I was born on February 5th, 1966 in Venice, Italy. My
father and my
mother
have parted in 1973, and are both re-married. I have two brothers, Paolo
and Martino. I have always lived in Venice, apart from a
two-year parenthesis when I had a position of Post-doctoral Fellow in Particle Physics at
Harvard University, and contributed to the construction of the
new CDF II detector.
I am currently a INFN post-doctoral fellow with Padova University.
I had my secondary studies at the Liceo Scientifico "F.Severi" in the Lido
di Venezia
between 1979 and 1984. In the meantime
I also studied at the Venice Conservatory "B.Marcello",
where I become a Master of Antique Instruments in 1982. There I studied composition for four years, too; but I had to quit to study physics.
Here I am at my computer desk, in my office
at Fermilab.
I went on with Physics at the Padova University, where I specialized
in experimental particle physics. I graduated on June 16th, 1995, with a
thesis titled "The Search for Top Quark in the All-Hadronic Decay with the
CDF Experiment ".
With the CDF-Padova group we've actually found a
signal for the decay of top-antitop pairs in six jets,
and an article on the subject has appeared on Physics Review Letters
("First Observation of the All Hadronic Decay of T Anti-T Pairs", PRL 79 (1997), 1992-1997).
You can find a postscript version of the paper
here.
I did my Ph.D. research on the quest for
Z boson decays to b quark pairs,
which are very hard to detect in proton-antiproton collisions
(in fact nobody has found any before!). I found a signal, about 90 events,
which was approved by the CDF collaboration on June 18th, 1998. The
results have already been presented at ICHEP 98 in Vancouver last July.
I defended my Ph.D. thesis in Padova on February 9th, 1999.
You can get your copy of the thesis here
(13.7 Mbytes, 200 pages in postscript).
Apart from physics, my interests lie in
chess,
astronomy, and
mineralogy.
I am fond of climbing and playing tennis.
Other than chess, I like many games, especially gambling ones: poker
and blackjack, but bridge has also become a new discovery ground for me
lately. I play the piano amateurishly,
but sing with a not totally reproachful voice songs of Billy Joel, Elton John,
Paolo Conte, and many others. Classics ? Yes, I play classics as well. My
favourites of this period is the whole of Chopin's work.
I am currently involved in a struggle to master his "Fantasia
Improvviso": a tough job. Also the "Studio n.3" is taking part of my
time at the keyboard... And, if I had more time, I'd like being just
able to play the "Revolutionary" study: indeed a wonderful piece
of music.
And, ladies, I'm sorry to tell you that I'm no longer on the market!
I've married Mariarosa Toniolo on December 28th, 1998.
Of course, that didn't bury my emotions, but...
We were blessed with the birth of Filippo
on March 19th, 1999.
My plans for the future ? I have no plans but being happy.
I've recently started a diet. I don't know why the hell you should
be interested in this, but here's my weight chart
for you really really nosy people. Reopen Tommaso Dorigo's home page in this frame Tommaso_Dorigo
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