Dr Andrew Spencer
- Lecturer in the Institute for Gravitational Research (Physics & Astronomy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4418-3366Publications
2024
Middleton, H. et al. (2024) Communicating the gravitational-wave discoveries of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration. Journal of Science Communication, (Accepted for Publication)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run. Physical Review D, 110(4), 042001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.042001)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) Observation of gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 2.5–4.5 M ⊙ compact object and a neutron star. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 970(2), L34. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad5beb)
Abbott, R. et al. (2024) Search for gravitational-wave transients associated with magnetar bursts in advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo data from the third observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 966(1), 137. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad27d3)
Abac, A. et al. (2024) Observation of gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 2.5−4.5 M⊙ compact object and a neutron star. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2404.04248)
Fletcher, C. et al. (2024) A joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT analysis of gravitational-wave candidates from the third gravitational-wave observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 964(2), 149. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad1eed)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.03004)
Abbott, R. et al. (2024) GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review D, 109(2), 022001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.022001)
2023
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run. Physical Review X, 13(4), 041039. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.13.041039)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Search for gravitational waves associated with fast radio bursts detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO–Virgo observing run O3a. Astrophysical Journal, 955(2), 155. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acd770)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Search for subsolar-mass black hole binaries in the second part of Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(4), pp. 5984-5992. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad588)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2023) Search for eccentric black hole coalescences during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2308.03822)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Open data from the third observing run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA and GEO. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 267(2), 29. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/acdc9f)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC–3. Astrophysical Journal, 949(2), 76. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac74bb)
Berger, B. K. et al. (2023) Searching for the causes of anomalous Advanced LIGO noise. Applied Physics Letters, 122(18), 184101. (doi: 10.1063/5.0140766)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Search for gravitational-lensing signatures in the full third observing run of the LIGO-Virgo network. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2304.08393)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Population of merging compact binaries inferred using gravitational waves through GWTC-3. Physical Review X, 13(1), 011048. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.13.011048)
2022
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Model-based cross-correlation search for gravitational waves from the low-mass X-Ray binary Scorpius X-1 in LIGO O3 data. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 941(2), L30. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aca1b0)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data. Physical Review D, 106(10), 102008. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.102008)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 106(6), 062002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.062002)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for continuous gravitational wave emission from the Milky Way center in O3 LIGO-Virgo data. Physical Review D, 106(4), 042003. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.042003)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars at two harmonics in the second and third LIGO-Virgo observing runs. Astrophysical Journal, 935(1), 1. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac6acf)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for subsolar-mass binaries in the first half of Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run. Physical Review Letters, 129(6), 061104. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.061104)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Narrowband searches for continuous and long-duration transient gravitational waves from known pulsars in the LIGO-Virgo third observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 932(2), 133. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac6ad0)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) All-sky, all-frequency directional search for persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s first three observing runs. Physical Review D, 105(12), 122001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.122001)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) First joint observation by the underground gravitational-wave detector, KAGRA, with GEO 600. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2022(6), 063F01. (doi: 10.1093/ptep/ptac073)
Spencer, A. , Barr, B. , Bell, A. , Briggs, J., Minty, A., Sorazu, B. , Wright, J. and Strain, K. (2022) Frequency noise stabilisation of a 1550 nm external cavity diode laser with hybrid feedback for next generation gravitational wave interferometry. Optics Express, 30(13), pp. 22687-22699. (doi: 10.1364/OE.459474) (PMID:36224961)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data. Physical Review D, 105(10), 102001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.102001)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Tests of general relativity with GWTC-3. Physical Review D, (Accepted for Publication)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO–Virgo run O3b. Astrophysical Journal, 928(2), 186. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac532b)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run. Physical Review D, 105(6), 063030. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063030)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for intermediate-mass black hole binaries in the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 659, A84. (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141452)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for continuous gravitational waves from 20 accreting millisecond x-ray pulsars in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 105(2), 022002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.022002)
2021
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D, 104(12), 122004. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.122004)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Search for lensing signatures in the gravitational-wave observations from the first half of LIGO–Virgo’s third observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 923(1), 14. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac23db)
Jia, W. et al. (2021) Point absorber limits to future gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review Letters, 127(24), 241102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.241102)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Constraints from LIGO O3 data on gravitational-wave emission due to r-modes in the glitching pulsar PSR J0537–6910. Astrophysical Journal, 922(1), 71. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac0d52)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D, 104(10), 102001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.102001)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Searches for continuous gravitational waves from young supernova remnants in the early third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 921(1), 80. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac17ea)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars in the early O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 104(8), 082004. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.082004)
Spencer, A.P. , Barr, B.W. , Bell, A.S. , Briggs, J., Dupej, P. , Huttner, S.H., Sorazu, B. , Wright, J. and Strain, K.A. (2021) Experimental investigation of the limitations of polarisation optics for future gravitational wave detectors based on the polarisation Sagnac speedmeter. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 38(19), 195004. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ac1a67)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Search for anisotropic gravitational-wave backgrounds using data from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo’s first three observing runs. Physical Review D, 104(2), 022005. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.022005)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review D, 104(2), 022004. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.022004)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo run O3a. Astrophysical Journal, 915(2), 86. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abee15)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star–black hole coalescences. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 915(1), L5. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac082e)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the third Advanced LIGO–Virgo observing run. Physical Review Letters, 126(24), 241102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.241102)
Whittle, C. et al. (2021) Approaching the motional ground state of a 10-kg object. Science, 372(6548), pp. 1333-1336. (doi: 10.1126/science.abh2634) (PMID:34140386)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Tests of general relativity with binary black holes from the second LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog. Physical Review D, 103(12), 122002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.122002)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) GWTC-2: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review X, 11(2), 021053. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021053)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Diving below the spin-down limit: constraints on gravitational waves from the energetic young pulsar PSR J0537-6910. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 913(2), L27. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abffcd)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Population properties of compact objects from the second LIGO–Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 913(1), L7. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abe949)
Brooks, A. F. et al. (2021) Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO. Applied Optics, 60(13), pp. 4047-4063. (doi: 10.1364/AO.419689) (PMID:33983346)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems. Physical Review D, 103(6), 064017. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.064017)
2020
Abbott, B.P. et al. (2020) Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. Living Reviews in Relativity, 23(1), 3. (doi: 10.1007/s41114-020-00026-9) (PMID:33015351) (PMCID:PMC7520625)
Bode, N. et al. (2020) Advanced LIGO laser systems for O3 and future observation runs. Galaxies, 8(4), 84. (doi: 10.3390/galaxies8040084)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) GW190521: a binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150 M⊙. Physical Review Letters, 125(10), 101102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 M ⊙ binary black hole merger GW190521. Astrophysical Journal, 900(1), L13. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aba493)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) GW190412: Observation of a binary-black-hole coalescence with asymmetric masses. Physical Review D, 102(4), 043015. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.043015)
Yu, H. et al. (2020) Quantum correlations between light and the kilogram-mass mirrors of LIGO. Nature, 583(7814), pp. 43-47. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2420-8)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) GW190814: gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 23 solar mass black hole with a 2.6 solar mass compact object. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 896(2), L44. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab960f)
Hamburg, R. et al. (2020) A joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs. Astrophysical Journal, 893(2), 100. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7d3e)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) Optically targeted search for gravitational waves emitted by core-collapse supernovae during the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. Physical Review D, 101(8), 084002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.084002)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) GW190425: observation of a compact binary coalescence with total mass ∼ 3.4 M ⊙. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 892(1), L3. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab75f5)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 909(2), 218. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abdcb7)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) A guide to LIGO–Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37(5), 055002. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ab685e)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) Model comparison from LIGO–Virgo data on GW170817’s binary components and consequences for the merger remnant. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37(4), 045006. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ab5f7c)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) Gravitational-wave Constraints on the Equatorial Ellipticity of Millisecond Pulsars. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 902(1), L21. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abb655)
2019
Tse, M. et al. (2019) Quantum-enhanced advanced LIGO detectors in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy. Physical Review Letters, 123(23), 231107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.231107)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with an improved hidden Markov model. Physical Review D, 100, 122002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.122002)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for gravitational-wave signals associated with gamma-ray bursts during the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 886(1), 75. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab4b48)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1. Physical Review D, 100(10), 104036. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.104036)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for subsolar mass ultracompact binaries in Advanced LIGO’s second observing run. Physical Review Letters, 123(16), 161102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.161102)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network. Physical Review D, 100(6), 064064. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.064064)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for eccentric binary black hole mergers with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during their first and second observing runs. Astrophysical Journal, 883(2), 149. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab3c2d)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO’s second observing run. Physical Review D, 100(6), 061101(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.061101)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Binary black hole population properties inferred from the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 882(2), L24. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab3800)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO’s first two observing runs. Physical Review D, 100(6), 062001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.062001)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D, 100(2), 024017. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.024017)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for gravitational waves from a long-lived remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), 160. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0f3d)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Low-latency gravitational wave alerts for multi-messenger astronomy during the second Advanced LIGO and Virgo observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), 161. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0e8f)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Physical Review X, 9(1), 011001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011001)
2018
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2018) Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. Living Reviews in Relativity, 21(1), 3. (doi: 10.1007/s41114-018-0012-9) (PMID:29725242) (PMCID:PMC5920066)
Covas, P. B. et al. (2018) Identification and mitigation of narrow spectral artifacts that degrade searches for persistent gravitational waves in the first two observing runs of Advanced LIGO. Physical Review D, 97(8), 082002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.082002)
2017
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) First low-frequency Einstein@Home all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Advanced LIGO data. Physical Review D, 96(12), 122004. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122004)
Hennig, J.-S. et al. (2017) Demonstration of a switchable damping system to allow low-noise operation of high-Q low-mass suspension systems. Physical Review D, 96(12), 122005. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122005)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. Physical Review Letters, 119(16), 161101. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) GW170814: a three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters, 119(14), 141101. (doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.141101) (PMID:29053306)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) GW170104: observation of a 50-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence at redshift 0.2. Physical Review Letters, 118(22), 221101. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.221101)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (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. Astrophysical Journal, 841(2), 89. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6c47)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(10), 104002. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa6854)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with advanced LIGO. Astrophysical Journal, 839(1), 12. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa677f)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves from advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters, 118(12), 121102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121102) (PMID:28388200)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) Upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters, 118(12), 121101. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101) (PMID:28388180)
Zhang, T. et al. (2017) Effects of static and dynamic higher-order optical modes in balanced homodyne readout for future gravitational waves detectors. Physical Review D, 95(6), 062001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062001)
Abbott, B.P. et al. (2017) All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first Advanced LIGO run. Physical Review D, 95(4), 042003. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.042003)
Huttner, S.H. et al. (2017) Candidates for a possible third-generation gravitational wave detector: comparison of ring-Sagnac and sloshing-Sagnac speedmeter interferometers. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(2), 024001. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/34/2/024001)
Articles
Middleton, H. et al. (2024) Communicating the gravitational-wave discoveries of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration. Journal of Science Communication, (Accepted for Publication)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run. Physical Review D, 110(4), 042001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.042001)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) Observation of gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 2.5–4.5 M ⊙ compact object and a neutron star. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 970(2), L34. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad5beb)
Abbott, R. et al. (2024) Search for gravitational-wave transients associated with magnetar bursts in advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo data from the third observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 966(1), 137. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad27d3)
Abac, A. et al. (2024) Observation of gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 2.5−4.5 M⊙ compact object and a neutron star. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2404.04248)
Fletcher, C. et al. (2024) A joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT analysis of gravitational-wave candidates from the third gravitational-wave observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 964(2), 149. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad1eed)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.03004)
Abbott, R. et al. (2024) GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review D, 109(2), 022001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.022001)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run. Physical Review X, 13(4), 041039. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.13.041039)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Search for gravitational waves associated with fast radio bursts detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO–Virgo observing run O3a. Astrophysical Journal, 955(2), 155. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acd770)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Search for subsolar-mass black hole binaries in the second part of Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(4), pp. 5984-5992. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad588)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2023) Search for eccentric black hole coalescences during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2308.03822)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Open data from the third observing run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA and GEO. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 267(2), 29. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/acdc9f)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC–3. Astrophysical Journal, 949(2), 76. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac74bb)
Berger, B. K. et al. (2023) Searching for the causes of anomalous Advanced LIGO noise. Applied Physics Letters, 122(18), 184101. (doi: 10.1063/5.0140766)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Search for gravitational-lensing signatures in the full third observing run of the LIGO-Virgo network. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2304.08393)
Abbott, R. et al. (2023) Population of merging compact binaries inferred using gravitational waves through GWTC-3. Physical Review X, 13(1), 011048. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.13.011048)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Model-based cross-correlation search for gravitational waves from the low-mass X-Ray binary Scorpius X-1 in LIGO O3 data. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 941(2), L30. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aca1b0)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data. Physical Review D, 106(10), 102008. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.102008)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 106(6), 062002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.062002)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for continuous gravitational wave emission from the Milky Way center in O3 LIGO-Virgo data. Physical Review D, 106(4), 042003. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.042003)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars at two harmonics in the second and third LIGO-Virgo observing runs. Astrophysical Journal, 935(1), 1. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac6acf)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for subsolar-mass binaries in the first half of Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run. Physical Review Letters, 129(6), 061104. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.061104)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Narrowband searches for continuous and long-duration transient gravitational waves from known pulsars in the LIGO-Virgo third observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 932(2), 133. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac6ad0)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) All-sky, all-frequency directional search for persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s first three observing runs. Physical Review D, 105(12), 122001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.122001)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) First joint observation by the underground gravitational-wave detector, KAGRA, with GEO 600. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2022(6), 063F01. (doi: 10.1093/ptep/ptac073)
Spencer, A. , Barr, B. , Bell, A. , Briggs, J., Minty, A., Sorazu, B. , Wright, J. and Strain, K. (2022) Frequency noise stabilisation of a 1550 nm external cavity diode laser with hybrid feedback for next generation gravitational wave interferometry. Optics Express, 30(13), pp. 22687-22699. (doi: 10.1364/OE.459474) (PMID:36224961)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data. Physical Review D, 105(10), 102001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.102001)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Tests of general relativity with GWTC-3. Physical Review D, (Accepted for Publication)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO–Virgo run O3b. Astrophysical Journal, 928(2), 186. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac532b)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run. Physical Review D, 105(6), 063030. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063030)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for intermediate-mass black hole binaries in the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 659, A84. (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141452)
Abbott, R. et al. (2022) Search for continuous gravitational waves from 20 accreting millisecond x-ray pulsars in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 105(2), 022002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.022002)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D, 104(12), 122004. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.122004)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Search for lensing signatures in the gravitational-wave observations from the first half of LIGO–Virgo’s third observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 923(1), 14. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac23db)
Jia, W. et al. (2021) Point absorber limits to future gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review Letters, 127(24), 241102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.241102)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Constraints from LIGO O3 data on gravitational-wave emission due to r-modes in the glitching pulsar PSR J0537–6910. Astrophysical Journal, 922(1), 71. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac0d52)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D, 104(10), 102001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.102001)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Searches for continuous gravitational waves from young supernova remnants in the early third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 921(1), 80. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac17ea)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars in the early O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 104(8), 082004. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.082004)
Spencer, A.P. , Barr, B.W. , Bell, A.S. , Briggs, J., Dupej, P. , Huttner, S.H., Sorazu, B. , Wright, J. and Strain, K.A. (2021) Experimental investigation of the limitations of polarisation optics for future gravitational wave detectors based on the polarisation Sagnac speedmeter. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 38(19), 195004. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ac1a67)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Search for anisotropic gravitational-wave backgrounds using data from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo’s first three observing runs. Physical Review D, 104(2), 022005. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.022005)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review D, 104(2), 022004. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.022004)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo run O3a. Astrophysical Journal, 915(2), 86. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abee15)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star–black hole coalescences. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 915(1), L5. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac082e)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the third Advanced LIGO–Virgo observing run. Physical Review Letters, 126(24), 241102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.241102)
Whittle, C. et al. (2021) Approaching the motional ground state of a 10-kg object. Science, 372(6548), pp. 1333-1336. (doi: 10.1126/science.abh2634) (PMID:34140386)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Tests of general relativity with binary black holes from the second LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog. Physical Review D, 103(12), 122002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.122002)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) GWTC-2: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review X, 11(2), 021053. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021053)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Diving below the spin-down limit: constraints on gravitational waves from the energetic young pulsar PSR J0537-6910. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 913(2), L27. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abffcd)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) Population properties of compact objects from the second LIGO–Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 913(1), L7. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abe949)
Brooks, A. F. et al. (2021) Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO. Applied Optics, 60(13), pp. 4047-4063. (doi: 10.1364/AO.419689) (PMID:33983346)
Abbott, R. et al. (2021) All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems. Physical Review D, 103(6), 064017. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.064017)
Abbott, B.P. et al. (2020) Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. Living Reviews in Relativity, 23(1), 3. (doi: 10.1007/s41114-020-00026-9) (PMID:33015351) (PMCID:PMC7520625)
Bode, N. et al. (2020) Advanced LIGO laser systems for O3 and future observation runs. Galaxies, 8(4), 84. (doi: 10.3390/galaxies8040084)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) GW190521: a binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150 M⊙. Physical Review Letters, 125(10), 101102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 M ⊙ binary black hole merger GW190521. Astrophysical Journal, 900(1), L13. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aba493)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) GW190412: Observation of a binary-black-hole coalescence with asymmetric masses. Physical Review D, 102(4), 043015. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.043015)
Yu, H. et al. (2020) Quantum correlations between light and the kilogram-mass mirrors of LIGO. Nature, 583(7814), pp. 43-47. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2420-8)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) GW190814: gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 23 solar mass black hole with a 2.6 solar mass compact object. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 896(2), L44. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab960f)
Hamburg, R. et al. (2020) A joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs. Astrophysical Journal, 893(2), 100. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7d3e)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) Optically targeted search for gravitational waves emitted by core-collapse supernovae during the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. Physical Review D, 101(8), 084002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.084002)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) GW190425: observation of a compact binary coalescence with total mass ∼ 3.4 M ⊙. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 892(1), L3. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab75f5)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 909(2), 218. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abdcb7)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) A guide to LIGO–Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37(5), 055002. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ab685e)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2020) Model comparison from LIGO–Virgo data on GW170817’s binary components and consequences for the merger remnant. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37(4), 045006. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ab5f7c)
Abbott, R. et al. (2020) Gravitational-wave Constraints on the Equatorial Ellipticity of Millisecond Pulsars. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 902(1), L21. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abb655)
Tse, M. et al. (2019) Quantum-enhanced advanced LIGO detectors in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy. Physical Review Letters, 123(23), 231107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.231107)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with an improved hidden Markov model. Physical Review D, 100, 122002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.122002)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for gravitational-wave signals associated with gamma-ray bursts during the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 886(1), 75. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab4b48)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1. Physical Review D, 100(10), 104036. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.104036)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for subsolar mass ultracompact binaries in Advanced LIGO’s second observing run. Physical Review Letters, 123(16), 161102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.161102)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network. Physical Review D, 100(6), 064064. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.064064)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for eccentric binary black hole mergers with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during their first and second observing runs. Astrophysical Journal, 883(2), 149. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab3c2d)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO’s second observing run. Physical Review D, 100(6), 061101(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.061101)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Binary black hole population properties inferred from the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 882(2), L24. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab3800)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO’s first two observing runs. Physical Review D, 100(6), 062001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.062001)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D, 100(2), 024017. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.024017)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Search for gravitational waves from a long-lived remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), 160. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0f3d)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Low-latency gravitational wave alerts for multi-messenger astronomy during the second Advanced LIGO and Virgo observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), 161. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0e8f)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Physical Review X, 9(1), 011001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011001)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2018) Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. Living Reviews in Relativity, 21(1), 3. (doi: 10.1007/s41114-018-0012-9) (PMID:29725242) (PMCID:PMC5920066)
Covas, P. B. et al. (2018) Identification and mitigation of narrow spectral artifacts that degrade searches for persistent gravitational waves in the first two observing runs of Advanced LIGO. Physical Review D, 97(8), 082002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.082002)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) First low-frequency Einstein@Home all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Advanced LIGO data. Physical Review D, 96(12), 122004. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122004)
Hennig, J.-S. et al. (2017) Demonstration of a switchable damping system to allow low-noise operation of high-Q low-mass suspension systems. Physical Review D, 96(12), 122005. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122005)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. Physical Review Letters, 119(16), 161101. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) GW170814: a three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters, 119(14), 141101. (doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.141101) (PMID:29053306)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) GW170104: observation of a 50-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence at redshift 0.2. Physical Review Letters, 118(22), 221101. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.221101)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (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. Astrophysical Journal, 841(2), 89. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6c47)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(10), 104002. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa6854)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with advanced LIGO. Astrophysical Journal, 839(1), 12. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa677f)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves from advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters, 118(12), 121102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121102) (PMID:28388200)
Abbott, B. P. et al. (2017) Upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters, 118(12), 121101. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101) (PMID:28388180)
Zhang, T. et al. (2017) Effects of static and dynamic higher-order optical modes in balanced homodyne readout for future gravitational waves detectors. Physical Review D, 95(6), 062001. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062001)
Abbott, B.P. et al. (2017) All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first Advanced LIGO run. Physical Review D, 95(4), 042003. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.042003)
Huttner, S.H. et al. (2017) Candidates for a possible third-generation gravitational wave detector: comparison of ring-Sagnac and sloshing-Sagnac speedmeter interferometers. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(2), 024001. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/34/2/024001)
Research datasets
2016
Leavey, S. , Danilishin, S. L., Gläfke, A., Barr, B. W., Gräf, C., Hennig, J.-S., Houston, E. A., Lück, H., Pascucci, D., Somiya, K., Spencer, A., Steinlechner, S., Strain, K. , WRIGHT, J., Zhang, T. and Hild, S. (2016) Control of a velocity-sensitive audio-band quantum non-demolition interferometer. [Data Collection] (Unpublished)
