Selected Publications
The following publications report on studies I was directly involved in, analyzed data for, or contributed text, figures, and data products to:
GWPy version 0.10.0
Published in Zenodo.org, 2018
This is GWPy release version 0.10.0.
Recommended citation: D. Macleod, A. L. Urban, S. Coughlin, T. J. Massinger, J. Areeda, E. Quintero, and The Gitter Badger. (2018). gwpy/gwpy: 0.10.0 (Version v0.10.0). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1220581
Reconstructing the calibrated strain signal in the Advanced LIGO detectors
Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2018
This paper documents the calibration scheme used to reconstruct strain data during Advanced LIGO.
Recommended citation: A. D. Viets, M. Wade, A. L. Urban, S. Kandhasamy, J. Betzwieser, Duncan A. Brown, J. Burguet-Castell, C. Cahillane, E. Goetz, K. Izumi, S. Karki, J. S. Kissel, G. Mendell, R. L. Savage, X. Siemens, D. Tuyenbayev, and A. J. Weinstein. (2018). "Reconstructing the calibrated strain signal in the Advanced LIGO detectors,” CQG 35 (9). http://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aab658
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
Published in Physical Review Letters, 2017
This paper reports the first direct detection of a binary neutron star inspiral at 40 Mpc.
Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2017). "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral,” Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 119, p. 161101. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101
Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A
Published in Astrophysical Journal, 2017
This paper reports the first gamma-ray burst observed in coincidence with a gravitational wave signal.
Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2017). "Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A,” ApJ vol. 848, no. 2. http://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c
GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence
Published in Physical Review Letters, 2017
This paper reports the first observation of a gravitational wave signal by the Virgo detector in Cascina, Italy.
Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2017). “GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence,” Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 119, p. 141101. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.141101
GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2
Published in Physical Review Letters, 2017
This is the highest-redshift binary black hole merger observed to date.
Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2017). “GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2,” Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 118, p. 221101. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.221101
GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence
Published in Physical Review Letters, 2016
The second binary black hole merger observed, which occurred on my birthday :)
Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2016). “GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence,” Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 116, p. 241103. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241103
Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914
Published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2016
A report on optical, radio, and high-energy follow-up of the gravitational wave signal GW150914.
Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al., “Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914,” ApJL, vol. 826, p. L13. http://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
Published in Physical Review Letters, 2016
The first direct detection of gravitational waves, from a stellar-mass binary black hole merger.
Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2016). “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger,” Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 116, p. 061102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102
The First Two Years of Electromagnetic Follow-up with Advanced LIGO and Virgo
Published in Astrophysical Journal, 2014
This paper is a comprehensive look at sky map morphologies expected in the first two years of Advanced LIGO, including a catalogue of simulated sky maps for astronomers.
Recommended citation: L. P. Singer, L. R. Price, B. Farr, A. L. Urban, C. Pankow, S. Vitale, J. Veitch, W. M. Farr, C. Hanna, K. Cannon, T. Downes, P. Graff, C.-J. Haster, I. Mandel, T. Sidery, and A. Vecchio, “The First Two Years of Electromagnetic Follow-up with Advanced LIGO and Virgo,” ApJ, vol. 795, p. 105. http://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/795/2/105
Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA
Published in Living Reviews in Relativity, 2013
The observing scenarios envisioned for the era of advanced gravitational wave detectors.
Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2016). “Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA,” Living Rev. Rel. 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0012-9