Investigations in Gravitational Radiation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
See award number: ST/I001026/1
Publications
Aasi J
(2013)
Einstein@Home all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S5 data
in Physical Review D
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
(2012)
The characterization of Virgo data and its impact on gravitational-wave searches
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abadie J
(2012)
First low-latency LIGO+Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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)
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 from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown [Phys. Rev. D 83 , 122005 (2011)]
in Physical Review D
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)
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
| 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 | 05/2013 |
| 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. |