Investigations in Gravitational Radiation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
See award number: ST/I001026/1
Publications
Abadie J
(2012)
Publisher's Note: All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run [Phys. Rev. D 81 , 102001 (2010)]
in Physical Review D
Aasi J
(2012)
The characterization of Virgo data and its impact on gravitational-wave searches
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abadie J
(2012)
All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the second joint LIGO-Virgo run
in Physical Review D
Abadie J
(2012)
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF GRB 051103 FROM LIGO OBSERVATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abadie J
(2012)
Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO's sixth science run and Virgo's science runs 2 and 3
in Physical Review D
Abadie J
(2012)
Erratum: Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown [Phys. Rev. D 83 , 122005 (2011)]
in Physical Review D
Lockerbie Nicholas
(2012)
Simple anticipator circuit improves on earlier idea
in EDN
Abadie J
(2012)
SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DURING LIGO SCIENCE RUN 6 AND VIRGO SCIENCE RUNS 2 AND 3
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abadie J
(2012)
Search for gravitational waves from intermediate mass binary black holes
in Physical Review D
Abadie J
(2012)
Publisher's Note: Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar [Phys. Rev. D 83 , 042001 (2011)]
in Physical Review D
Evans P
(2012)
SWIFT FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS OF CANDIDATE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT EVENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Abadie J
(2012)
All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the full S5 LIGO data
in Physical Review D
Aston S
(2012)
Update on quadruple suspension design for Advanced LIGO
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Tokmakov K
(2012)
A study of the fracture mechanisms in pristine silica fibres utilising high speed imaging techniques
in Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Abadie J
(2012)
Upper limits on a stochastic gravitational-wave background using LIGO and Virgo interferometers at 600-1000 Hz
in Physical Review D
Abadie J
(2012)
First low-latency LIGO+Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Abadie J
(2012)
Publisher's Note: Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown [Phys. Rev. D 83 , 122005 (2011)]
in Physical Review D
Carbone L
(2012)
Sensors and actuators for the Advanced LIGO mirror suspensions
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Lockerbie B
(2013)
ECONOMIC EXPECTATIONS AND ELECTION OUTCOMES
in PS: Political Science & Politics
Aasi J
(2013)
Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown in LIGO-Virgo data from 2009-2010
in Physical Review D
Aasi J
(2013)
Einstein@Home all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S5 data
in Physical Review D
Lockerbie N
(2014)
A displacement-doubling prism
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Lockerbie N
(2014)
A source of illumination for low-noise 'Violin-Mode' shadow sensors, intended for use in interferometric gravitational wave detectors
in Measurement Science and Technology
Lockerbie N
(2014)
A 'Violin-Mode' shadow sensor for interferometric gravitational wave detectors
in Measurement Science and Technology
Abbott B
(2017)
Search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in globular cluster NGC 6544
in Physical Review D
Abbott B
(2017)
Calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914
in Physical Review D
Abbott B
(2017)
Estimating the Contribution of Dynamical Ejecta in the Kilonova Associated with GW170817
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Abbott B
(2017)
First Search for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars with Advanced LIGO
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2017)
GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Abbott B
(2017)
Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave detectors
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abbott B
(2017)
Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the first Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model
in Physical Review D
Abbott B
(2017)
Search for Post-merger Gravitational Waves from the Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Martynov D
(2017)
Quantum correlation measurements in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors
in Physical Review A
Abbott BP
(2017)
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral.
in Physical review letters
Abbott B
(2017)
Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abbott BP
(2017)
Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run.
in Physical review letters
Abbott B
(2017)
Upper Limits on Gravitational Waves from Scorpius X-1 from a Model-based Cross-correlation Search in Advanced LIGO Data
in The Astrophysical Journal
Albert A
(2017)
Search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW151226 and candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube
in Physical Review D
Albert A
(2017)
Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2017)
Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2017)
Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first observing run of Advanced LIGO
in Physical Review D
Blair C
(2017)
First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO.
in Physical review letters
Abbott B
(2017)
All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first Advanced LIGO run
in Physical Review D
Walker M
(2017)
Effects of transients in LIGO suspensions on searches for gravitational waves.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Abbott BP
(2017)
GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2.
in Physical review letters
LIGO Scientific Collaboration And The Virgo Collaboration
(2017)
A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant.
in Nature
Abbott B
(2017)
GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence
in Physical Review Letters
Abbott B
(2017)
On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Abbott BP
(2017)
Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run.
in Physical review letters
| Description | Gravitational Waves have been discovered. |
| Exploitation Route | We hope that this may mark the start of world-wide gravitational wave astronomy. |
| Sectors | Construction |
| URL | http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102 |
| Description | Three videos on the detection of Gravitational Waves were produced and distributed by the University of Strathclyde. They have proved very popular on social media. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Description | TSB CCS |
| Amount | £1,298,802 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2013 |
| End | 06/2016 |
| Description | Investigations in Gravitational Radiation |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | Institute for Gravitational Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration allowed the development at Strathclyde of ultra-low noise Electroststic Drivers, and their subsequent construction and testing, for the Advanced LIGO project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Assistance with making contacts with the US side of the LIGO project, specifically with collaborators at MIT and Caltech. |
| Impact | Eight ultra-low noise Elecrostatic Drivers have been delivered to the IGR. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Title | Violin-Mode sensor |
| Description | Differential picometre-level displacement detector, using a near-infrared illuminating beam and a differential photodiode-based shadow sensor. UV/Visible/IR detectors |
| Type Of Technology | Detection Devices |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Impact | In terms of displacement sensitivity this technology has improved on that of earlier 'shadow' sensors by a factor of circa 1000. |