Gravitational-wave Research
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
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Organisations
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY (Lead Research Organisation)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Collaboration)
- University of the Balearic Islands (Collaboration)
Publications
Vermeulen S
(2021)
Direct limits for scalar field dark matter from a gravitational-wave detector
in Nature
Soares-Santos M
(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
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Romero-Shaw I
(2020)
Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with bilby : validation and application to the first LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rich Abbott
(2021)
Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
in SoftwareX
Relton P
(2022)
Addressing the challenges of detecting time-overlapping compact binary coalescences
in Physical Review D
Relton P
(2021)
Parameter estimation bias from overlapping binary black hole events in second generation interferometers
in Physical Review D
Qi H
(2021)
Python-based reduced order quadrature building code for fast gravitational wave inference
in Physical Review D
Morisaki Soichiro
(2020)
Prompt and accurate sky localization of gravitational-wave sources
in Gamma-ray Bursts in the Gravitational Wave Era 2019
Description | Advanced LIGO Operations Support |
Amount | £1,259,847 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V001337/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Exploring the Gravitational-wave Universe |
Amount | £1,859,398 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V005618/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2021 |
End | 09/2024 |
Description | GEO600 |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
Description | GEO600 |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
Description | GEO600 |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
Description | GEO600 |
Organisation | University of the Balearic Islands |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
Description | GEO600 |
Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating 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 Scientific Collaboration |
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, maintaining, and operating the LIGO detectors |
Impact | Publications, conference plenaries, conference contributions |
Title | Gravitational Wave Analysis Software |
Description | Software to perform parameter estimation and model selection, especially (but not limited to) for gravitational waves emitted by merging black holes and neutron stars. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Next generation software to be used by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration in the analysis of gravitational waves. |
URL | https://lscsoft.docs.ligo.org/bilby/index.html |
Description | Interview for national and international news |
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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview in both print media (BBC, The Guardian) and local TV (BBC Wales) on gravitational-wave analysis results. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57639520 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/29/gravitational-waves-from-star-eating-black-holes-detected-on-earth |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57639520 |
Description | Presentations at the Cardiff University Open Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentations to prospective undergraduate students at the Cardiff University Open Day, Cardiff, UK. Title: Exploding stars, black holes and gravitational waves. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
Description | Public outreach presentation at the Cardiff, Bristol and Bath Astronomical Societies |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation on gravitational-wave research titled "Stellar-size Black holes" at a joint event of the Bath, Bristol and Cardiff astronomical societies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extreme-stellar-environments-tickets-169977235487 |