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Luca Del Zanna is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence. He holds dual affiliations with the University of Florence (UniFi) and the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF). His research focuses on plasma astrophysics, relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), and compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes. He leads the Space Plasma and Astrophysics Group at UniFi and co-organizes international workshops like the Arcetri Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics and Vlasovia.
Research Interests include relativistic MHD simulations, magnetic reconnection, accretion disk dynamics, and the development of computational tools like the ECHO and XNS codes. His work bridges theoretical and numerical approaches to understand astrophysical phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts, pulsar wind nebulae, and solar/heliospheric processes.
Recent Activities: Hosted SoHe4 (2023) and Vlasovia 2024 (2024), co-organized the INFN-TEONGRAV meeting (2022), and commemorated the legacy of Claudio Chiuderi (2022). His research group actively collaborates on projects like the XPE mission and explores multi-scale plasma physics.
Publications span over two decades, emphasizing numerical methods, relativistic plasma dynamics, and high-energy astrophysics. He is a key developer of the ECHO code, used for GRMHD simulations of neutron stars and accretion disks.
