Investigations in Gravitational Radiation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Einstein's General Relativity predicts that dynamical systems in strong gravitational fields will emit vast amounts of energy in the form of gravitational waves (GW). These are ripples in the very fabric of spacetime that travel from their sources at the speed of light, carrying information about physical processes responsible for their emission. They are among the most elusive signals from the deepest reaches in the Universe.
In September 2015, during the 1st Advanced LIGO observing run, gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes were discovered using the LIGO observatories. The detection of GW150914 resulted in the award of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics with explicit recognition of the role of the UK as a critical part of the global team.
In August 2017, during the 2nd observing run, LIGO and Virgo detected the first gravitational wave signal from the collision of two neutron stars. GW170817 was observed in coincidence with a gamma-ray burst (GRB) as well as signals across the electromagnetic spectrum, including the optical and infra-red signature of a kilonova. These discoveries have established a new paradigm of multi-messenger astrophysics
The 3rd observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (AdV), O3, started on 1st April 2019 and ended in March 2020 during the end of which time the Japanese KAGRA instrument joined the observing network.
Modelling GW sources has allowed deeper searches and data from LIGO, Virgo, and GEO have increased our understanding of astronomical phenomena.
We are now able to make regular observations of GWs. To date close to 60 observations of coalescing objects, with an unexpectedly wide range of masses, have been made, with event rates being approximately 1 per week. We now have evidence for the existence of black hole/neutron star binaries, the existence of objects in the mass gap between accepted neutron star masses and black hole masses and the first real experimental evidence for the existence of intermediate mass black holes.
The aLIGO detectors are based on the quasi-monolithic silica suspension concept developed in the UK for GEO600 and on the high-power lasers developed by our German colleagues in GEO600. The AdV detector also uses a variant of the silica suspension technology. Further, KAGRA is being built with input on cryogenic bonding technology from the UK groups.
The consortium groups have led searches for astronomical sources, thanks to funding support received, since first data taking runs began 18 years ago. Key ingredients of several searches were developed at Glasgow.
We propose a programme that exploits data from aLIGO, AdV, and KAGRA building on our analysis of data from the most recent LIGO/Virgo science runs.
In particular we will observe and analyse signals from the LIGO / Virgo/ KAGRA detector network with particular emphasis on compact binary inference, population and cosmological measurements - measurement of the Hubble Constant and tests of General Relativity, application of machine learning techniques for increased efficiency in modelling signals. performing searches etc and the search for gravitational wave emission from neutron stars.
In parallel, we propose essential detector R&D. Detector sensitivity is mainly limited by thermal noise associated with the substrates of the mirrors, their reflective coatings, and their suspension elements, as well as by noise resulting from the quantum nature of the light used in sensing. Our research is targeted towards making innovative improvements in these areas, essential to maximize the astrophysical potential of GW observatories.
We have major responsibilities for the silica suspensions in aLIGO, and in the development of enhancements and upgrades to the aLIGO detectors (to form aLIGO+), along with R&D in the areas of mirror coatings for low thermal noise, silicon substrates, cryogenic suspensions and improved interferometer topologies to combat quantum noise.
In September 2015, during the 1st Advanced LIGO observing run, gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes were discovered using the LIGO observatories. The detection of GW150914 resulted in the award of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics with explicit recognition of the role of the UK as a critical part of the global team.
In August 2017, during the 2nd observing run, LIGO and Virgo detected the first gravitational wave signal from the collision of two neutron stars. GW170817 was observed in coincidence with a gamma-ray burst (GRB) as well as signals across the electromagnetic spectrum, including the optical and infra-red signature of a kilonova. These discoveries have established a new paradigm of multi-messenger astrophysics
The 3rd observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (AdV), O3, started on 1st April 2019 and ended in March 2020 during the end of which time the Japanese KAGRA instrument joined the observing network.
Modelling GW sources has allowed deeper searches and data from LIGO, Virgo, and GEO have increased our understanding of astronomical phenomena.
We are now able to make regular observations of GWs. To date close to 60 observations of coalescing objects, with an unexpectedly wide range of masses, have been made, with event rates being approximately 1 per week. We now have evidence for the existence of black hole/neutron star binaries, the existence of objects in the mass gap between accepted neutron star masses and black hole masses and the first real experimental evidence for the existence of intermediate mass black holes.
The aLIGO detectors are based on the quasi-monolithic silica suspension concept developed in the UK for GEO600 and on the high-power lasers developed by our German colleagues in GEO600. The AdV detector also uses a variant of the silica suspension technology. Further, KAGRA is being built with input on cryogenic bonding technology from the UK groups.
The consortium groups have led searches for astronomical sources, thanks to funding support received, since first data taking runs began 18 years ago. Key ingredients of several searches were developed at Glasgow.
We propose a programme that exploits data from aLIGO, AdV, and KAGRA building on our analysis of data from the most recent LIGO/Virgo science runs.
In particular we will observe and analyse signals from the LIGO / Virgo/ KAGRA detector network with particular emphasis on compact binary inference, population and cosmological measurements - measurement of the Hubble Constant and tests of General Relativity, application of machine learning techniques for increased efficiency in modelling signals. performing searches etc and the search for gravitational wave emission from neutron stars.
In parallel, we propose essential detector R&D. Detector sensitivity is mainly limited by thermal noise associated with the substrates of the mirrors, their reflective coatings, and their suspension elements, as well as by noise resulting from the quantum nature of the light used in sensing. Our research is targeted towards making innovative improvements in these areas, essential to maximize the astrophysical potential of GW observatories.
We have major responsibilities for the silica suspensions in aLIGO, and in the development of enhancements and upgrades to the aLIGO detectors (to form aLIGO+), along with R&D in the areas of mirror coatings for low thermal noise, silicon substrates, cryogenic suspensions and improved interferometer topologies to combat quantum noise.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- Tongji University (Collaboration)
- European Gravitational Observatory (Collaboration)
- California Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences (Collaboration)
- ETH Zurich (Collaboration)
- Hubei University of Education (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- Sun Yat-sen University (Collaboration)
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration (Collaboration)
- LIGO (Collaboration)
- Penn State University (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- Shandong University (Collaboration)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- INFN Sezione di Perugia (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- University Libre Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB) (Collaboration)
- Cardiff University (Collaboration)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Collaboration)
- Australia Telescope National Facility (Collaboration)
- INFN Sezione di Pisa (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- Australian Research Council (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Collaboration)
- Syracuse University (Collaboration)
- Tsinghua University China (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Collaboration)
- Maastricht University (UM) (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef (Collaboration)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- California State University, Fullerton (Collaboration)
- Changchun University (Collaboration)
- Beijing Normal University (Collaboration)
Publications
Cooper S
(2021)
An interactive gravitational-wave detector model for museums and fairs
in American Journal of Physics
Brooks AF
(2021)
Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO.
in Applied optics
Ubhi A
(2022)
Active platform stabilization with a 6D seismometer
in Applied Physics Letters
Marchant P
(2021)
The role of mass transfer and common envelope evolution in the formation of merging binary black holes
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Abbott R
(2022)
Search for intermediate-mass black hole binaries in the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bavera S
(2021)
The impact of mass-transfer physics on the observable properties of field binary black hole populations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Soni S
(2021)
Discovering features in gravitational-wave data through detector characterization, citizen science and machine learning
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Spencer A
(2021)
Experimental investigation of the limitations of polarisation optics for future gravitational wave detectors based on the polarisation Sagnac speedmeter
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abernathy M
(2021)
Exploration of co-sputtered Ta 2 O 5 -ZrO 2 thin films for gravitational-wave detectors
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
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| PI Contribution | Cosmic Explorer is a plan for a U.S. third-generation gravitational-wave observatory that aims to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than Advanced LIGO. At this sensitivity, Cosmic Explorer will be able to answer questions from the smallest scales of fundamental physics to the largest scales of cosmology. The purpose of the Cosmic Explorer Consortium is to provide an open and efficient way for members of the international physics and astronomy communities to contribute to the conceptualization of Cosmic Explorer, its design, and its future use. We are active in this collaboration, particularly in the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have much expertise. We also contribute to the science case for the detector. |
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| Start Year | 2020 |
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| Organisation | Syracuse University |
| Country | United States |
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| PI Contribution | Cosmic Explorer is a plan for a U.S. third-generation gravitational-wave observatory that aims to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than Advanced LIGO. At this sensitivity, Cosmic Explorer will be able to answer questions from the smallest scales of fundamental physics to the largest scales of cosmology. The purpose of the Cosmic Explorer Consortium is to provide an open and efficient way for members of the international physics and astronomy communities to contribute to the conceptualization of Cosmic Explorer, its design, and its future use. We are active in this collaboration, particularly in the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have much expertise. We also contribute to the science case for the detector. |
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| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
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| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | Cardiff University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Organisation | European Gravitational Observatory |
| Country | Italy |
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| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | INFN Sezione di Pisa |
| Country | Italy |
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| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | Maastricht University (UM) |
| Country | Netherlands |
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| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Country | Italy |
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| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
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| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Country | Japan |
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| Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | University Libre Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB) |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
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| Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
| Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
| Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Beijing Normal University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Cardiff University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Changchun University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Hubei University of Education |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Shandong University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Sun Yat-Sen University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Tongji University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Tsinghua University China |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science 2009 |
| Organisation | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
| Department | National Institutes of Natural Science |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our contribution was vital in the characterisation of the thermal noise performance of experiments in Japan targeted at observing non classical optical quantum effects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship was awarded to Dr. Stuart Reid in 2009, to fund a 5 week placement at the National Institutes of Natural Science (Tokyo, Japan), with the aim to characterise fused silica mirror suspensions (10 mm length silica fibre, 20 mg mirror) to verify that the level of Brownian thermal noise was sufficiently low for the direct observation of non classical optical quantum effects. Enhanced links with the Japanese and Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope groups which will stimulate further collaboration on suspension R&D particularly in transferring LCGT expertise to the ET community (e.g. cryogenics, underground facilities). |
| Impact | International Joint Project Award scheme RSE/Scottish Executive Personal Research Fellowship Fused silica suspension fibres for application in technology Fused silica suspension fibres for gravitational wave detectors Berlin 2009 GWADW 2009 Amaldi 2009 RAS NAM 2009 GWADW 2009 RAS NAM 2008 Texas 2008 Moscow 2008 Schuster Colloquium Elizabeth Spreadbury Lecture RSE Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship Wolfson Research Merit Award Tannahill Lecture and Medal RSE Grants Committee RSE Sectional Committee PF PhD FB PhD KC Ugrad LO Ugrad RD Ugrad LM Ugrad LMac Ugrad AB Ugrad EWB Ugrad DF PhD ST Staff BL Staff HW PhD KB RA SF Staff KS staff LSF staff ZP Ugrad DH PhD RU Ugrad NH Ugrad MC Ugrad SL Ugrad NG Ugrad CS PhD OB PhD OB PhD MB PhD EJ Ugrad RM Ugrad RW Ugrad SJ Ugrad SL Ugrad |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | LSC |
| Organisation | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The LSC carries out the science of the LIGO Observatories, located in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana as well as that of the GEO600 detector in Hannover, Germany. Our collaboration is organized around three general areas of research: analysis of LIGO and GEO data searching for gravitational waves from astrophysical sources, detector operations and characterization, and development of future large scale gravitational wave detectors. As evidenced by our outputs that emerge from this collaboration, we contribute strongly to these three areas. In particular we develop low-noise suspension technology and design new optical techniques for the detectors. We also contribute strongly to data analysis particularly in the searches for pulsars and "ringing down" of newly formed black holes. One of our most significant contributions in the area of data analysis has been in the application of Bayesian techniques to parameter estimation in gravitational wave searches. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) is a group of scientists seeking to make the first direct detection of gravitational waves, use them to explore the fundamental physics of gravity, and develop the emerging field of gravitational wave science as a tool of astronomical discovery. The LSC works toward this goal through research on, and development of techniques for, gravitational wave detection; and the development, commissioning and exploitation of gravitational wave detectors. Membership of the LSC fundamentally enables our research. It provides access to gravitational wave data, opportunities to contribute to instrument upgrades, and training for our graduate students, and is the primary locus for application of our technology developments. As the World-leading collaboration in the field membership of the LSC is vital to our ongoing research. Collaborators operate the four LSC detectors to produce gravitational wave data. With us they archive this and enable us to access it for analysis. The collaboration carries out joint analysis of the data from all four instruments. Collaborators host our equipment at the detectors, and also at test facilities at which we undertake joint technology developments, supplementing those we carry out in Glasgow. Collaborators provide training in the operation of detectors, and detector subsystems. Within the technical working groups set up by the collaboration, there is exchange of ideas on advanced interferometer techniques and topologies, on data analysis, on laser sources, on optics, including optical coatings and thermal noise, and on suspension technology. |
| Impact | Philip Leverhulme Prize RCUK Fellowship Post-doctoral Fellowship EC Framework 7 Infrastructures program International Joint Project Award scheme Travel grant RCUK Science Bridges RCUK Science Bridges Seedcorn grant Research Merit Award JISC Grant SUPA Studentship Science in Society Fellowship RSE/Scottish Executive Personal Research Fellowship MP FS AH MB SR Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2008 Appearance on Radio 4 programme "In our time" Appearance on BBC One Countryfile Regular visits to local schools Public lectures at Science Centres and Science Festivals Events for International Year of Astronomy 2009 Lectures to amateur astronomical societies Meet the Scientist @ Glasgow Science Centre Science @ the Scottish Parliament Astronomy's New Messengers Icarus at the Edge of Time CPD Training for schoolteachers ScienceFace Scottish Science Advisory Council Technology Development Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for technology applications Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for research Fused silica suspension fibres for application in technology Fused silica suspension fibres for gravitational wave detectors Bayesian Techniques in precision optical sensing Bayesian Techniques in gravitational wave data analysis Amplitude or arbitrary phase sideband optical cavity probes Technology Development Diffractively coupled high finesse optical cavities Silicon Carbide bonding Berlin 2009 GWADW 2009 Amaldi 2009 RAS NAM 2009 GWADW 2009 RAS NAM 2008 Texas 2008 Moscow 2008 Schuster Colloquium Elizabeth Spreadbury Lecture RSE Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship Wolfson Research Merit Award Tannahill Lecture and Medal Fellow ISGRGI FRSE (1) FInstP (1) FRAS (1) FRSE (2) Max-Planck-Society FRAS (2) History and Development of Knowledge IOP Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference Advanced Detector Workshop Kyoto LISA Symposium Stanford Optical Fibre Sensors Edinburgh Advanced Detector Workshop Florida Gravitational Wave Bursts meeting Mexico ILIAS Dresden IoP NPPD conference Glasgow 12th Marcel Grossman meeting Paris Lomonosov conference Moscow Advanced Detector Workshop Florida GR19 Meeting Mexico LISA International Symposium Stanford OECD Global Science Forum India IAU Rio de Janeiro Amaldi NY Fujihara Seminar Tokyo OECD Global Science Forum Cracow NEB X111 Thessaloniki New Worlds Portugal PASCOS 07 London LEOS Montreal XX1X Spanish Relativity Meeting Mallorca Rencontres de Moriond Italy Texas Symposium Heidelberg Aspera Workshop Paris IoP HEPP and AP Annual Meeting Frontiers in Optics, OSA, San Jose Amaldi NY Fujiwara Foundation Seminar Japan Advanced Detector Workshop Florida IoP Astroparticle meeting Oxford Cosmo 07 Sussex Aspera Workshop Paris Workshop on Charging Issues MIT IoP NPPD Annual conference Surrey RAS ordinary meeting London ILIAS Italy IAU General Assembly Prague NPPD Conference Glasgow Statistical Challenges Penn State Amaldi student talk Visiting Professorship Jena STFC Particle Astrophysics Advisory panel Physical and Engineering Committee of ESF SSAC Chair GWIC Chair STFC Panels Royal Society Research Grants Panel Aspera/ApPEC Science Advisory Committee Trustee RSE RSE Fellowship Committee IoP Awards Committee Chair LIGO Election & Membership GWIC Deputy Chair PPAN RSE Grants Committee RSE Sectional Committee Stanford-Scotland Photonics GEO Executive Committee FP7 ET Design Study Member STFC Science Committee PPAN GWIC Roadmap committee STFC Oversight Committee Zeplin III Aspera/ApPEC Peer Review Committee Governing Council FP6 ILIAS Aspera/ApPEC Roadmap Committee Advanced Detector committee LSC Publication Policy committee LSC LSC CW Group co-Chair reelected SUPA Astro theme leader LSC CW Group co-chair LSC Detection Committee LSC Data Analysis Council FRSE Aspen Center for Physics 2008 Aspen Center for Physics 2011 Advanced Detectors Workshop Kyoto Cosmic Co-Motion Queensland SAMSI North Carolina Center for Astrostatistics Penn State RAS NAM Llandudno Cosmology and Machine Learning UCL ILIAS Dresden PF PhD FB PhD KC Ugrad LO Ugrad RD Ugrad LM Ugrad LMac Ugrad AB Ugrad EWB Ugrad DF PhD ST Staff BL Staff HW PhD KB RA SF Staff KS staff LSF staff ZP Ugrad DH PhD RU Ugrad NH Ugrad MC Ugrad SL Ugrad NG Ugrad CS PhD OB PhD OB PhD MB PhD EJ Ugrad RM Ugrad RW Ugrad SJ Ugrad SL Ugrad BL Staff BG Ugrad AP PhD PS staff VM staff LG Staff CC PhD SZ Ugrad NM PhD MJ staff AG PhD FGC PhD |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | Australia Telescope National Facility |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | Australian Research Council |
| Department | Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | LIGO |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Department | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION |
| Description | An acceleration measuring device is disclosed, for use as a gravimeter or gradiometer for example. The device has a support and a proof mass, connected to each other by at flexures allowing displacement of the proof mass relative to the support. The support defines a space for displacement of the proof mass. The device is configured so that the modulus of the gradient of the force-displacement curve of the proof mass decreases with increasing displacement, for at least part of the force-displacement curve. This is the so-called anti-spring effect. The resonant frequency of oscillation of the proof mass is determined at least in part by the orientation of the device relative to the direction of the force due to gravity. The proof mass is capable of oscillating with a resonant frequency of 10 Hz or less. The proof mass has a mass of less than 1 gram. |
| IP Reference | WO2016030435 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | This patent was filed in August 2015 and we will work with end users to consider licensing/spin out opportunities. We are currently engaging with a design & manufacturing company to build a field unit, and a micro-nanofabrication company to develop wafer scale processing. Several devices are now installed on Mt Etna as a demonstration of the worlds first MEMS gravimeter array. |
| Title | Nessai: nested sampling with artificial intelligence |
| Description | Nessai is nested sampling algorithm for Bayesian Inference that incorporates machine learning. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This software provides an alternative tool for Bayesian Inference and it has been shown to reduce computation time by up to a factor of four compared to standard methods used in the field. |
| URL | https://github.com/mj-will/nessai |
| Title | transientlunatic/asimov: v0.3.2 |
| Description | Automation toolkit for gravitational wave analyses |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Used in the analysis of GW events in the GWTC-2, GWTC-2.1, and GWTC-3.0 catalogue papers. |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4024432 |
| Description | BBarr build a detector workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Outreach within our existing collaboration network to undergraduate students in India. Provided real-researcher experience to students who were tasked to design their own gravitational wave detector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | DWilliams Talk to Milngavie University of the Third Age |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk given to small group of members of general public on developments in GW astronomy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Glasgow University Astronomy Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | About 30 students and members of the public attended a talk on Gravitational Wave Astronomy. The talk sparked interesting questions and discussions and some undergraduate students have applied to study for PhD qualifications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | IntoUniversity Maryhill Hub |
| 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 | In collaboration with the IntoUniversity charity, I organised two events aimed at widening participation in university among children with disadvantaged backgrounds. The total reach was around 50 students in primary 6, from the Maryhill area of Glasgow. There were many questions and the students were later taken to visit the university by the IntoUniversity team. The students reported increased interest in studying STEM subjects at university. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | MHendry "2020 Vision": online talk for IOP Scotland Seniors group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Talk for IOP Scotland Seniors Group, on the Physics of 2121. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry "Hubble Trouble" talk for Highland Astronomical Society, 02/03/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online lecture for Highland Astronomical Society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry "Tales from the Darkside": talk for Abriachan Forest Trust, Inverness, 25/02/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Tales from the Darkside": talk for Abriachan Forest Trust, Inverness, delivered as part of Scottish Year of Storytelling, 25/02/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MHendry "Tomorrow's World": online talk for Institute of Physics Stirling Physics Meeting, 21/06/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online talk for schoolteachers participating in the Institute of Physics Scotland Stirling Physics Meeting 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Café Scientifique talk on the James Webb Space Telescope, for Café Sci Glasgow programme, 07/02/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Café Scientifique talk on the James Webb Space Telescope, for Café Sci Glasgow programme, delivered online, 07/02/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MHendry David Elder Lecture, Glasgow Science Centre, on "Einstein's Universe", 24/02/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | David Elder Lecture, Glasgow Science Centre, on "Einstein's Universe", delivered in-person and livestreamed online, 24/02/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MHendry Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe, 02/03/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Online talk on cosmology and astrophysics content of A-level Physics syllabus for students in Cumbria |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe, 09/03/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Online talk on cosmology and astrophysics content of Higher Physics syllabus for students in East Dunbartonshire Schools |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Global announcement of GWTC-3: third catalog of gravitational-wave events detected by the LIGO Virgo KAGRA detector network, 7/11/2021 |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Coordination, as chair of LIGO Scientific Collaboration Communications and Education Division, of announcement of GWTC-3: third catalog of gravitational-wave events detected by the LIGO Virgo KAGRA detector network, 7/11/2021. Strong global media engagement (e.g. >1M twitter impressions) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ligo.org/detections/O3bcatalog.php |
| Description | MHendry Global announcement of detections of two neutron star black hole mergers, 29/06/2021 |
| 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 | Coordination, as chair of LIGO Scientific Collaboration Communications and Education Division, of announcement of detections of two neutron star black hole mergers, 29/06/2021. Strong global media engagement (e.g. >1M twitter impressions) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ligo.org/detections/NSBH2020.php |
| Description | MHendry LIGO Virgo KAGRA webinar on "Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion Rate", 09/12/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Webinar presenting results from GWTC-3 analysis of constraints on the cosmic expansion rate, presented on Zoom and live-streamed to YouTube, 09/12/2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu8iiJpLiiw |
| Description | MHendry LISA Canada workshop talk, 27/04/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop highlight LISA Consortium Advocacy and Outreach activities to participants in LISA Canada meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Lecture on "A Brief History of Gravity" for ESA training course, 25/01/20222 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on gravity for ESA postgraduate student training course, delivered online for the ESA Education and Training Programme, 25/01/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Lecture on gravitational-wave astronomy for Bradford Astronomical Society, 15/11/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on gravitational-wave astronomy for Bradford Astronomical Society, 15/11/2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Lecture on gravitational-wave astronomy for Dundee Astronomical Society, 26/11/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on gravitational-wave astronomy for Dundee Astronomical Society, 26/11/2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Lorentz Centre workshop, 06/05/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop and talk on education and public outreach opportunities in gravitational-wave astronomy, for early-career researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry MASSOLIT online course on gravitational-wave astronomy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Short lecture course for physics high-school students on gravitational-wave astronomy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://massolit.io/courses/using-gravitational-waves-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe |
| Description | MHendry Online talk for University of Guanajuato |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on gravitational-wave astronomy for "Noce de las Estrellas" event organised by University of Guanajuato, Mexico. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Pre-University Summer School talk, on Gravitational-Wave Astronomy, 02/07/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk for participants in University of Glasgow pre-university summer school, on gravitational-wave astronomy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Recording of "Seasonal Sensing" podcast, 1/12/2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Recording of "The Science of Santa", podcast for the CENSIS Outreach programme, at Curlers Rest, Glasgow, 1/12/2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MHendry Royal Society of Edinburgh "Curious" programme, 9-27 August 2021 |
| 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 | Coordination, as RSE Programme Convenor, of 3-week programme of online talks, workshops and lectures. As well as overseeing the entire programme, I chaired three of the workshops |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://rse.org.uk/whats-on/event/curious-2021/ |
| Description | MHendry Talk on "From Einstein to Hubble", for Helensburgh Astronomical Society, 23/02/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on "From Einstein to Hubble", for Helensburgh Astronomical Society, delivered online, 23/02/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MHendry Talk on "From Einstein to Hubble", for Leeds Astronomical Society, 09/02/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on "From Einstein to Hubble", for Leeds Astronomical Society, delivered online, 09/02/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MWilliams G2Net Gravitational Wave Detection Kaggle Competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Data analysis competition hosted by Kaggle in which competitors were challenged to detect gravitational waves from binary black mergers in simulated data using machine learning. Competitors would submit solutions to the website and were automatically ranked based on a score. The competition exposed the broader machine learning community to gravitational-wave data analysis and its challenges. The three winning teams won a cash prize. The winning solutions may inform future development of machine learning algorithms for gravitational-wave data analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.kaggle.com/c/g2net-gravitational-wave-detection/overview |
| Description | Pint of Science 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Pint of Science festival organises talks at pubs each year. In 2022, John Veitch and Ross Johnston gave talks on their research to around 50 members of the public (18+). There were many lively questions and discussions and we engaged with other speakers from other areas of science. Some of the audience have attending subsequent public talks, and some students in attendance have expressed interest in studying for PhDs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/events/glasgow |