My scientific publications are listed below, each with a direct link to access the full text online. 

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• REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Diffuse Neutrino Flux from Relativistic Reconnection in AGN Coronae
D. Karavola, M. Petropoulou, D. F. G. Fiorillo, A. Georgakakis, L. Comisso, L. Sironi, submitted (2025) 

Reconnection-Driven Turbulent Fluctuations in the Magnetically Dominated Collisionless Regime
Y. Hu, L. Comisso, L. Sironi, S. Xu, submitted (2025) 

Intermittency in Collisionless Large-Amplitude Turbulence
R. Golant, L. Comisso, P. Kempski, L. Sironi, submitted (2025) 

Statistics of Current and Vorticity Structures in Relativistic Turbulence
Z. Davis, L. Comisso, C. Haggerty, J. Nättilä, submitted (2025) 

Fast X-ray Variability from the Coronae of Supermassive Black Holes
X. Zhao, L. Comisso, S. Marchesi, M. Ajello, E. Kammoun, Y. Shen, Q. Wu, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 995, L72 (2025)

Magnetic Field-Line Curvature and Its Role in Particle Acceleration by Magnetically Dominated Turbulence
S. Sebastian and L. Comisso, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 994, L1 (2025)

The Contribution of Turbulent Active Galactic Nucleus Coronae to the Diffuse Neutrino Flux
D. F. G. Fiorillo, L. Comisso, E. Peretti, M. Petropoulou, L. Sironi, The Astrophysical Journal, 989, 215 (2025)

Driven Collisionless Reconnection of Force-free Flux Tubes: From Onset to Coalescence
C. Granier, D. Groselj, L. Comisso, F. Bacchini, The Astrophysical Journal, 992, 193 (2025)

Neutrino and Pair Creation in Reconnection-Powered Coronae of Accreting Black Holes
D. Karavola, M. Petropoulou, D. F. G. Fiorillo, L. Comisso, L. Sironi, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 04, 075 (2025)

Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Accelerated by Magnetically Dominated Turbulence
L. Comisso, G. Farrar, M. S. Muzio, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 977, L18 (2024)

A Magnetized Strongly Turbulent Corona as the Source of Neutrinos from NGC 1068
D. F. G. Fiorillo, L. Comisso, E. Peretti, M. Petropoulou, L. Sironi, The Astrophysical Journal, 974, 75 (2024)

Concurrent Particle Acceleration and Pitch-Angle Anisotropy Driven by Magnetic Reconnection: Ion-Electron Plasmas
L. Comisso, The Astrophysical Journal, 972, 9 (2024)

Intermittency and Dissipative Structures Arising from Relativistic Magnetized Turbulence 
Z. Davis, L. Comisso, D. Giannios, The Astrophysical Journal, 964, 14 (2024)

TeV Neutrinos and Hard X-rays from Relativistic Reconnection in the Corona of NGC 1068 
D. F. G. Fiorillo, M. Petropoulou, L. Comisso, E. Peretti, L. Sironi, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 961, L14 (2024)

Pitch-Angle Anisotropy Imprinted by Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection 
L. Comisso and B. Jiang, The Astrophysical Journal, 959, 137 (2023)

Ultrafast Variability in AGN Jets: Intermittency and Lighthouse Effect 
E. Sobacchi, T. Piran, L. Comisso, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 946, L51 (2023)

Generation of Near-Equipartition Magnetic Fields in Turbulent Collisionless Plasmas
L. Sironi, L. Comisso, R. Golant, Physical Review Letters, 131, 055201 (2023)

Reconnection-driven energy cascade in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence 
C. Dong, L. Wang, Y.-M. Huang, L. Comisso, T. Sandstrom, A. Bhattacharjee, Science Advances, 8, 7627 (2022)

Marginally stable current sheets in collisionless magnetic reconnection
C. Granier, D. Borgogno, L. Comisso, D. Grasso, E. Tassi, R. Numata, Physical Review E, 106, L043201 (2022)

Nonresonant particle acceleration in strong turbulence: Comparison to kinetic and MHD simulations 
V. Bresci, M. Lemoine, L. Gremillet, L. Comisso, L. Sironi, C. Demidem, Physical Review D, 106, 023028 (2022)

Coexistence of Plasmoid and Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities in Collisionless Plasma Turbulence
D. Borgogno, D. Grasso, B. Achilli, M. Romé, L. Comisso, The Astrophysical Journal, 929, 62 (2022)

Ion and Electron Acceleration in Fully Kinetic Plasma Turbulence 
L. Comisso and L. Sironi, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 936, L27 (2022)

Pitch-Angle Anisotropy Controls Particle Acceleration and Cooling in Radiative Relativistic Plasma Turbulence 
L. Comisso and L. Sironi, Physical Review Letters, 127, 255102 (2021)

Magnetic Reconnection as a Mechanism for Energy Extraction from Rotating Black Holes 
L. Comisso and F.A. Asenjo, Physical Review D, 103, 023014 (2021)

Turbulent Model of Crab Nebula Radiation 
Y. Luo, M. Lyutikov, T. Temim, L. Comisso, The Astrophysical Journal, 896, 147 (2020)

Hard Synchrotron Spectra from Magnetically Dominated Plasma Turbulence 
L. Comisso, E. Sobacchi, L. Sironi, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 895, L40 (2020)

Generalized Magnetofluid Connections in Curved Spacetime 
L. Comisso and F.A. Asenjo, Physical Review D, 102, 023032 (2020)

The Interplay of Magnetically Dominated Turbulence and Magnetic Reconnection in Producing Nonthermal Particles 
L. Comisso and L. Sironi, The Astrophysical Journal, 886, 122 (2019)

Scalings Pertaining to Current Sheet Disruption Mediated by the Plasmoid Instability 
Y.-M. Huang, L. Comisso, A. Bhattacharjee, Physics of Plasmas, 26, 092112 (2019)

Interpreting Crab Nebula’s Synchrotron Spectrum: Two Acceleration Mechanisms 
M. Lyutikov, T. Temim, S. Komissarov, P. Slane, L. Sironi, L. Comisso, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489, 2403 (2019)

Gravitational Electromotive Force in Magnetic Reconnection around Schwarzschild Black Holes 
F.A. Asenjo and L. Comisso, Physical Review D, 99, 063017 (2019)

Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Plasma Turbulence 
L. Comisso and L. Sironi, Physical Review Letters, 121, 255101 (2018)

Role of the Plasmoid Instability in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence 
C. Dong, L. Wang, Y.-M. Huang, L. Comisso, A. Bhattacharjee, Physical Review Letters, 121, 165101 (2018)

Magnetic island suppression by electron cyclotron current drive as converse of a forced reconnection problem 
D. Grasso, D. Borgogno, L. Comisso, E. Lazzaro, Journal of Plasma Physics, 84, 745840302 (2018)

Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in Curved Spacetime and the Effect of Black Hole Rotation 
L. Comisso and F.A. Asenjo, Physical Review D, 97, 043007 (2018)

Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Plasmoid-Mediated Regime 
L. Comisso, Y.-M. Huang, M. Lingam, E. Hirvijoki, A. Bhattacharjee, The Astrophysical Journal, 854, 103 (2018)

A Maximum Entropy Principle for inferring the Distribution of 3D Plasmoids 
M. Lingam and L. Comisso, Physics of Plasmas, 25, 012114 (2018)

Physics conditions for robust control of tearing modes in a rotating tokamak plasma 
E. Lazzaro, D. Borgogno, D. Brunetti, L. Comisso, O. Fevrier, D. Grasso, H. Lutjens, P. Maget, S. Nowak, O. Sauter, C. Sozzi, and the EUROfusion MST1 Team, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 60, 014044 (2018)

Magnetic Connections in Curved Spacetime 
F.A. Asenjo and L. Comisso, Physical Review Letters, 96, 123004 (2017)

Plasmoid Instability in Forming Current Sheets 
L. Comisso, M. Lingam, Y.-M. Huang, A. Bhattacharjee, The Astrophysical Journal, 850, 142 (2017)

Plasmoid Instability in Evolving Current Sheets and Onset of Fast Reconnection 
Y.-M. Huang, L. Comisso, A. Bhattacharjee, The Astrophysical Journal, 849, 75 (2017)

Nonlinear Resistivity for Magnetohydrodynamical Models 
M. Lingam, E. Hirvijoki, D. Pfefferlé, L. Comisso, A. Bhattacharjee, Physics of Plasmas, 24, 042120 (2017)

Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection in Kerr Spacetime 
F.A. Asenjo and L. Comisso, Physical Review Letters, 118, 055101 (2017)

Open problems of magnetic island control by electron cyclotron current drive 
D. Grasso, E. Lazzaro, D. Borgogno, L. Comisso, Journal of Plasma Physics, 82, 595820603 (2016)

On the Value of the Reconnection Rate 
L. Comisso and A. Bhattacharjee, Journal of Plasma Physics, 82, 595820601 (2016)

General Theory of the Plasmoid Instability 
L. Comisso, M. Lingam, Y.-M. Huang, A. Bhattacharjee, Physics of Plasmas, 23, 100702 (2016)

Fluid moments of the nonlinear Landau collision operator 
E. Hirvijoki, M. Lingam, D. Pfefferlé, L. Comisso, J. Candy, A. Bhattacharjee, Physics of Plasmas, 23, 080701 (2016)

Visco-Resistive Plasmoid Instability 
L. Comisso and D. Grasso, Physics of Plasmas, 23, 032111 (2016)

Generalized Magnetofluid Connections in Pair Plasmas 
F.A. Asenjo L. Comisso, S.M. Mahajan, Physics of Plasmas, 22, 122109 (2015)

Phase Diagrams of Forced Magnetic Reconnection in Taylor’s Model
L. Comisso, D. Grasso, F.L. Waelbroeck, Journal of Plasma Physics, 81, 495810510 (2015)

Extended theory of the Taylor problem in the plasmoid-unstable regime 
L. Comisso, D. Grasso, F.L. Waelbroeck, Physics of Plasmas, 22, 042109 (2015)

Generalized Magnetofluid Connections in Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics 
F.A. Asenjo and L. Comisso, Physical Review Letters, 114, 115003 (2015)

Formation of plasmoid chains in fusion relevant plasmas 
L. Comisso, D. Grasso, F.L. Waelbroeck, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 561, 012004 (2014)

Thermal-Inertial Effects on Magnetic Reconnection in Relativistic Pair Plasmas
L. Comisso and F.A. Asenjo, Physical Review Letters, 113, 045001 (2014)

Nonlinear response of magnetic islands to localized electron cyclotron current injection 
D. Borgogno, L. Comisso, D. Grasso, E. Lazzaro, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 060704 (2014)

Numerical comparison between a gyrofluid and gyrokinetic model investigating collisionless magnetic reconnection
O. Zacharias, L. Comisso, D. Grasso, R. Kleiber, M. Borchardt, R. Hatzky, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 062106 (2014)

Linear stability analysis of collisionless reconnection in the presence of an equilibrium flow aligned with the guide field 
E. Tassi, D. Grasso, L. Comisso, The European Physical Journal D, 68, 88 (2014)

Gyro-induced acceleration of magnetic reconnection 
L. Comisso, D. Grasso, F.L. Waelbroeck, D. Borgogno, Physics of Plasmas, 20, 092118 (2013)

Fast gyrofluid reconnection in high temperature plasmas 
L. Comisso, F.L. Waelbroeck, D. Grasso, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 401, 012005 (2012)

Magnetic island evolution under the action of electron cyclotron current drive
D. Borgogno, L. Comisso, D. Grasso, E. Lazzaro, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 401, 012002 (2012)

Numerical Investigation of a Compressible Gyrofluid Model for Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
L. Comisso, D. Grasso, E. Tassi, F.L. Waelbroeck, Physics of Plasmas, 19, 042103 (2012)

Magnetic Reconnection Controlled by External Current Drive 
E. Lazzaro and L. Comisso, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 53, 054012 (2011)

Two-dimensional effects in the problem of tearing modes control by electron cyclotron current drive 
L. Comisso and E. Lazzaro, Nuclear Fusion, 50, 125002 (2010)

Nonlinear response of a neoclassical four-field magnetic reconnection model to localized current drive 
E. Lazzaro, L. Comisso, L. Valdettaro, Physics of Plasmas, 17, 052509 (2010)

• OTHER

I wrote a short essay on the beauty and importance of plasmas for the magazine Aeon, which appeared online on June 26th, 2018, with the title “Plasma, the mysterious (and powerful) fourth phase of matter”. You can find it here: