Gravitational wave data analysis
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
working on the gravitational waves
People |
ORCID iD |
Ik Heng (Primary Supervisor) | |
Rachel Gray (Student) |
Publications
Abbott B
(2020)
Model comparison from LIGO-Virgo data on GW170817's binary components and consequences for the merger remnant
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abbott BP
(2020)
Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA.
in Living reviews in relativity
Gray R
(2022)
A pixelated approach to galaxy catalogue incompleteness: improving the dark siren measurement of the Hubble constant
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Abbott B
(2019)
Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO's first two observing runs
in Physical Review D
Abbott R
(2020)
GW190412: Observation of a binary-black-hole coalescence with asymmetric masses
in Physical Review D
Buikema A
(2020)
Sensitivity and performance of the Advanced LIGO detectors in the third observing run
in Physical Review D
Abbott B
(2019)
Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1
in Physical Review D
Abbott B
(2019)
Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run
in Physical Review D
Gray R
(2020)
Cosmological inference using gravitational wave standard sirens: A mock data analysis
in Physical Review D
Abbott B
(2019)
All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the second Advanced LIGO observing run
in Physical Review D
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST/R504750/1 | 30/09/2017 | 29/09/2021 | |||
1947165 | Studentship | ST/R504750/1 | 30/09/2017 | 30/03/2021 | Rachel Gray |
Description | LSC |
Organisation | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Development of a new methodology and the gwcosmo Python package for gravitational wave cosmology. Analysis of LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave data. General knowledge of gravitational wave cosmology. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in all aspects of gravitational wave data analysis, including cosmology. Development of the gwcosmo Python package for gravitational wave cosmology. |
Impact | To be filled in later. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Title | gwcosmo |
Description | A Python package to estimate cosmological parameters using gravitational-wave observations. Currently the package is freely available to use but does not have a licence so cannot be redistributed. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Produced results for these papers, amongst others. "Cosmological Inference using Gravitational Wave Standard Sirens: A Mock Data Analysis" R. Gray et. al. Phys. Rev. D 101, 122001 (2020) "A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo", The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration. |
URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.06060 |
Description | Explorathon 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Institute for Gravitational Research at Glasgow University had a stall at the Explorathon. This was a public event which brought together researchers from many different disciplines, who communicated their research to several hundred members of the public over the course of two days. This generated greater interest and understanding in the research being carried out locally. Many attendees asked where they could find more detailed about our research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.explorathon.co.uk/glasgow/ |