Mr Graeme McGhee
- Research Associate (Physics & Astronomy)
Publications
2026
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Narrowband searches for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first two parts of the fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 1005(2), 221. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae77fc)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Searches for continuous gravitational waves from supernova remnants in the first part of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA fourth observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 1004(2), 204. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae6263)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Directional search for persistent gravitational waves: Results from the first part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA’s fourth observing run. Physical Review D, 114(2), 022001. (doi: 10.1103/wgp7-t8r8)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Search for planetary-mass ultracompact binaries using data from the first part of the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA fourth observing run. Physical Review D, 114(2), 022005. (doi: 10.1103/s551-7pch)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GWTC-4.0: population properties of merging compact binaries. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1005(2), L51. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae771e)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Constraints on gravitational waves from the 2024 Vela pulsar glitch. Astrophysical Journal, 1005(1), 12. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae63bc)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GWTC-4.0: Updating the Gravitational-wave Transient Catalog with Observations from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observing Run. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1004(2), L22. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae2c74)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run. Astrophysical Journal, 1004(2), 232. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae211e)
Abbasi, R. et al. (2026) Deep search for joint sources of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos with IceCube during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 1003(1), 41. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae4e1b)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GW230814: Investigation of a Loud Gravitational-wave Signal Observed with a Single Detector. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1004(2), L23. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae2ad3)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GWTC-4.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1004(2), L21. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae447b)
2025
Abac, A.G. et al. (2025) GWTC-4.0: An introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 995(1), L18. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c06)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) Search for gravitational waves emitted from SN 2023ixf. Astrophysical Journal, 985(2), 183. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/adc681)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) Search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 983(2), 99. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/adb3a0)
Raman, G. et al. (2025) Swift-BAT GUANO follow-up of gravitational-wave triggers in the third LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 980(2), 207. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad9749)
2024
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) A search using GEO600 for gravitational waves coincident with fast radio bursts from SGR 1935+2154. Astrophysical Journal, 977(2), 255. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad8de0)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) Search for eccentric black hole coalescences during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 973(2), 132. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad65ce)
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)
Collaboration, T. L. S. et al. (2024) Search for gravitational-lensing signatures in the full third observing run of the LIGO–Virgo network. Astrophysical Journal, 970(2), 191. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad3e83)
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)
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)
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)
McGhee, G. I. et al. (2023) Titania mixed with silica: a low thermal-noise coating material for gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review Letters, 131(17), 171401. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.171401)
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)
2022
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)
2020
Tait, S. C. et al. (2020) Demonstration of the multimaterial coating concept to reduce thermal noise in gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review Letters, 125, 011102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.011102)
Articles
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Narrowband searches for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first two parts of the fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 1005(2), 221. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae77fc)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Searches for continuous gravitational waves from supernova remnants in the first part of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA fourth observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 1004(2), 204. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae6263)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Directional search for persistent gravitational waves: Results from the first part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA’s fourth observing run. Physical Review D, 114(2), 022001. (doi: 10.1103/wgp7-t8r8)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Search for planetary-mass ultracompact binaries using data from the first part of the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA fourth observing run. Physical Review D, 114(2), 022005. (doi: 10.1103/s551-7pch)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GWTC-4.0: population properties of merging compact binaries. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1005(2), L51. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae771e)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Constraints on gravitational waves from the 2024 Vela pulsar glitch. Astrophysical Journal, 1005(1), 12. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae63bc)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GWTC-4.0: Updating the Gravitational-wave Transient Catalog with Observations from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observing Run. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1004(2), L22. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae2c74)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run. Astrophysical Journal, 1004(2), 232. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae211e)
Abbasi, R. et al. (2026) Deep search for joint sources of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos with IceCube during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 1003(1), 41. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae4e1b)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GW230814: Investigation of a Loud Gravitational-wave Signal Observed with a Single Detector. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1004(2), L23. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae2ad3)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GWTC-4.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1004(2), L21. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae447b)
Abac, A.G. et al. (2025) GWTC-4.0: An introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 995(1), L18. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c06)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) Search for gravitational waves emitted from SN 2023ixf. Astrophysical Journal, 985(2), 183. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/adc681)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) Search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 983(2), 99. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/adb3a0)
Raman, G. et al. (2025) Swift-BAT GUANO follow-up of gravitational-wave triggers in the third LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 980(2), 207. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad9749)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) A search using GEO600 for gravitational waves coincident with fast radio bursts from SGR 1935+2154. Astrophysical Journal, 977(2), 255. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad8de0)
Abac, A. G. et al. (2024) Search for eccentric black hole coalescences during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 973(2), 132. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad65ce)
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)
Collaboration, T. L. S. et al. (2024) Search for gravitational-lensing signatures in the full third observing run of the LIGO–Virgo network. Astrophysical Journal, 970(2), 191. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad3e83)
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)
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)
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)
McGhee, G. I. et al. (2023) Titania mixed with silica: a low thermal-noise coating material for gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review Letters, 131(17), 171401. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.171401)
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)
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)
Tait, S. C. et al. (2020) Demonstration of the multimaterial coating concept to reduce thermal noise in gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review Letters, 125, 011102. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.011102)