, J.F.Ormes, P.Papini, C.Pfeifer, S.Piccardi, P.Picozza, M.Ricci, M.Simon, P.Spillantini, S.J.Stochaj, R.E.Streitmatter. Measurement of the absolute energy spectra of cosmic-ray positrons and electrons above 7 GeV. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 392, No. 1: 287-294 (2002).

M.M.Angarano, W.Beaumont, M.Biasini, G.M.Bilei, M.T.Brunetti, B.Checcucci, C.Civinini, J.Coughlan, D.Creanza, M.dePalma, F.Drouhin, L.Fanò, L.Fiore, M.French, A.Furtjes, A.Giassi, M.Giorgi, J.Gutleber, G.Hall, P.Lariccia, M.Loreti, G.Maggi, G.Mantovani, N.Marinelli, P.Mattig, G.Messina, S.My, A.Papi, V.Radicci, M.Raymond, R.Santinelli, G.Selvaggi, L.Servoli, L.Silvestris, P.Tempesta, A.Tsirou, P.G.Verdini, B.Wittmer. Study of radiation damage and substrate resistivity effects from beam test of silicon microstrip detectors using LHC readout electronics. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 488: 85-93 (2002).

S. Albergo, M. Angarano, P. Azzi, E. Babucci, N. Bacchetta, A. Bader, G. Bagliesi, A. Basti, U. Biggeri, C. Biino, G.M. Bilei, D. Bisello, D. Boemi, F. Bosi, L. Borello, S. Braibant, H. Breuker, M.T.Brunetti, M. Bruzzi, A. Buffini, S. Busoni, A. Candelori, A. Caner, R. Castaldi, A. Castro, E. Catacchini, B. Checcucci, P. Ciampolini, C. Civinini, M. Costa, D. Creanza, R. D'Alessandro, N. De Maria, M. De Palma, R. Dell'Orso, S. Dutta, G. Favro, L. Fiore, E. Focardi, M. French, K. Freudenreich, A. Frey, M. Friedl, A. Furtjes, A. Giassi, M. Giorgi, A. Giraldo, W. Glessing, W.H. Gu, G. Hall, R. Hammarstrom, T. Hebbeker, A. Honkanen, A. Honma, J. Hrubec, M. Huhtinen, A. Kaminsky, V. Karimaki, S. Koenig, M. Krammer, P. Lariccia, M. Lenzi, M. Loreti, K. Lubelsmeyer, W. Lustermann, P. Mattig, G. Maggi, M. Mannelli, G. Mantovani, A. Marchioro, C. Mariotti, G. Martignon, B. MacEvoy, M. Meschini, A. Messineo, E. Migliore, S. My, A. Neviani, A. Paccagnella, F. Palla, D. Pandoulas, A. Papi, G. Parrini, D. Passeri, M. Pernicka, M. Pieri, S. Piperov, R. Potenza, V. Radicci, F. Raffaelli, M. Raymond, F. Rizzo, A. Santocchia, G. Segneri, G. Selvaggi, L. Servoli, G. Sguazzoni, R. Siedling, L. Silvestris, A. Starodumov, I. Stavitski, B. Surrow, P. Tempesta, G. Tonelli, A. Tricomi, J. Tuominiemi, T. Tuuva, P.G. Verdini, G. Viertel, Z. Xie, Y. Li, S. Watts, B. Wittmer. Optimization of the silicon sensors for the CMS tracker. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 466: 300-307 (2001).

D.Pomarède, P.J.Boyle, M.Urban, H.M.Badran, L.Behr, M.T.Brunetti, D.J.Fegan,  T.C.Weekes. Search for shadowing of primary cosmic radiation by the Moon at TeV energies. Astroparticle Physics, 14: 287-317 (2001).

D.Pomarède, H.M.Badran, L.Behr, P.J.Boyle, M.T.Brunetti, D.J.Fegan, K.Harris, D.Horan, F.Plouin, M.Urban, T.C.Weekes. A new optical filter for the ARTEMIS experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 446: 469-489 (2000).

M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino. Age of cosmic-ray protons computed using simple configurations of the galactic magnetic field. The Astrophysical Journal, 528: 789-798 (2000).

A.Codino, M.T.Brunetti, C.Federico, C.Grimani, M.Lanfranchi, M.Menichelli, M.Miozza, R.L.Golden, S.J.Stochaj, S.A.Stephens, J.W.Mitchell, J.F.Ormes, R.E.Streitmatter, M.Hof, C.Pfeifer, W.Menn, M.Simon, G.Basini, M.Ricci, F.Massimo Brancaccio, P.Papini, S.Piccardi, P.Spillantini, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza. Momentum spectra of atmospheric pions, muons, electrons and positrons at balloon altitudes. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Particle Physics, 23: 1751-1763 (1997).

A.Codino, M.Miozza, M.T.Brunetti, B.Checcucci, C.Federico, C.Grimani, M.Lanfranchi, T.Macchiaiolo, M.Menichelli, P.Maffei , F.Plouin, H.Vocca. Response of silicon multistrip detectors and cesium iodide scintillator to a calcium beam of 0.5 GeV/u. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 398: 315-323 (1997).

M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Grimani, M.Miozza, S.A.Stephens. Charged pion albedo induced by cosmic antiproton interactions with the lunar surface. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Particle Physics, 23: 113-124 (1997).

M.Hof, C.Pfeifer, W.Menn, M.Simon, R.L.Golden, S.J.Stochaj, S.A.Stephens, G.Basini, M.Ricci, F.Massimo Brancaccio, P.Papini, S.Piccardi, P.Spillantini, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza, M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli, J.W.Mitchell, J.F.Ormes, R.E.Streitmatter. Measurement of cosmic ray antiprotons from 3.7 to 19 GeV. The Astrophysical Journal, 467:L33-L36 (1996).

A.Bazzano, M.T.Brunetti, M.Cocchi, C.J.Hall, R.A.Lewis, L.Natalucci, F.Ortuño-Prados, P.Ubertini. First experimental results and simulation for gas optimisation of the MART-LIME detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 379: 283-288 (1996).

R.L.Golden, S.J.Stochaj, S.A.Stephens, F.Aversa, G.Barbiellini, M.Boezio, U.Bravar, A.Colavita, F.Fratnik, P.Schiavon, A.Vacchi, N.Zampa, J.W.Mitchell, J.F.Ormes, R.E.Streitmatter, R.Bellotti, F.Cafagna, M.Castellano, M.Circella, G.De Cataldo, C.De Marzo, N.Giglietto, B.Marangelli, A.Rainò, P.Spinelli, M.Bocciolini, N.Finetti, P.Papini, A.Perego, S.Piccardi, P.Spillantini, G.Basini, F.Massimo Brancaccio, M.Ricci,  M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli, V.Bidoli, M.Candusso, M.Casolino, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza, R.Sparvoli, M.Hof, W.Menn, M.Simon. Measurement of the positron to electron ratio in the cosmic rays above 5 GeV. The Astrophysical Journal, 457:L103-L106 (1996).

M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli, M.Miozza, I.Salvatori, R.L.Golden, B.L.Kimbell, S.A.Stephens, S.J.Stochaj, W.R.Webber, F.Massimo Brancaccio, P.Papini, S.Piccardi, P.Spillantini, G.Basini, F.Bongiorno, M.Ricci, J.F.Ormes, R.E.Streitmatter, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza. Negative pion and muon fluxes in atmospheric cascades at a depth of 5 g^.cm^-2. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Particle Physics, 22: 145-153 (1996).

R.Bellotti, F.Cafagna, M.Circella, G.De Cataldo, C.De Marzo, N.Giglietto, P.Spinelli, R.L.Golden, S.A.Stephens, S.J.Stochaj, W.R.Webber, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza, J.F.Ormes, R.E.Streitmatter, F.Massimo Brancaccio, P.Papini, S.Piccardi, P.Spillantini, G.Basini, F.Bongiorno, M.Ricci, M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli, I.Salvatori. Measurement of the negative muon spectrum between 0.3 and 40 GeV/c in the atmosphere. Physical Review D, 53: 35-43 (1996).

R.L.Golden, S.A.Stephens, S.J.Stochaj, W.R.Webber, M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli,  I.Salvatori, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza, G.Basini, F.Bongiorno, F.Massimo Brancaccio, M.Ricci, J.F.Ormes, R.E.Streitmatter, P.Papini, S.Piccardi, P.Spillantini. Measurement of the energy spectra of cosmic ray electron component and protons at ground level. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 100 A12: 515 (1995).

F.Aversa, G.Barbiellini, M.Boezio, U.Bravar, A.Colavita, F.Fratnik, P.Schiavon, A.Vacchi, N.Zampa, V.Bidoli, M.Candusso, M.Casolino, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza, R.Sparvoli, M.Bocciolini, F.Celletti, N.Finetti, M.Grandi, P.Papini, A.Perego, S.Piccardi, P.Spillantini, G.Basini, F.Massimo Brancaccio, G.Mazzenga, M.Ricci, R.Bellotti, F.Cafagna, M.Castellano, M.Circella, C.De Marzo, G.De Cataldo, N.Giglietto, B.Marangelli, A.Rainò, P.Spinelli, M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli, M.Miozza, F.Bronzini, R.L.Golden, S.J.Stochaj, S.A.Stephens, J.W.Mitchell, J.F.Ormes, R.E.Streitmatter, M.Hof, W.Menn, M.Simon. WiZard Si-W imaging calorimeter: a preliminary study on its particle identification capability during a balloon flight in 1993. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 360: 17-21 (1995).

A.Codino, M.T.Brunetti, C.Federico, C.Grimani, T.Macchiaiolo, M.Menichelli, G.Minelli, M.Miozza, F.Plouin. Performance of a time-of-flight silicon strip telescope in the temperature range 20°C to -55°C. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 364: 552-559 (1995).

A.Codino, C.Federico, C.Grimani, T.Macchiaiolo, M.Menichelli, G.Minelli, M.Miozza, M.T.Brunetti, F.Plouin. Temperature dependence of time resolution and electronic noise in a silicon detector telescope. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 361: 216-221 (1995).

M.Menichelli,  M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Federico, C.Grimani, T.Macchiaiolo, G.Minelli, M.Miozza. Fast preamplifier for time-of-flight silicon strip detectors operating in the temperature range from 20°C to-55°C. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 360: 177-179 (1995).

M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli, M.Miozza, F.Plouin, S.A.Stephens. Cosmic antiproton detection by a moon orbiting observatory. Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 43: 257-260 (1995).

A.Codino, M.T.Brunetti, A.Coradini, C.Federico, C.Grimani, T.Macchiaiolo, M.Menichelli, G.Minelli, M.Miozza, F.Plouin. A Moon orbiting observatory for the measurement of the elemental and isotopic composition in the primary cosmic radiation. Astrophysics and Space Science, 220: 131-147 (1994).

R.L.Golden, C.Grimani, B.L.Kimbell, S.A.Stephens, S.J.Stochaj, W.R.Webber, G.Basini, F.Bongiorno, F.Massimo Brancaccio, M.Ricci, J.F.Ormes, R.E.Streitmatter, P.Papini, P.Spillantini, M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, M.Menichelli, I.Salvatori, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza. Observation of cosmic ray electrons and positrons using an imaging calorimeter. The Astrophysical Journal, 436: 769-775 (1994).

M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Federico, A.Giacomucci, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli, G.Minelli, M.Miozza, I.Salvatori, L.De Bortoli. Readout architecture of a highly segmented silicon calorimeter operating in space. IEEE-Transaction on Nuclear Science, 41 N.4: 1714-1720 (1994).

M.Bocciolini, F.Celletti, M.Grandi, A.Perego, P.Spillantini, G.Basini, F.Bongiorno, F.Massimo Brancaccio, M.Ricci, M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, M.Menichelli, M.Miozza, I.Salvatori, V.Bidoli, M.Candusso, C.De Fabritiis, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza, A.Buccheri, A.Incicchitti, D.Prosperi, G.Barbiellini, M.Boezio, F.Fratnik, P.Schiavon, A.Vacchi, N.Zampa. Silicon calorimeter for cosmic antimatter search. Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 32: 77-82 (1993).

M.Bocciolini, F.Celletti, A.Perego, P.Spillantini, G.Basini, F.Bongiorno, F.Massimo Brancaccio, M.Ricci, M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, M.Menichelli, M.Miozza, I.Salvatori, V.Bidoli, M.Candusso, C.De Fabritiis, M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza, A.Buccheri, A.Incicchitti, D.Prosperi, G.Barbiellini, M.Boezio, F.Fratnik, P.Schiavon, A.Vacchi, N.Zampa. A silicon imaging calorimeter prototype for antimatter search in space: experimental results. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 333: 560-566 (1993).

M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Federico, A.Giacomucci, M.Menichelli, G.Minelli, M.Miozza, I.Salvatori, C.Grimani. Cold silicon detectors for time-of-flight measurements. Il Nuovo Cimento,106 A N.5: 585-594 (1993). 

M.P.De Pascale, A.Morselli, P.Picozza, R.L.Golden, C.Grimani, B.L.Kimbell, S.A.Stephens, S.J.Stochaj, W.R.Webber, G.Basini, F.Bongiorno, F.Massimo Brancaccio, M.Ricci, J.F.Ormes, E.S.Seo, R.E.Streitmatter, P.Papini, P.Spillantini, M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, M.Menichelli, I.Salvatori. Absolute spectrum and charge ratio of cosmic ray muons in the energy region from 0.2 GeV to 100 GeV at600 m above the sea level. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 98 A3: 3501-3507 (1993).

M.T.Brunetti, A.Codino, C.Federico, C.Grimani, M.Menichelli, G.Minelli, E.Rongoni, I.Salvatori, P.Picozza, P.Spillantini. Leakage current and capacity variation with temperature in silicon detectors of a space calorimeter. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 302: 362-367 (1991).