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Professor Kate Dooley
Gravity Exploration Institute
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I'm an experimentalist, working in the blossoming field of gravitational-wave physics and the use of precision measurement techniques to shed light on fundamental physics questions such as the nature of spacetime and of dark matter. I'm from upstate NY (USA) and bounced between research groups in the US and Germany before arriving in Cardiff in 2018.
Gravitational waves are produced by explosive events in the distant universe like the collisions of black holes and neutron stars, and create minuscule ripples in spacetime. Detecting them requires the design and construction of large laser interferometers that push the limits of precision measurement techniques.
A network of gravitational-wave detectors, each up to 4 km long, spans the globe from the U.S. to Italy, Japan, and Germany. The first detection in 2015 of two black holes that collided while traveling at half the speed of light(!) made headlines around the world and earned the founders of LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. I was part of the team of on-site scientists who upgraded and commissioned the LIGO and GEO600 detectors (2007-2014) and am desiging new technology to make them even better.
Publication
2024
- Abac, A. G. et al. 2024. A search using GEO600 for gravitational waves coincident with fast radio bursts from SGR 1935+2154. The Astrophysical Journal 977(2), article number: 255. (10.3847/1538-4357/ad8de0)
- Abac, A. G. et al. 2024. Search for eccentric black hole coalescences during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo. The Astrophysical Journal 973(2), article number: 132. (10.3847/1538-4357/ad65ce)
- Abac, A. et al. 2024. Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run. Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology) 110(4), article number: 42001. (10.1103/physrevd.110.042001)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2024. Search for gravitational-lensing signatures in the full third observing run of the LIGO–Virgo network. Astrophysical Journal 970(191) (10.3847/1538-4357/ad3e83)
- Abac, A. G. et al. 2024. Observation of gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 2.5–4.5 M ⊙ compact object and a neutron star. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 970(2), article number: L34. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad5beb)
- Fletcher, C. et al. 2024. A joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT analysis of Gravitational-wave candidates from the third Gravitational-wave Observing Run. The Astrophysical Journal 964(2), article number: 149. (10.3847/1538-4357/ad1eed)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2024. GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology) 109(2), article number: 22001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.109.022001)
2023
- Abbott, R. et al. 2023. Search for gravitational waves associated with fast radio bursts detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO–Virgo observing run O3a. Astrophysical Journal 955(2), article number: 155. (10.3847/1538-4357/acd770)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2023. Open Data from the Third Observing Run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO. Astrophysical Journal Supplement 267(2), article number: 29. (10.3847/1538-4365/acdc9f)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2023. Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC–3. Astrophysical Journal 949(2), article number: 76. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac74bb)
- van Dongen, J. et al. 2023. Reducing control noise in gravitational wave detectors with interferometric local damping of suspended optics. Review of Scientific Instruments 94(5), article number: 54501. (10.1063/5.0144865)
- Berger, B. K. et al. 2023. Searching for the causes of anomalous Advanced LIGO noise. Applied Physics Letters 122(18), article number: 184101. (10.1063/5.0140766)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2023. Population of merging compact binaries inferred using gravitational waves through GWTC-3. Physical Review X 13(1), article number: 11048. (10.1103/PhysRevX.13.011048)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2023. Search for subsolar-mass black hole binaries in the second part of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, article number: stad588. (10.1093/mnras/stad588)
2022
- Fairhurst, S. et al. 2022. All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data. Physical Review D 106(10) (10.1103/PhysRevD.106.102008)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D 106(6), article number: 62002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.106.062002)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Search for continuous gravitational wave emission from the Milky Way center in O3 LIGO-Virgo data. Physical Review D 106(4), article number: 42003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.106.042003)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Search for subsolar-mass binaries in the first half of advanced LIGO's and advanced Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review Letters 129(6) (10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.061104)
- Dooley, K. L., Grote, H. and van den Brand, J. 2022. Terrestrial laser interferometers. In: Bambi, C., Katsanevas, S. and Kokkotas, K. D. eds. Handbook of Gravitational Wave Astronomy. Springer, pp. 37-83., (10.1007/978-981-16-4306-4_2)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. First joint observation by the underground gravitational-wave detector, KAGRA, with GEO 600. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics 2022(6), article number: 063F01. (10.1093/ptep/ptac073)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Narrowband searches for continuous and long-duration transient gravitational waves from known pulsars in the LIGO-Virgo third observing run. Astrophysical Journal 932(2), article number: 133. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac6ad0)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. All-sky, all-frequency directional search for persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's first three observing runs. Physical Review D 105(12), article number: 122001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.105.122001)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data. Physical Review D 105(10), article number: 102001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.105.102001)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Search of the early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves from the Cassiopeia A and Vela Jr. supernova remnants. Physical Review D 105(8), article number: 82005. (10.1103/PhysRevD.105.082005)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Search for intermediate-mass black hole binaries in the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astronomy & Astrophysics 659, article number: A84. (10.1051/0004-6361/202141452)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review D 105(6), article number: 63030. (10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063030)
2021
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Search for lensing signatures in the gravitational-wave observations from the first half of LIGO-Virgo's third observing run. Astrophysical Journal 923(1), article number: 14. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac23db)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D 104, article number: 122004. (10.1103/PhysRevD.104.122004)
- Aasi, J. et al. 2021. Erratum: "Searches for continuous gravitational waves from nine young supernova remnants" (2015, ApJ, 813, 39). Astrophysical Journal 918(2), pp. 90. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac1f2d)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2021. Erratum: "Searches for continuous gravitational waves from 15 supernova remnants and Fomalhaut b with advanced LIGO" (2019, ApJ, 875, 122)*. Astrophysical Journal 918(2), pp. 91. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac1f2c)
- Nguyen, P. et al. 2021. Environmental noise in advanced LIGO detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity 38(14), article number: 145001. (10.1088/1361-6382/ac011a)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Search for anisotropic gravitational-wave backgrounds using data from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's first three observing runs. Physical Review D 104(2), article number: 22005. (10.1103/PhysRevD.104.022005)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review D 104(2), article number: 22004. (10.1103/PhysRevD.104.022004)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo run O3a. Astrophysical Journal 915(2), article number: 86. (10.3847/1538-4357/abee15)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star-black hole coalescences. Astrophysical Journal Letters 915(1), article number: L5. (10.3847/2041-8213/ac082e)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. GWTC-2: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review X 11(2), article number: 21053. (10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021053)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the third advanced LIGO-Virgo observing run. Physical Review Letters 126(24), article number: 241102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.241102)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Tests of general relativity with binary black holes from the second LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog. Physical Review D 103(12), article number: 122002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.103.122002)
- Davis, D. et al. 2021. LIGO detector characterization in the second and third observing runs. Classical and Quantum Gravity 38(13), article number: 135014. (10.1088/1361-6382/abfd85)
- Brooks, A. F. et al. 2021. Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO. Applied Optics 60(13), pp. 4047-4063. (10.1364/AO.419689)
- Vermeulen, S. M., Aiello, L., Ejlli, A., Griffiths, W. L., James, A., Dooley, K. L. and Grote, H. 2021. An experiment for observing quantum gravity phenomena using twin table-top 3D interferometers. Classical and Quantum Gravity 38(8), article number: 85008. (10.1088/1361-6382/abe757)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems. Physical Review D 103(6), article number: 64017. (10.1103/PhysRevD.103.064017)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2021. A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal 909(2), article number: 218. (10.3847/1538-4357/abdcb7)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. SoftwareX 13, article number: 100658. (10.1016/j.softx.2021.100658)
2020
- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. Gravitational-wave constraints on the equatorial ellipticity of millisecond pulsars. Astrophysical Journal Letters 902(1), article number: L21. (10.3847/2041-8213/abb655)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2020. Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. Living Reviews in Relativity 23(1), article number: 3. (10.1007/s41114-020-00026-9)
- Buikema, A. et al. 2020. Sensitivity and performance of the Advanced LIGO detectors in the third observing run. Physical Review D 102(6), article number: 62003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.102.062003)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. GW190521: a binary back hole merger with a total mass of 150 M⊙. Physical Review Letters 125(10), article number: 101102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 M ⊙ binary black hole merger GW190521. Astrophysical Journal Letters 900(1), article number: L13. (10.3847/2041-8213/aba493)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. GW190412: observation of a binary-black-hole coalescence with asymmetric masses. Physical Review D 102(4), article number: 43015. (10.1103/PhysRevD.102.043015)
- Yu, H. et al. 2020. Quantum correlations between light and the kilogram-mass mirrors of LIGO. Nature 583(7814), pp. 43-47. (10.1038/s41586-020-2420-8)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. GW190814: gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 23 solar mass black hole with a 2.6 solar mass compact object. Astrophysical Journal Letters 896(2), article number: L44. (10.3847/2041-8213/ab960f)
- Hamburg, R. et al. 2020. A joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs. Astrophysical Journal 893(2), article number: 100. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab7d3e)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2020. Optically targeted search for gravitational waves emitted by core-collapse supernovae during the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. Physical Review D 101(8), article number: 84002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.101.084002)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2020. A guide to LIGO-Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals. Classical and Quantum Gravity 37(5), article number: 55002. (10.1088/1361-6382/ab685e)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2020. Model comparison from LIGO-Virgo data on GW170817's binary components and consequences for the merger remnant. Classical and Quantum Gravity 37(4), article number: 45006. (10.1088/1361-6382/ab5f7c)
2019
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with an improved hidden Markov model. Physical Review D 100(12), article number: 122002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.100.122002)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Search for gravitational-wave signals associated with gamma-ray bursts during the second observing run of advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astrophysical Journal 886(1), article number: 75. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab4b48)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1. Physical Review D 100(10), article number: 104036. (10.1103/PhysRevD.100.104036)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Search for subsolar mass ultracompact binaries in advanced LIGO's second observing run. Physical Review Letters 123(16), article number: 161102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.161102)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network. Physical Review D 100(6), article number: 64064. (10.1103/PhysRevD.100.064064)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Search for eccentric binary black hole mergers with advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo during their first and second observing runs. Astrophysical Journal 883(1), article number: 49. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab3c2d)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Binary black hole population properties inferred from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astrophysical Journal Letters 882(2), article number: L24. (10.3847/2041-8213/ab3800)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. GWTC-1: A gravitational-wave transient catalog of compact binary mergers observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first and second observing runs. Physical Review X 9(3), article number: 31040. (10.1103/PhysRevX.9.031040)
- Booth, C. et al. 2019. All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data. Physical Review D 100(2), article number: 24004. (10.1103/PhysRevD.100.024004)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D 100(2), pp. -., article number: 24017. (10.1103/PhysRevD.100.024017)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Tests of general relativity with GW170817. Physical Review Letters 123, pp. -., article number: 11102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.011102)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Narrow-band search for gravitational waves from known pulsars using the second LIGO observing run. Physical Review D 99(12), pp. -., article number: 122002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.99.122002)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in 2015?2017 LIGO Data. Astrophysical Journal 879(1), pp. 10., article number: 10. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab20cb)
- Soares-Santos, M. et al. 2019. First measurement of the Hubble constant from a dark standard siren using the Dark Energy Survey galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo binary-black-hole merger GW170814. Astrophysical Journal Letters 876(1), article number: L7. (10.3847/2041-8213/ab14f1)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the second Advanced LIGO observing run. Physical Review D 99(10), article number: 104033. (10.1103/PhysRevD.99.104033)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO. Astrophysical Journal 875(2), pp. 122., article number: 122. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab113b)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Low-latency gravitational-wave alerts for multimessenger astronomy during the second advanced LIGO and virgo observing run. Astrophysical Journal 875(2), pp. 161., article number: 161. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab0e8f)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Search for transient gravitational-wave signals associated with magnetar bursts during advanced LIGO's second observing run. Astrophysical Journal 874(2), pp. 163., article number: 163. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab0e15)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Physical Review X 9(1), article number: 11001. (10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011001)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Constraining the p-Mode-g-Mode tidal instability with GW170817. Physical Review Letters 122(6), pp. -., article number: 61104. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.061104)
- Burns, E. et al. 2019. A fermi gamma-ray burst monitor search for electromagnetic signals coincident with gravitational-wave candidates in advanced LIGO's first observing run. Astrophysical Journal 871(1), article number: 90. (10.3847/1538-4357/aaf726)
- Albert, A. et al. 2019. Search for multimessenger sources of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos with advanced LIGO during its first observing run, ANTARES, and IceCube. Astrophysical Journal 870(2), article number: 134. (10.3847/1538-4357/aaf21d)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO's first two observing runs. Physical Review D 100(6), article number: 62001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.100.062001)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run. Physical Review D 100(6) (10.1103/PhysRevD.100.061101)
2018
- Abbott, B. et al. 2018. Search for subsolar-mass ultracompact binaries in advanced LIGO's first observing Run. Physical Review Letters 121(23), pp. -., article number: 231103. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.231103)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2018. GW170817: Measurements of neutron star radii and equation of state. Physical Review Letters 121(16), article number: 161101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.161101)
- Yu, H. et al. 2018. Prospects for detecting gravitational waves at 5 Hz with ground-based detectors. Physical Review Letters 120, article number: 141102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.141102)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2018. First search for nontensorial gravitational waves from known pulsars. Physical Review Letters 120(3), article number: 31104. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.031104)
2017
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data. Physical Review D 96(12), pp. -., article number: 122006. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122006)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence. Astrophysical Journal Letters 851, article number: L35. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa9f0c)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. First low-frequency Einstein@Home all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Advanced LIGO data. Physical Review D 96(12), article number: 122004. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122004)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Search for post-merger Gravitational Waves from the remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters 851(1), article number: L16. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa9a35)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters 850(2), pp. -., article number: L40. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa93fc)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Estimating the contribution of dynamical ejecta in the kilonova associated with GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters 850(2), article number: L39. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa9478)
- Walker, M. et al. 2017. Effects of transients in LIGO suspensions on searches for gravitational waves. Review of Scientific Instruments 88(12), article number: 124501. (10.1063/1.5000264)
- Dorrington, I. et al. 2017. Search for high-energy neutrinos from binary neutron star merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 850(2), article number: L35. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa9aed)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant. Nature 551, pp. 85-88. (10.1038/nature24471)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Gravitational waves and gamma-rays from a binary neutron star merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A. Astrophysical Journal Letters 848(2), article number: L13. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Multi-messenger observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. Astrophysical Journal Letters 848(2), article number: L12. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. GW170817: Observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. Physical Review Letters 119(16), article number: 161101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters 119(14), article number: 141101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.141101)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Upper limits on gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 from a model-based cross-correlation search in advanced LIGO data. Astrophysical Journal 847(1), pp. -., article number: 47. (10.3847/1538-4357/aa86f0)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data. Physical Review D 96(6), article number: 62002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.062002)
- Albert, A. et al. 2017. Search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW151226 and candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube. Physical Review D 96(2), article number: 22005. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.022005)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first observing run of Advanced LIGO. Physical Review D 96(2), article number: 22001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.022001)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the first Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model. Physical Review D 95(12), article number: 122003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.95.122003)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. GW170104: Observation of a 50-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence at redshift 0.2. Physical Review Letters 118(22), article number: 221101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.221101)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts during the first advanced LIGO observing run and implications for the origin of GRB 150906B. Astrophysical Journal 841(2), pp. 89. (10.3847/1538-4357/aa6c47)
- Blair, C. et al. 2017. First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO. Physical Review Letters 118(15), article number: 151102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.151102)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914. Classical and Quantum Gravity 34(10), pp. -., article number: 104002. (10.1088/1361-6382/aa6854)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with advanced LIGO. Astrophysical Journal 839(1), pp. 19-19., article number: 12. (10.3847/1538-4357/aa677f)
- Martynov, D. V. et al. 2017. Quantum correlation measurements in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review A 95(4), article number: 43831. (10.1103/PhysRevA.95.043831)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Calibration of the advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914. Physical Review D 95, article number: 62003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062003)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters 118(12) (10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves from advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters 118, pp. -., article number: 121102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121102)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity 34(4), article number: 44001. (10.1088/1361-6382/aa51f4)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first Advanced LIGO run. Physical Review D 95(4), article number: 42003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.95.042003)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Annelen der Physik 529(1-2), article number: 1600209. (10.1002/andp.201600209)
2016
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Binary black hole mergers in the first advanced LIGO observing run. Physical Review X 6(4), article number: 41015. (10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041015)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. The rate of binary black hole mergers inferred from advanced LIGO observations surrounding GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters 833(1), article number: L1. (10.3847/2041-8205/833/1/L1)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Living Reviews in Relativity 19, article number: 1. (10.1007/lrr-2016-1)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Improved analysis of GW150914 using a fully spin-precessing waveform model. Physical Review X 6(4), pp. -., article number: 41014. (10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041014)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Upper limits on the rates of binary neutron star and neutron star-black hole mergers from advanced Ligo's first observing run. Astrophysical Journal Letters 832(2), pp. -., article number: L21. (10.3847/2041-8205/832/2/L21)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors. Physical Review D 94(10), pp. -., article number: 102001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2016. Results of the deepest all-sky survey for continuous gravitational waves on LIGO S6 data running on the Einstein@Home volunteer distributed computing project. Physical Review D 94(10), article number: 102002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102002)
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2005
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Articles
- Abac, A. G. et al. 2024. A search using GEO600 for gravitational waves coincident with fast radio bursts from SGR 1935+2154. The Astrophysical Journal 977(2), article number: 255. (10.3847/1538-4357/ad8de0)
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- Abac, A. et al. 2024. Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run. Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology) 110(4), article number: 42001. (10.1103/physrevd.110.042001)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2024. Search for gravitational-lensing signatures in the full third observing run of the LIGO–Virgo network. Astrophysical Journal 970(191) (10.3847/1538-4357/ad3e83)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2024. GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology) 109(2), article number: 22001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.109.022001)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2023. Search for gravitational waves associated with fast radio bursts detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO–Virgo observing run O3a. Astrophysical Journal 955(2), article number: 155. (10.3847/1538-4357/acd770)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2023. Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC–3. Astrophysical Journal 949(2), article number: 76. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac74bb)
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- Berger, B. K. et al. 2023. Searching for the causes of anomalous Advanced LIGO noise. Applied Physics Letters 122(18), article number: 184101. (10.1063/5.0140766)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2023. Search for subsolar-mass black hole binaries in the second part of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, article number: stad588. (10.1093/mnras/stad588)
- Fairhurst, S. et al. 2022. All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data. Physical Review D 106(10) (10.1103/PhysRevD.106.102008)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Search for continuous gravitational wave emission from the Milky Way center in O3 LIGO-Virgo data. Physical Review D 106(4), article number: 42003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.106.042003)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Search for subsolar-mass binaries in the first half of advanced LIGO's and advanced Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review Letters 129(6) (10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.061104)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data. Physical Review D 105(10), article number: 102001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.105.102001)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2022. Search of the early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves from the Cassiopeia A and Vela Jr. supernova remnants. Physical Review D 105(8), article number: 82005. (10.1103/PhysRevD.105.082005)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Search for lensing signatures in the gravitational-wave observations from the first half of LIGO-Virgo's third observing run. Astrophysical Journal 923(1), article number: 14. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac23db)
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- Nguyen, P. et al. 2021. Environmental noise in advanced LIGO detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity 38(14), article number: 145001. (10.1088/1361-6382/ac011a)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Search for anisotropic gravitational-wave backgrounds using data from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's first three observing runs. Physical Review D 104(2), article number: 22005. (10.1103/PhysRevD.104.022005)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review D 104(2), article number: 22004. (10.1103/PhysRevD.104.022004)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo run O3a. Astrophysical Journal 915(2), article number: 86. (10.3847/1538-4357/abee15)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star-black hole coalescences. Astrophysical Journal Letters 915(1), article number: L5. (10.3847/2041-8213/ac082e)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. GWTC-2: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review X 11(2), article number: 21053. (10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021053)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the third advanced LIGO-Virgo observing run. Physical Review Letters 126(24), article number: 241102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.241102)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. Tests of general relativity with binary black holes from the second LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog. Physical Review D 103(12), article number: 122002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.103.122002)
- Davis, D. et al. 2021. LIGO detector characterization in the second and third observing runs. Classical and Quantum Gravity 38(13), article number: 135014. (10.1088/1361-6382/abfd85)
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- Vermeulen, S. M., Aiello, L., Ejlli, A., Griffiths, W. L., James, A., Dooley, K. L. and Grote, H. 2021. An experiment for observing quantum gravity phenomena using twin table-top 3D interferometers. Classical and Quantum Gravity 38(8), article number: 85008. (10.1088/1361-6382/abe757)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2021. All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems. Physical Review D 103(6), article number: 64017. (10.1103/PhysRevD.103.064017)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2021. A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal 909(2), article number: 218. (10.3847/1538-4357/abdcb7)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. Gravitational-wave constraints on the equatorial ellipticity of millisecond pulsars. Astrophysical Journal Letters 902(1), article number: L21. (10.3847/2041-8213/abb655)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2020. Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. Living Reviews in Relativity 23(1), article number: 3. (10.1007/s41114-020-00026-9)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. GW190521: a binary back hole merger with a total mass of 150 M⊙. Physical Review Letters 125(10), article number: 101102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 M ⊙ binary black hole merger GW190521. Astrophysical Journal Letters 900(1), article number: L13. (10.3847/2041-8213/aba493)
- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. GW190412: observation of a binary-black-hole coalescence with asymmetric masses. Physical Review D 102(4), article number: 43015. (10.1103/PhysRevD.102.043015)
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- Abbott, R. et al. 2020. GW190814: gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 23 solar mass black hole with a 2.6 solar mass compact object. Astrophysical Journal Letters 896(2), article number: L44. (10.3847/2041-8213/ab960f)
- Hamburg, R. et al. 2020. A joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs. Astrophysical Journal 893(2), article number: 100. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab7d3e)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2020. Optically targeted search for gravitational waves emitted by core-collapse supernovae during the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. Physical Review D 101(8), article number: 84002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.101.084002)
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- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Search for subsolar mass ultracompact binaries in advanced LIGO's second observing run. Physical Review Letters 123(16), article number: 161102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.161102)
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- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Tests of general relativity with GW170817. Physical Review Letters 123, pp. -., article number: 11102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.011102)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Narrow-band search for gravitational waves from known pulsars using the second LIGO observing run. Physical Review D 99(12), pp. -., article number: 122002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.99.122002)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in 2015?2017 LIGO Data. Astrophysical Journal 879(1), pp. 10., article number: 10. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab20cb)
- Soares-Santos, M. et al. 2019. First measurement of the Hubble constant from a dark standard siren using the Dark Energy Survey galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo binary-black-hole merger GW170814. Astrophysical Journal Letters 876(1), article number: L7. (10.3847/2041-8213/ab14f1)
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- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2019. Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO. Astrophysical Journal 875(2), pp. 122., article number: 122. (10.3847/1538-4357/ab113b)
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- Abbott, B. et al. 2019. Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run. Physical Review D 100(6) (10.1103/PhysRevD.100.061101)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2018. Search for subsolar-mass ultracompact binaries in advanced LIGO's first observing Run. Physical Review Letters 121(23), pp. -., article number: 231103. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.231103)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2018. GW170817: Measurements of neutron star radii and equation of state. Physical Review Letters 121(16), article number: 161101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.161101)
- Yu, H. et al. 2018. Prospects for detecting gravitational waves at 5 Hz with ground-based detectors. Physical Review Letters 120, article number: 141102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.141102)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2018. First search for nontensorial gravitational waves from known pulsars. Physical Review Letters 120(3), article number: 31104. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.031104)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data. Physical Review D 96(12), pp. -., article number: 122006. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122006)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence. Astrophysical Journal Letters 851, article number: L35. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa9f0c)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. First low-frequency Einstein@Home all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Advanced LIGO data. Physical Review D 96(12), article number: 122004. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122004)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Search for post-merger Gravitational Waves from the remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters 851(1), article number: L16. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa9a35)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters 850(2), pp. -., article number: L40. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa93fc)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Estimating the contribution of dynamical ejecta in the kilonova associated with GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters 850(2), article number: L39. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa9478)
- Walker, M. et al. 2017. Effects of transients in LIGO suspensions on searches for gravitational waves. Review of Scientific Instruments 88(12), article number: 124501. (10.1063/1.5000264)
- Dorrington, I. et al. 2017. Search for high-energy neutrinos from binary neutron star merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 850(2), article number: L35. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa9aed)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant. Nature 551, pp. 85-88. (10.1038/nature24471)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Gravitational waves and gamma-rays from a binary neutron star merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A. Astrophysical Journal Letters 848(2), article number: L13. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Multi-messenger observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. Astrophysical Journal Letters 848(2), article number: L12. (10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. GW170817: Observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. Physical Review Letters 119(16), article number: 161101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters 119(14), article number: 141101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.141101)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Upper limits on gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 from a model-based cross-correlation search in advanced LIGO data. Astrophysical Journal 847(1), pp. -., article number: 47. (10.3847/1538-4357/aa86f0)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data. Physical Review D 96(6), article number: 62002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.062002)
- Albert, A. et al. 2017. Search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW151226 and candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube. Physical Review D 96(2), article number: 22005. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.022005)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first observing run of Advanced LIGO. Physical Review D 96(2), article number: 22001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.96.022001)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the first Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model. Physical Review D 95(12), article number: 122003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.95.122003)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. GW170104: Observation of a 50-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence at redshift 0.2. Physical Review Letters 118(22), article number: 221101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.221101)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts during the first advanced LIGO observing run and implications for the origin of GRB 150906B. Astrophysical Journal 841(2), pp. 89. (10.3847/1538-4357/aa6c47)
- Blair, C. et al. 2017. First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO. Physical Review Letters 118(15), article number: 151102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.151102)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914. Classical and Quantum Gravity 34(10), pp. -., article number: 104002. (10.1088/1361-6382/aa6854)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with advanced LIGO. Astrophysical Journal 839(1), pp. 19-19., article number: 12. (10.3847/1538-4357/aa677f)
- Martynov, D. V. et al. 2017. Quantum correlation measurements in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review A 95(4), article number: 43831. (10.1103/PhysRevA.95.043831)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Calibration of the advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914. Physical Review D 95, article number: 62003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062003)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters 118(12) (10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves from advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters 118, pp. -., article number: 121102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121102)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity 34(4), article number: 44001. (10.1088/1361-6382/aa51f4)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2017. All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first Advanced LIGO run. Physical Review D 95(4), article number: 42003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.95.042003)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2017. The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Annelen der Physik 529(1-2), article number: 1600209. (10.1002/andp.201600209)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Binary black hole mergers in the first advanced LIGO observing run. Physical Review X 6(4), article number: 41015. (10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041015)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. The rate of binary black hole mergers inferred from advanced LIGO observations surrounding GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters 833(1), article number: L1. (10.3847/2041-8205/833/1/L1)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Living Reviews in Relativity 19, article number: 1. (10.1007/lrr-2016-1)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Improved analysis of GW150914 using a fully spin-precessing waveform model. Physical Review X 6(4), pp. -., article number: 41014. (10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041014)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Upper limits on the rates of binary neutron star and neutron star-black hole mergers from advanced Ligo's first observing run. Astrophysical Journal Letters 832(2), pp. -., article number: L21. (10.3847/2041-8205/832/2/L21)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors. Physical Review D 94(10), pp. -., article number: 102001. (10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001)
- Abbott, B. et al. 2016. Results of the deepest all-sky survey for continuous gravitational waves on LIGO S6 data running on the Einstein@Home volunteer distributed computing project. Physical Review D 94(10), article number: 102002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102002)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Directly comparing GW150914 with numerical solutions of Einstein's equations for binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review D 94(6), article number: 64035. (10.1103/PhysRevD.94.064035)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Comprehensive all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the sixth science run LIGO data. Physical Review D 94(4), pp. -., article number: 42002. (10.1103/PhysRevD.94.042002)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters 826(1), pp. -., article number: L13. (10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Supplement: 'Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914' (2016, ApJL, 826, l13). Astrophysical Journal Supplement 225(1), pp. 1-15. (10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/8)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Physical Review Letters 116(24), article number: 241102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241102)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. GW151226: Observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters 116(24), article number: 241103. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241103)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO. Physical Review D 93(12), article number: 122003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122003)
- Adrián-Martínez, S. et al. 2016. High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube. Physical Review D 93(12), article number: 122010. (10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122010)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Search for transient gravitational waves in coincidence with short-duration radio transients during 2007-2013. Physical Review D 93(12), pp. -., article number: 122008. (10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122008)
- Matichard, F. et al. 2016. Modeling and experiment of the suspended seismometer concept for attenuating the contribution of tilt motion in horizontal measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments 87(6), article number: 65002. (10.1063/1.4953110)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914. Classical and Quantum Gravity 33(13), article number: 134001. (10.1088/0264-9381/33/13/134001)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. Tests of general relativity with GW150914. Physical Review Letters 116(22), article number: 221101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.221101)
- Martynov, D. V. et al. 2016. Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors at the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy. Physical Review D 93(11), article number: 112004. (10.1103/PhysRevD.93.112004)
- Dooley, K. L. et al. 2016. GEO 600 and the GEO-HF upgrade program: successes and challenges. Classical and Quantum Gravity 33, article number: 75009. (10.1088/0264-9381/33/7/075009)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. GW150914: implications for the stochastic gravitational wave background from binary black holes. Physical Review Letters 116, article number: 131102. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.131102)
- Abbott, B. P. et al. 2016. GW150914: the advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries. Physical Review Letters 116(13), article number: 131103. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.131103)
- Adams, T. et al. 2016. Search of the Orion spur for continuous gravitational waves using a loosely coherent algorithm on data from LIGO interferometers. Physical Review d Particles and Fields 93(4), article number: 42006. (10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042006)
- Coughlin, S. B. et al. 2016. All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients with initial LIGO. Physical Review D. 93(4), article number: 42005. (10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042005)
- Aasi, J. et al. 2016. First low frequency all-sky search for continuous gravitational wave signals. Physical Review D 93(4), article number: 42007. (10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042007)
- Schreiber, E. et al. 2016. Alignment sensing and control for squeezed vacuum states of light. Optics Express 24(1), pp. 146-152. (10.1364/OE.24.000146)
- Adams, T. et al. 2015. Searches for continuous gravitational waves from nine young supernova remnants. The Astrophysical Journal 813(1), article number: 39. (10.1088/0004-637X/813/1/39)
- Aasi, J. et al. 2015. Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run. Classical and Quantum Gravity 32(11), article number: 115012. (10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115012)
- Adams, T. et al. 2015. Cost-benefit analysis for commissioning decisions in GEO 600. Classical and Quantum Gravity 32(13), article number: 135014. (10.1088/0264-9381/32/13/135014)
- Dooley, K. L., Schreiber, E., Vahlbruch, H., Affeldt, C., Leong, J. R., Wittel, H. and Grote, H. 2015. Phase control of squeezed vacuum states of light in gravitational wave detectors. Optics Express 23(7), pp. 8235-8245. (10.1364/OE.23.008235)
- Adams, T. et al. 2015. Directed search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with initial LIGO data. Physical Review d Particles and Fields 91(6), article number: 62008. (10.1103/PhysRevD.91.062008)
- Aasi, J. et al. 2015. Advanced LIGO. Classical and Quantum Gravity 32(7), article number: 74001. (10.1088/0264-9381/32/7/074001)
- Aasi, J. et al. 2015. Narrow-band search of continuous gravitational-wave signals from Crab and Vela pulsars in Virgo VSR4 data. Physical Review D 91, article number: 22004. (10.1103/PhysRevD.91.022004)
- Aasi, J. et al. 2015. Searching for stochastic gravitational waves using data from the two colocated LIGO Hanford detectors. Physical Review Letters 91(2), article number: 22003. (10.1103/PhysRevD.91.022003)
- Dooley, K. 2015. Status of GEO 600. Journal of Physics. Conference Series 610, article number: 12015. (10.1088/1742-6596/610/1/012015)
- Dooley, K., Akutsu, T., Dwyer, S. and Puppo, P. 2015. Status of advanced ground-based laser interferometers for gravitational-wave detection. Journal of Physics. Conference Series 610, article number: 12012. (10.1088/1742-6596/610/1/012012)
- Affeldt, C. et al. 2014. Advanced techniques in GEO 600. Classical and Quantum Gravity 31(22), article number: 224002. (10.1088/0264-9381/31/22/224002)
- Wittel, H. et al. 2014. Thermal correction of astigmatism in the gravitational wave observatory GEO600. Classical and Quantum Gravity 31(6), article number: 65008. (10.1088/0264-9381/31/6/065008)
- Dooley, K. et al. 2013. Angular control of optical cavities in a radiation-pressure-dominated regime: the Enhanced LIGO case. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 30(12), pp. 2618-2626. (10.1364/JOSAA.30.002618)
- Grote, H., Danzmann, K., Dooley, K., Schnabel, R., Slutsky, J. and Vahlbruch, H. 2013. First Long-Term Application of Squeezed States of Light in a Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Physical Review Letters 110(18), article number: 181101. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.181101)
- Palashov, O. V. et al. 2012. High-vacuum-compatible high-power Faraday isolators for gravitational-wave interferometers. Journal of the Optical Society of America B 29(7), pp. 1784-1792. (10.1364/JOSAB.29.001784)
- Dooley, K. et al. 2012. Thermal effects in the Input Optics of the Enhanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Review of Scientific Instruments 83(3), article number: 33109. (10.1063/1.3695405)
- Fricke, T. T. et al. 2012. DC readout experiment in Enhanced LIGO. Classical and Quantum Gravity 29(6), article number: 65005. (10.1088/0264-9381/29/6/065005)
- Lombardi, J. C., Holtzman, W., Dooley, K., Gearity, K., Kalogera, V. and Rasio, F. A. 2011. Twin Binaries: Studies of stability, mass transfer, and coalescence. Astrophysical Journal 737(2), pp. 49. (10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/49)
- Harry, G. M. et al. 2006. Titania-doped tantala/silica coatings for gravitational-wave detection. Classical and Quantum Gravity 24(2), pp. 404-415. (10.1088/0264-9381/24/2/008)
- Lombardi, Jr., J. C., Proulx, Z. F., Dooley, K., Theriault, E. M., Ivanova, N. and Rasio, F. A. 2006. Stellar Collisions and Ultracompact X-Ray Binary Formation. Astrophysical Journal 640(1), pp. 441-458. (10.1086/499938)
- Ivanova, N., Rasio, F. A., Lombardi, Jr., J. C., Dooley, K. and Proulx, Z. F. 2005. Formation of Ultracompact X-Ray Binaries in Dense Star Clusters. Astrophysical Journal 621(2), article number: L109. (10.1086/429220)
Book sections
- Dooley, K. L., Grote, H. and van den Brand, J. 2022. Terrestrial laser interferometers. In: Bambi, C., Katsanevas, S. and Kokkotas, K. D. eds. Handbook of Gravitational Wave Astronomy. Springer, pp. 37-83., (10.1007/978-981-16-4306-4_2)
Conferences
- Palmer, M. et al. 2005. Design and Operation of a Radiative Bhabha Luminosity Monitor for CESR-C. Presented at: Particle Accelerator Conference 2005, Knoxville, TN, USA, 16-20 May 2005Proceedings of the Particle Accelerator Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the Particle Accelerator Conference IEEE pp. 3564-3566., (10.1109/PAC.2005.1591540)
Research
Ground-based gravitational-wave detectors are multi-kilometer-long laser interferometers that push the limits of precision measurement. I'm interested in the development of new instrumentation and experimental techniques to improve the interferometers’ sensitivity to gravitational waves and in applying these methods to the quest for shedding light on other fundamental physics questions.
Some of my key contributions include the demonstration of the first-ever reduction of quantum noise in a gravitational-wave detector through the application of squeezed vacuum states of light (Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 2013), and more recently, the development and implementation of new control techniques which have increased the duty cycle of the Advanced LIGO detectors (Class. Quant. Grav. 24, 2020).
Over the past several years my research has expanded to include cutting-edge investigations into fundamental physics problems by harnessing the precision measurement techniques perfected for gravitational wave detection. Here at Cardiff, we are building high power, co-located laser interferometers which we'll use to search for quantization of spacetime, dark matter, and ultra-high-frequency GWs (Class. Quant. Grav. 38, 2020) as part of the UK Quantum Interferometry consortium. I am also applying my intimate understanding of the complexities of GW detectors, particularly related to the interaction of the seismic isolation and angular control subsystems, to guide the design of future GW detectors (Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 2018).
Teaching
Before arriving at Cardiff University in 2018, I taught the introductory physics sequence covering mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and waves for honors students at the U. of Mississippi (USA), as well as a course to bring new physics students up to speed with the mathematical skills necessary for success in physics.
One of my teaching projects at Cardiff has been the creation of a new MSc/year 4 module (PXT901) about precision measurement techniques and the design of laser interferometers for gravitational-wave detectors. I am also teaching year 3 Statistical Mechanics (PX3249).
Biography
Professional appointments
- 2022–present: Professor, Cardiff University
- 2018–2022: Reader, Cardiff University and Research Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
- 2015–2017: Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
- 2014–2015: Postdoctoral researcher, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
- 2011–2014: Postdoctoral researcher, Albert-Einstein-Institute (Max-Plank-Institut für Gravitationsphysik), Hannover, Germany
Education
- PhD in Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL U.S.A., 2011
- BA in Physics, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY U.S.A., 2006
Honors and Awards
- Philip Leverhulme Prize, 2018
- National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, 2017
- Gruber Cosmology Prize "for the first detection of gravitational waves," 2016
- Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, "recognizing scientists and engineers contributing to the momentous detection of gravitational waves," 2016
- National Science Foundation (NSF) award to fund the project entitled, "A Tilt-Free Seismometer for Advanced Gravitational-wave Detectors," 2016-2021
- American Physical Society (APS) award to start a Women in Physics group at the U. of Mississippi, 2015
- Tom Scott Award, U. of Florida "awarded annually to a senior graduate student in experimental physics who has shown distinction in research," 2010
- LIGO Student Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 2008-2009
- AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2007
Professional Memberships and Service
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2007-present)
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration Council (2015-2019)
- Einstein Telescope Collaboration (2018-present)
- Co-chair of the ET "Low-frequency control noise" working group (2021-2023)
- Co-chair of the LIGO Academic Advisory Committee (2018-2020)
- American Physical Society
- Phi Beta Kappa Society, America's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society
- Sigma Xi, an international honour society of science and engineering
Supervisions
I've supervised the following students:
PhD students
- Abhinav Patra (2021-present): improving the seismic isolation of Advanced LIGO
- William Griffiths (2019-2023): output mode cleaner for observational quantum gravity
Master's students
- Camillo Cocchieri, University of Pisa and University of Mississippi (2015-2018): experimental design of a suspension for a tilt-free seismometer
- Mohammad Afrough, University of Mississippi. Thesis title: "A Thermal Enclosure Prototype for a Suspended Inertial Sensor" (Dec. 2017)
Undergraduate students
- Justin Ryan, U. of Mississippi (2017): transfer function measurements of inertial sensors
- Zachary Sabata, U. of Nebraska (2017): measurement of polarizing beam splitter losses
- Veronica Leccese, U. of Pisa (2016): current driver design and construction of a three-mirror mode cleaning cavity
- Bryce Wedig, Kenyon College (2016): measurement of polarizing beam splitter losses
- Jared Wofford, U. of Mississippi (2015-2016): front-end electronics for a quadrant photo-diode
- Alessandra Marrocchesi, U. of Pisa (2015): model, design and construction of an inverted pendulum
- Megan Kelley, UCSB (2015): design and construction of an actively controlled thermal enclosure
- Stephanie Moon, Caltech (2014-2015): design and modal analysis of a suspension cage
High School students
- Sayeed Hossain, Spackenkill HS, USA (2024-present): tabletop Michelson interferometer
- Sam Kelson, Spackenkill HS, USA (2019-2021): effect of optical losses in a Michelson interferometer
- Anneke Buskes, Oxford HS, USA (2017): design and construction of analog readout for a quadrant photodiode
- Niamke Buchanan, Oxford HS, USA (2016): Mathematica-based model of a pendulum
Current supervision
Contact Details
DooleyK@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29206 88914
Queen's Buildings - North Building, Room N/1.12, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
+44 29206 88914
Queen's Buildings - North Building, Room N/1.12, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
Research themes
Specialisms
- gravitational waves
