Prof Graham Woan
- Professor of Astrophysics (Physics and Astronomy)
telephone: 01413305897
email: Graham.Woan@glasgow.ac.uk
Personal webpage: http://radio.astro.gla.ac.uk/
Gravitational wave data analysis and Bayesian methods. The astrophysical sources of gravitational radiation. Radio astronomy, in particular propagation at long wavelengths, including interplanetary scintillation and space-based radio astronomy. Development of the Square Kilometre Array and LOFAR.
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2012
Abadie, J. et al. (2012) Search for gravitational waves from intermediate mass binary black holes. Physical Review D, 85 (10). p. 102004. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.85.102004)
Abadie, J. et al. (2012) Upper limits on a stochastic gravitational-wave background using LIGO and Virgo interferometers at 600–1000 Hz. Physical Review D, 85 (12). p. 122001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.85.122001)
Abadie, J. et al. (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. Physical Review D, 85 (8). 082002. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.85.082002)
Abadie, J. et al. (2012) All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the full S5 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 85 (2). 022001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.85.022001)
Abadie, J. et al. (2012) First low-latency LIGO+Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 541 . A155. ISSN 0004-6361 (doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201218860)
Abadie, J. et al. (2012) Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 539 . A124. ISSN 0004-6361 (doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118219)
2011
Carozzi, T.D., and Woan, G. (2011) A fundamental figure of merit for radio polarimeters. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 59 (6). pp. 2058-2065. ISSN 0018-926X (doi:10.1109/TAP.2011.2123862)
Hild, S. et al. (2011) Sensitivity studies for third-generation gravitational wave observatories. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 28 (9). 094013. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/28/9/094013)
Abadie, J. et al. (2011) Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar. Physical Review D, 83 (4). 042001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.83.042001)
Abadie, J. et al. (2011) A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit. Nature Physics, 7 (12). pp. 962-965. ISSN 1745-2473 (doi:10.1038/nphys2083)
Abadie, J. et al. (2011) Search for gravitational wave bursts from six magnetars. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 734 (2). L35. ISSN 2041-8205 (doi:10.1088/2041-8205/734/2/L35)
Abadie, J. et al. (2011) Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Vela pulsar. Astrophysical Journal, 737 (2). p. 93. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/93)
2010
Abadie, J. et al. (2010) Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 624 (1). pp. 223-240. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.089)
Abadie, J. et al. (2010) Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1. Physical Review D, 82 (10). p. 102001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.82.102001)
Abadie, J et al. (2010) Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27 (17). (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/27/17/173001)
Abadie, J et al. (2010) Search For Gravitational-Wave Inspiral Signals Associated With Short Gamma-Ray Bursts During Ligo's Fifth And Virgo's First Science Run. Astrophysical Journal, 715 (2). pp. 1453-1461. (doi:10.1088/0004-637X/715/2/1453)
Abadie, J et al. (2010) All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run. Physical Review D, 81 (10). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.81.102001)
Abadie, J. et al. (2010) First search for gravitational waves from the youngest known neutron star. Astrophysical Journal, 722 (2). pp. 1504-1513. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1088/0004-637X/722/2/1504)
Abbott, BP et al. (2010) Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from ligo science run 5 and virgo science run 1. Astrophysical Journal, 715 (2). pp. 1438-1452. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1088/0004-637X/715/2/1438)
Abbott, BP et al. (2010) Searches for gravitational Waves from known pulsars with science run 5 ligo data. Astrophysical Journal, 713 (1). pp. 671-685. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1088/0004-637X/713/1/671)
Fairhurst, S., Guidi, G., Hello, P., Whelan, J.T., and Woan, G. (2010) Current status of gravitational wave observations. General Relativity and Gravitation, 43 (2). pp. 387-407. ISSN 0001-7701 (doi:10.1007/s10714-010-1009-1)
Predoi, V. et al. (2010) Prospects for joint radio telescope and gravitational-wave searches for astrophysical transients. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27 (8). 084018. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084018)
Punturo, M et al. (2010) The Einstein Telescope: a third-generation gravitational wave observatory. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27 (19). ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/27/19/194002)
Punturo, M et al. (2010) The third generation of gravitational wave observatories and their science reach. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27 (8). ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084007)
2009
Abbott, B et al. (2009) Beating The Spin-Down Limit On Gravitational Wave Emission From The Crab Pulsar (Vol 683, Pg L45, 2008). Astrophysical Journal Letters, 706 (1). L203-L204. (doi:10.1088/0004-637X/706/1/L203)
Abbott, B. et al. (2009) Erratum: All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data [Phys. Rev. D 77, 022001 (2008)]. Physical Review D, 80 (12). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.129904)
Abbott, B. et al. (2009) ERRATUM: "beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar (2008, ApJ, 683, L45). Astrophysical Journal, 706 (1). L203. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1088/0004-637X/706/1/L203)
Abbott, B. et al. (2009) Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state. New Journal of Physics, 11 (7). 073032. (doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/7/073032)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin. Nature, 460 (7258). pp. 990-994. ISSN 0028-0836 (doi:10.1038/nature08278)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data. Physical Review Letters, 102 (11). ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.111102)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Reports on Progress in Physics, 72 (7). (doi:10.1088/0034-4885/72/7/076901)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run. Physical Review D, 80 (10). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.102001)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO's fifth science run. Physical Review D, 80 (10). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.102002)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO's S5 data. Physical Review D, 79 (12). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.79.122001)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO's fifth science run. Physical Review D, 80 (4). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.047101)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data. Physical Review D, 80 (6). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.062001)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings. Physical Review D, 80 (6). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.062002)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) Stacked Search For Gravitational Waves From The 2006 Sgr 1900+14 Storm. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 701 (2). L68-L74. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/L68)
Abbott, BP et al. (2009) Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 80 (4). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.042003)
Carozzi, T., and Woan, G. (2009) A generalized measurement equation and van Cittert-Zernike theorem for wide-field radio astronomical interferometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 395 (3). pp. 1558-1568. ISSN 0035-8711 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14642.x)
2008
Abbott, B et al. (2008) First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25 (24). ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245008)
Abbott, B. et al. (2008) Implications for the origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO observations. Astrophysical Journal, 681 . pp. 1419-1430. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1086/587954)
Abbott, B. et al. (2008) Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25 . p. 114051. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/11/114051)
Abbott, B et al. (2008) First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds (vol 76, art no 022001, 2007). Physical Review D, 77 (6).
Abbott, B et al. (2008) Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars (vol 76, art no 042001, 2007). Physical Review D, 77 (6).
Abbott, B et al. (2008) Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves (vol 76, art no 082003, 2007). Physical Review D, 77 (6).
Abbott, B et al. (2008) Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 77 (6). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.062002)
Abbott, B et al. (2008) All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data. Physical Review D, 77 (2). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.022001)
Abbott, B et al. (2008) Search for gravitational waves associated with 39 gamma-ray bursts using data from the second, third, and fourth LIGO runs. Physical Review D, 77 (6). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.062004)
Abbott, B et al. (2008) Search for gravitational-wave bursts from soft gamma repeaters. Physical Review Letters, 101 (21). ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.211102)
Abbott, B et al. (2008) Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 683 (1). L45-L49. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1086/591526)
Abbott, B. et al. (2008) Publisher’s Note: First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds [Phys. Rev. D 76, 022001 (2007)]. Physical Review D, 77 (6). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.069904)
Abbott, B. et al. (2008) Publisher’s Note: Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars [Phys. Rev. D 76, 042001 (2007)]. Physical Review D, 77 (6). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.069905)
Abbott, B. et al. (2008) Publisher’s Note: All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data [Phys. Rev. D 77, 022001 (2008)]. Physical Review D, 77 (6). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.069902)
Abbott, B. et al. (2008) Search of S3 LIGO data for gravitational wave signals from spinning black hole and neutron star binary inspirals. Physical Review D, 78 (4). 042002. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.042002)
Babak, S. et al. (2008) Report on the second Mock LISA data challenge. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25 (11). ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/11/114037)
Baggio, L et al. (2008) A joint search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and LIGO. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25 (9). ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/9/095004)
Clark, J., Heng, I.S., Pitkin, M., and Woan, G. (2008) An evidence based time-frequency search method for gravitational waves from pulsar glitches. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 122 (1). 012035. ISSN 1742-6596 (doi:10.1088/1742-6596/122/1/012035)
Pitkin, M., Clark, J., Hendry, M.A., Heng, I.S., Messenger, C., Toher, J., and Woan, G. (2008) Is there potential complementarity between LISA and pulsar timing? Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 122 . 012004. ISSN 1742-6596 (doi:10.1088/1742-6596/122/1/012004)
Searle, A.C., Sutton, P.J., Tinto, M., and Woan, G. (2008) Robust Bayesian detection of unmodelled bursts. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25 (11). ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/11/114038)
Wette, K. et al. (2008) Searching for gravitational waves from Cassiopeia A with LIGO. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25 (23). ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/23/235011)
2007
Abbott, B. et al. (2007) Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 24 (22). pp. 5343-5369. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/22/002)
Arnaud, K.A. et al. (2007) Report on the first round of the mock LISA data challenges. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 24 (19). S529-S539. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/19/S16)
Rover, C. et al. (2007) Inference on inspiral signals using LISA MLDC data. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 24 (19). S521-S527. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/19/S15)
Stroeer, A. et al. (2007) Inference on white dwarf binary systems using the first round Mock LISA Data Challenges data sets. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 24 . S541-S549. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/19/S17)
Pitkin, M., and Woan, G. (2007) Binary system delays and timing noise in searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars. Physical Review D, 76 . 042006. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042006)
Abbott, B et al. (2007) Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806 20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO. Physical Review D, 76 (6). 062003. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.062003)
Abbott, B et al. (2007) First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds. Physical Review D, 76 (2). 022001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.022001)
Abbott, B et al. (2007) Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars. Physical Review D, 76 (4). 042001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042001)
Abbott, B et al. (2007) Publisher’s Note: First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds [Phys. Rev. DPRVDAQ0556-2821 76, 022001 (2007)]. Physical Review D, 76 (2). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.029905)
Abbott, B. et al. (2007) Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves. Physical Review D, 76 (8). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.082003)
Abbott, B. et al. (2007) Searching for a stochastic background of gravitational waves with the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory. Astrophysical Journal, 659 (2). p. 918. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1086/511329)
Clark, J., Heng, I.S., Pitkin, M., and Woan, G. (2007) Evidence-based search method for gravitational waves from neutron star ring-downs. Physical Review D, 76 (4). 043003. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.043003)
Messenger, C., and Woan, G. (2007) A fast search strategy for gravitational waves from low-mass x-ray binaries. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 24 (19). S469-S480. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/19/S10)
Woan, G. (2007) Periodicity in gravitational waves. In: Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy IV, 12-15 June 2006, Pennsylvania, USA.
2006
Romano, J.D., and Woan, G. (2006) Principal component analysis for LISA: the time delay interferometry connection. Physical Review D, 73 (10). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.73.102001)
Willke, B. et al. (2006) The GEO-HF project. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 23 (8). S207-S214. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/23/8/S26)
Luck, H. et al. (2006) Status of the GEO600 detector. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 23 (8). S71-S78. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/23/8/S10)
Abbott, B. et al. (2006) Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO's third science run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 23 (8). S29-S39. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/23/8/S05)
Abbott, B et al. (2006) Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries. Physical Review D, 73 (10). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.73.102002)
Abbott, B. et al. (2006) Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspirals in LIGO data. Physical Review D, 73 (6). 062001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.73.062001)
2005
Dupuis, R.J., and Woan, G. (2005) Bayesian estimation of pulsar parameters from gravitational wave data. Physical Review D, 72 (10). p. 102002. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.102002 )
Veitch, J., Umstatter, R., Meyer, R., Christensen, N., and Woan, G. (2005) A time-domain MCMC search and upper limit technique for gravitational waves of uncertain frequency from a targeted neutron star. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 22 . S995-S1001. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/22/18/S13)
Umstatter, R., Christensen, N., Hendry, M., Meyer, R., Simha, V., Veitch, J., Vigeland, S., and Woan, G. (2005) LISA source confusion: identification and characterization of signals. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 22 (18). S901-S911. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/22/18/S04)
Umstatter, R., Christensen, N., Hendry, M., Meyer, R., Simha, V., Veitch, J., Vigeland, S., and Woan, G. (2005) Bayesian modeling of source confusion in LISA data. Physical Review D, 72 . 022001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.022001)
Abbott, B et al. (2005) First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform. Physical Review D, 72 (10). p. 102004. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.102004)
Abbott, B et al. (2005) Limits on gravitational-wave emission from selected pulsars using LIGO data. Physical Review Letters, 94 . p. 181103. ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.181103)
Abbott, B et al. (2005) Search for gravitational waves from primordial black hole binary coalescences in the galactic halo. Physical Review D, 72 . 082002. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.082002)
Abbott, B et al. (2005) Upper limits on a stochastic background of gravitational waves. Physical Review Letters, 95 (22). ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.221101)
Grote, H. et al. (2005) The status of GEO 600. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 22 (10). S193. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/22/10/009)
Harry, G.M. et al. (2005) The ligo gravitational wave observatories: recent results and future plans. In: Tenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MGM 10), 20-26 Jul 2003, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Hewitson, M., Grote, H., Hild, S., Lück, H., Ajith, P., Smith, J.R., Strain, K.A., Willke, B., and Woan, G. (2005) Optimal time-domain combination of the two calibrated output quadratures of GEO 600. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 22 . pp. 4253-4261. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/22/20/007)
Umstätter, R., Christensen, N., Hendry, M., Meyer, R., Simha, V., Veitch, J., Vigeland, S., and Woan, G. (2005) Bayesian modeling of source confusion in LISA data. Physical Review D, 72 (2). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.022001)
Woan, G. (2005) Gravitoastronomy with neutron stars. In: Gravitational Wave and Particle Astrophysics Detectors, 23 June 2004, Glasgow, Scotland.
2004
Hewitson, M. et al. (2004) Calibration of the dual-recycled GEO 600 detector for the S3 science run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21 (20). S1711-S1722. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/20/014)
Smith, J.R. et al. (2004) Commissioning, characterization and operation of the dual- recycled GEO 600. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21 (20). S1737-S1745. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/20/016)
Umstatter, R., Meyer, R., Dupuis, R.J., Veitch, J., Woan, G., and Christensen, N. (2004) Estimating the parameters of gravitational waves from neutron stars using an adaptive MCMC method. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21 (20). S1655-S1665. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/20/008)
Willke, B. et al. (2004) Status of GEO 600. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21 (5). S417 -S423. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/006)
Pitkin, M., and Woan, G. (2004) Searching for gravitational waves from the Crab pulsar - the problem of timing noise. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21 (5). S843-S846. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/069)
Weiland, U., Heinzel, G., Ward, H., and Woan, G. (2004) Hardware injection of simulated continuous gravitational wave signals for GEO 600. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21 (5). S861-S865. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/073)
Abbott, B et al. (2004) Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 517 (1-3). pp. 154-179. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.124)
Abbott, B et al. (2004) Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves. Physical Review D, 69 . p. 122004. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.69.122004)
Abbott, B et al. (2004) Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars. Physical Review D, 69 (12). ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.69.122001)
Allen, B et al. (2004) Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21 (5). S671. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/042)
Christensen, N., Dupuis, R., Woan, G., and Meyer, R. (2004) A Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for extracting periodic gravitational wave signals from laser interferometric detector data. Physical Review D, 70 . art 022001. ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.022001)
Woan, G. (2004) Transient phenomena. In: The Scientific Promise of the SKA: SKA Workshop, Oxford, UK.
2003
Kotter, K., Heng, Ik., Hewitson, M., Strain, K., Woan, G., and Ward, H. (2003) PQMon: a powerful veto for burst events. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20 (17). S895 -S902. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/20/17/331)
Breen, A.R., and Woan, G. (2003) Tracking the development of space weather sources through interplanetary space. In: EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, 6-11 Apr 2003, Nice, France.
Hewitson, M. et al. (2003) A report on the status of the GEO 600 gravitational wave detector. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20 (17). S581 -S591. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/20/17/301)
Sintes, A.M. et al. (2003) Detector characterization in GEO 600. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20 (17). S731 -S739. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/20/17/316)
Wilke, B. et al. (2003) Status of the GEO600 gravitational wave detector. In: Gravitational-Wave Detection , 23 August 2002, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA .
Woan, G. et al. (2003) The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector: pulsar prospects. In: ASP Conference, 26-29 Aug 2002, Crete, Greece.
Woan, G. et al. (2003) The GEO600 gravitational wave detector: pulsar prospects. In: Radio pulsars, in celebration of the contributions of Andrew Lyne, Dick Manchester and Joe Taylor — a festschrift honoring their 60th birthdays.
2002
Willke, B. et al. (2002) The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 19 (7). 1377 -1387. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/321)
Kotter, K. et al. (2002) Data acquisition and detector characterization of GEO600. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 19 (7). 1399 -1407. ISSN 0264-9381 (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/323)
2001
Woan, G. (2001) Book Review: The Cambridge handbook of physics formulas / Cambridge University Press, 2000. Observatory, 121 (1160). p. 66.
2000
Jones, D. et al. (2000) The astronomical low frequency array: a proposed explorer mission for radio astronomy. In: Stone, R.G., Weiler, K.W., Goldstein, M.L. and Bougeret, J.L. (eds.) Radio Astronomy at Long Wavelengths. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series, 119 . American Geophysical Union, pp. 339-349. ISBN 9780875909776
Jones, D.L. et al. (2000) Space VLBI at low frequencies. In: VSOP Symposium, 19-21 Jan 2000, Kanagawa, Japan.
Woan, G. (2000) Capabilities and limitations of long wavelength observations from space. In: Stone, R.G. (ed.) Radio Astronomy at Long Wavelengths. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series, 119 (Radio ). American Geophysical Union, p. 267. ISBN 0-87590-9779
1999
Barrow, C.H., Woan, G., and MacDowall, R.J. (1999) Interplanetary scattering effects in the jovian bKOM radio emission observed by Ulysses. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 344 . pp. 1001-1013. ISSN 0004-6361
Woan, G. (1999) The Cambridge handbook of physics formulas. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521573491
Woan, G. (1999) A very low frequency radio telescope on the far side of the moon. In: 2nd Catania Relativistic Ion Studies: CRIS '98, 8-12 Jun 1998, Acicastello, Italy.
1998
Shrauner, J.A., Taylor, J.H., and Woan, G. (1998) The second cambridge pulsar survey at 81.5 MHz. Astrophysical Journal, 509 (2). p. 785. ISSN 0004-637X (doi:10.1086/306510)
1997
Daly, N., and Woan, G. (1997) Mapping solar wind structure with interplanetary scintillation. Acta Cosmologica, 23 . pp. 91-94.
1996
Hick, P., Jackson, B.V., Altrock, R., Woan, G., and Slater, G. (1996) IPS observations of heliospheric density structures associated with active regions. Advances in Space Research, 17 (4-5). pp. 311-314. ISSN 0273-1177 (doi:10.1016/0273-1177(95)00591-2)
Woan, G. (1996) Design considerations for a moon-nased radio telescope operating at frequencies below 16 MHz. In: Van't Klooster, C.G.M. and Van Ardenne, A. (eds.) Large Antennas in Radio Astronomy. Proceedings of the workshop held 28-29 February, 1996, at ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands. UNSPECIFIED, p. 101.
1995
Hewish, A., and Woan, G. (1995) Interplanetary scintillation imaging of disturbances in the solar wind. Lecture notes in Physics, 444 . pp. 173-182. ISSN 1616-6361 (doi:10.1007/3-540-59109-5_49)
Hick, P., Jackson, B.V., Rappoport, S., Woan, G., Slater, G., Strong, K., and Uchida, Y. (1995) Synoptic IPS and Yohkoh soft X‐ray observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 22 (5). pp. 643-646. ISSN 0094-8276 (doi:10.1029/95GL00011)
O'Sullivan, C. et al. (1995) A search for primordial anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation: first observations at 13.5 GHz with the Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 274 (3). pp. 861-868. ISSN 0035-8711
Woan, G. (1995) Observations of long-lived solar wind streams during 1990-1993. Annales Geophysicae, 13 (3). pp. 227-236. ISSN 0992-7689 (doi:10.1007/s00585-995-0227-4)
1994
Ananthakrishnan, S., Leinbach, H., Detman, T., Manoharan, P.K., and Woan, G. (1994) Interplanetary Scintillations (IPS) and forecasting of geomagnetic disturbances. In: Baker, D.N., Papitashvili, V.O. and Teague, M.J. (eds.) Solar-terrestrial energy program : the initial results from STEP facilities and theory campaigns : proceedings of the 1992 STEP Symposium/5th COSPAR Colloquium held in Laurel, Maryland, U.S.A., 24-28 August 1992. Pergamon, Oxford. ISBN 0080421318
1993
Marsch, E., Schwenn, R., and Woan, G. (1993) Book-Review - Solar wind seven. Observatory, 113 (1114). p. 151.
Robson, M., Yassin, G., Woan, G., Wilson, D.M.A., Scott, P.F., Lasenby, A.N., Kenderdine, S., and Duffett-Smith, P.J. (1993) The cosmic anisotropy telescope. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 227 . p. 314. ISSN 0004-6361
Woan, G., and Duffett-Smith, P.G. (1993) A deep search for pulsed emission from Cassiopeia A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 260 (3). pp. 693-695. ISSN 0035-8711
1992
Woan, G. (1992) Robust estimation of interplanetary scintillation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 254 . pp. 273-276. ISSN 0035-8711
1990
Woan, G., and Dufflett-Smith, P.J. (1990) The structure of Cassiopeia A at metre wavelengths. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 243 . pp. 87-96. ISSN 0035-8711
Woan, G., and Duffett-Smith, P.J. (1990) A limit to the spatial power spectrum of the interplanetary medium on scales greater than 100-KM. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 247 (1). p. 118. ISSN 0035-8711
1989
Woan, G., and Dufflett-Smith, P.J. (1989) Terrestrial transmitters as phase calibrators in disconnected interferometry. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 208 (1-2). pp. 381-384. ISSN 0004-6361
1988
Woan, G., and Dufflett-Smith, P.J. (1988) Determination of closure phase in noisy conditions. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 198 (1-2). p. 375. ISSN 0004-6361
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