Carlo Franzinetti

Carlo Franzinetti (March 31, 1923, in Rome – November 28, 1980, in Llantwit Major) was an Italian experimental physicist.

Personal biography Carlo Franzinetti was born in Rome, son of Guido Franzinetti, a music critic, and Ada Guastalla, a mathematician and linguist. He was married to Prof. Joan Rees.

He graduated from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in physics with a thesis about projects of construction of an isotope separator based on thermophoresis.

His professional scientific career started when he was 25 (8 May 1948), when he published the article "Emission of Li8 in the Explosive Disintegration of Nuclei" with R.M. Payne in the science journal Nature.

Cosmic radiation research

In 1947 he joined the University of Bristol as a research assistant at the H.H. Wills Physical Laboratory, under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Prof. C. F. Powell. Powell's team's research looked at the sub-nuclear structure of matter through the study of cosmic rays with nuclear emulsion.

Study of neutrinos

In 1962 he began working in Geneva as a senior physicist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). where he also conducted his studies of neutrinos. The first report for the request of a common European Heavy Liquid Chamber at CERN was submitted by André Lagarrigue but, needing the support of Italian and possibly British physicists, he contacted Franzinetti. Franzinetti led the Italian group concerned with the proposal and construction of the Heavy Liquid Chamber, Gargamelle.

Chronology

Born in Rome on March 31, 1923. In 1962 he began working as a senior physicist at CERN. Aula Carlo Franzinetti. Lecture hall named in honor of Carlo Franzinetti at the University of Turin in the Institute of Physics

Publications

Franzinetti, Carlo (1982). Particelle. Editori Riuniti. p. 148. . Franzinetti, C; Morpurgo, G (1957). "An introduction to the physics of the new particles". Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965). 6 (2): 469. doi:10.1007/BF02824499.