After graduating at Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy) Giuseppe Gorini (GG) carried out his research at the Plasma Physics Institute of the National Research Council and at the Physics Department of Milano University. He joined Milano-Bicocca University since its creation in 1998. Currently GG is associate professor at the Physics Department of Milano- Bicocca University where he teaches fundamental physics courses for the degrees in Environmental Science and Physics.
GG has created a new research line combining R&D in neutron and gamma spectroscopy instrumentation for plasma and material science. The instrumentation is developed for tokamak facilities (mainly JET) and neutron sources (especially ISIS, the spallation neutron source in UK) in collaboration with other EU teams. Main projects since 1998 are:
i) MPRu and TOFOR projects for neutron spectroscopy on JET. The MPR (magnetic proton recoil) spectrometer, in use at JET since 1996 for deuterium-tritium fusion measurements, was modified to be compatible with deuterium-deuterium measurements. The second spectrometer is based on the Time of Flight technique and was installed in 2006. These systems provide unique observations of fast ion dynamics in plasmas.
ii) Gamma Ray Spectroscopy (GRS) at JET. Aim of the project is the design, construction and exploitation of a new system for gamma ray spectroscopy in fusion where the gamma rays come from nuclear reactions involving MeV ions.
iv) ANCIENT CHARM project for neutron imaging of Cultural Heritage objects. New nondestructive neutron imaging methods were developed and applied to a number of museum objects by a team of 10 partner research institutions led by GG.
v) PANAREA project for the design and construction of two experimental stations at ISIS for application of neutron techniques to engineering and archaeometry. The project implements the international agreement for the use of ISIS by the Italian research community.
vi) DANTE project, first credited in-kind contribution from Italy to the European Spallation Source project. It addresses the construction of thermal neutron detectors based on GEM technique and a specially developed solid neutron converter.
The scientific production by GG is documented in about 200 journal papers.
