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During my studies, I specialised on quantum field theory, black hole physics, and modified theories of gravity. I decided to join the group investigating analogue gravity because I was intrigued by the prospect of realising and observing in the lab some of the most exciting predictions of modern theoretical physics.

I am currently working on the development of the black hole analogue in superfluid helium, with the goal of observing how some distinctive aspects of black holes in modified theory of gravity can find their way in the dynamics of this system.

cosimo.solidoro
@nottingham.ac.uk

CV

Education
2022 - Present
PhD in Mathematics at University of Nottingham, supervisors Silke Weinfurtner and Thomas Sotiriou
2020 - 2022
Master studies in Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Fundamental Interactions at University of Trento (Trento, Italy)
2017 - 2020
Undegraduate studies in Physics at University of Salento (Lecce, Italy)
Foreign experience
2022
Master thesis research at University of Nottingham, supervisor Thomas Sotiriou
2019
Research intership at UNICAMP (Campinas, Brazil), supervisor Stefano de Leo

Publications

Quasinormal modes in Lorentz violating black hole analogs, Sam Patrick, Leonardo Solidoro, Physical Review D
Black-hole spectroscopy from a giant quantum vortex, Pietro Smaniotto, Leonardo Solidoro, Patrik Švančara, Sam Patrick, Maurício Richartz, Carlo F. Barenghi, Ruth Gregory, Silke Weinfurtner., https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.11209
Quasinormal modes in semi-open systems, Leonardo Solidoro, Sam Patrick, Ruth Gregory, Silke Weinfurtner., https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11013
Rotating curved spacetime signatures from a giant quantum vortex, Patrik Švančara, Pietro Smaniotto, Leonardo Solidoro, James F. MacDonald, Sam Patrick, Ruth Gregory, Carlo F. Barenghi, Silke Weinfurtner, Nature 628, 66–70 (2024)
From the delay time in quantum mechanics to the Goos–Hänchen shift in optics, Stefano De Leo, Leonardo Solidoro, The European Physical Journal Plus volume 137, Article number: 455 (2022)