Investigations in gravitational radiation
Lead Research Organisation:
Cardiff University
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
See award number ST/I000887/1
Publications
Abbott B
(2017)
Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abbott BP
(2018)
GW170817: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Compact Binary Coalescences.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2017)
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2017)
Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2017)
GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2017)
Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run.
in Physical review letters
Adrián-Martínez S
(2013)
A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Ajith P
(2012)
The NINJA-2 catalog of hybrid post-Newtonian/numerical-relativity waveforms for non-precessing black-hole binaries
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Albert A
(2017)
Search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW151226 and candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube
in Physical Review D
| Title | Gravitational Wave Artwork Infinite LIGO Dreams |
| Description | Painting inspired by first detection of gravitational waves. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | The Institute of Physics Scotland will be awarding 5 special edition prints 'Infinite LIGO Dreams' to winners of a science award that will be presented in the summer of 2017. Featured by Physics World http://blog.physicsworld.com/2016/11/24/the-beauty-of-gravitational-waves/ Featured by CERN Courier http://cerncourier.com/cws/download/Jan-Feb17 |
| Description | Analysis algorithms and pipelines for the detection of gravitational aves. Simulation and modelling of gravitational wave sources such binary black holes and binary neutron stars. |
| Exploitation Route | Developed algorithms will be used in the analysis of LIGO data. |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | Long Term Attachment |
| Amount | £4,882 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/N504002/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2016 |
| End | 04/2019 |
| Description | Long Term Attachment |
| Amount | £9,702 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/K501931/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Royal Society University Research Fellowship |
| Amount | £803,198 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 516002.K5869/R OG |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2007 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | STFC Advanced Fellowship |
| Amount | £548,111 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/H008438/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2010 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | GEO600 |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | Physics and Astronomy Department |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Building the detector, maintaining the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
| Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
| Description | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
| Organisation | LIGO |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Search algorithms and software, data analysis and astrophysical interpretation, scientific motivation for improvement in detector sensitivity |
| Collaborator Contribution | Building and maintaining the LIGO detectors |
| Impact | Publications, conference plenaries, conference contributions |
| Title | Gravitational Wave Search Software |
| Description | Software to perform searches for gravitational waves associated with astrophysical triggers. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2010 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Used for many observational results publications by LIGO. |
| URL | https://trac.ligo.caltech.edu/xpipeline/ |
| Title | Gravitational Wave Search Software |
| Description | Software to perform searches for gravitational waves emitted by merging black holes and neutron stars. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This software was used in the detection of gravitational waves. |
| URL | https://github.com/ligo-cbc/pycbc |
| Description | "Star Attractions at the Museum" at National Museum Cardiff |
| 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 | Public talk on gravitational waves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Ascoltare le voci dell'Universo (Listening the voices of the Universe) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Ascoltare le voci dell'Universo (Listening the voices of the Universe), a two-hour invited outreach talk on gravitational waves and their first detection given at the liceo scientifico statale Nomentano (Nomentano high school), Rome, Italy [01/06/2016] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Black Hole Hunter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is an on-line game that is on display at every major/minor outreach activity undertaken by members of the 1000-strong LIGO Scientific Collaboration. It has been translated to German, French and Spain and attracts of 1000's of unique hits every year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Black hole hunter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Developed the Black Hole Hunter game to give the public insight into how gravitational wave searches are performed. The game was updated at the time of the first gravitational wave detection. It has had over 50000 page views since the detectio, and 14000 unique visitors since the detection. Tens of thousands of members of the public have played the game. It is widely used in outreach exhibits around the world and has been translated into French, Spanish and German |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | http://blackholehunter.org/ |
| Description | Can you hear black holes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | AThis was a Royal Society Summer exhibition. An estimated 4000 people passed through our stand in 3 days. Exhibits were developed and in particular the online black hole hunger game was developed for the exhibition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Hay Festival, 30 June 2016, Hay-on-Wye, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on gravitational wave discovery at Hay Festival, 30 June 2016, Hay-on-Wye, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Interview - LIGO detects whispers of another black-hole merger, Nature, 15 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in Nature article. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Interview - The black-hole collision that reshaped physics, Nature, 23 March 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for Nature article. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Relativita, Festival Delle Scienze, 22 May 2016 Rome, Italy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participated in science festival. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Scienceface interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2017.09.22 Einstein's former summer house, Caputh, Germany: Interviewed on film for a new episode of the Scienceface series; film presently being edited for publication later in 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| Description | The First Ever Detection of Gravitational Waves |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Short video describing the first observation of gravitational waves. Posted on YouTube and viewed by over 10,000 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcxt097G4Ps |
| Description | The First Sounds of the Cosmic Symphony |
| 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 First Sounds of the Cosmic Symphony, a stand-up talk on gravitational-wave research activity for the general public, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff [14/10/2016] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Video - LIGO: past, present and future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | LIGO scientists at Cardiff talk about the historic first ever detection of gravitational waves. Looking to the future, they speak about the prospect of a new era of "gravitational wave astronomy". Viewed by more than 1200 people to date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhI57b9JOc |