School of Physics & Astronomy

Dr Qian Hu

  • Honorary Research Associate (School of Physics & Astronomy)

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2026

Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from the first part of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA’s fourth observing run. Physical Review D, 114(4), 042001. (doi: 10.1103/wq57-sjt2)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GW240925 and GW250207: astrophysical calibration of gravitational wave detectors. Physical Review Letters, 137(7), 071401. (doi: 10.1103/gzrj-mwv3)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GWTC-4.0: constraints on the cosmic expansion rate and modified gravitational-wave propagation. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1007(1), L17. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae69dd)

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) Directed searches for gravitational waves from ultralight vector boson clouds around merger remnant and galactic black holes during the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Physical Review D, 114(2), 022006. (doi: 10.1103/mjfs-m6t7)

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) 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) 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)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491, Narola, Harsh, Heynen, Jef, Wright, Mick, Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713, Janquart, Justin and Van Den Broeck, Chris (2026) GW231123: overlapping gravitational wave signals? Astrophysical Journal, 1003, 187. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae6811)

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) All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Physical Review D, 113(8), 082004. (doi: 10.1103/83j3-pgk1)

Abac, A. et al. (2026) The science of the Einstein Telescope. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2026(03), 081. (doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2026/03/081)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Black hole spectroscopy and tests of general relativity with GW250114. Physical Review Letters, 136(4), 041403. (doi: 10.1103/6c61-fm1n)

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) All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Physical Review D, 112(10), 102005. (doi: 10.1103/wjdz-jdby)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) GW241011 and GW241110: exploring binary formation and fundamental physics with asymmetric, high-spin black hole coalescences. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 993(1), L21. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae0d54)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) GW231123: a binary black hole merger with total mass 190–265 M$_{⊙}$. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 993(1), L25. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c9c)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2025) Costs of Bayesian parameter estimation in third-generation gravitational wave detectors: an assessment of current acceleration methods. Physical Review D, 112, 084039. (doi: 10.1103/dj7k-tk37)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) GW250114: Testing Hawking’s area law and the Kerr nature of black holes. Physical Review Letters, 135(11), 111403. (doi: 10.1103/kw5g-d732)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491, Irwin, Jessica, Sun, Qi, Messenger, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7488-5022, Suleiman, Lami, Heng, Ik Siong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1977-0019 and Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2025) Decoding long-duration gravitational waves from binary neutron stars with machine learning: parameter estimation and equations of state. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 987(1), L17. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ade42f)

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)

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)

2023

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2023) Rapid premerger localization of binary neutron stars in third-generation gravitational-wave detectors. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 958(2), L43. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad0ed4)

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)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2023) Accumulating errors in tests of general relativity with gravitational waves: overlapping signals and inaccurate waveforms. Astrophysical Journal, 945(2), 103. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acbc18)

2022

Hu, Q. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2022) Assessing the model waveform accuracy of gravitational waves. Physical Review D, 106(4), 044042. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.044042)

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Articles

Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from the first part of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA’s fourth observing run. Physical Review D, 114(4), 042001. (doi: 10.1103/wq57-sjt2)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GW240925 and GW250207: astrophysical calibration of gravitational wave detectors. Physical Review Letters, 137(7), 071401. (doi: 10.1103/gzrj-mwv3)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) GWTC-4.0: constraints on the cosmic expansion rate and modified gravitational-wave propagation. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1007(1), L17. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae69dd)

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) Directed searches for gravitational waves from ultralight vector boson clouds around merger remnant and galactic black holes during the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Physical Review D, 114(2), 022006. (doi: 10.1103/mjfs-m6t7)

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) 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) 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)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491, Narola, Harsh, Heynen, Jef, Wright, Mick, Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713, Janquart, Justin and Van Den Broeck, Chris (2026) GW231123: overlapping gravitational wave signals? Astrophysical Journal, 1003, 187. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae6811)

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) All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Physical Review D, 113(8), 082004. (doi: 10.1103/83j3-pgk1)

Abac, A. et al. (2026) The science of the Einstein Telescope. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2026(03), 081. (doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2026/03/081)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2026) Black hole spectroscopy and tests of general relativity with GW250114. Physical Review Letters, 136(4), 041403. (doi: 10.1103/6c61-fm1n)

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) All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Physical Review D, 112(10), 102005. (doi: 10.1103/wjdz-jdby)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) GW241011 and GW241110: exploring binary formation and fundamental physics with asymmetric, high-spin black hole coalescences. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 993(1), L21. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae0d54)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) GW231123: a binary black hole merger with total mass 190–265 M$_{⊙}$. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 993(1), L25. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c9c)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2025) Costs of Bayesian parameter estimation in third-generation gravitational wave detectors: an assessment of current acceleration methods. Physical Review D, 112, 084039. (doi: 10.1103/dj7k-tk37)

Abac, A. G. et al. (2025) GW250114: Testing Hawking’s area law and the Kerr nature of black holes. Physical Review Letters, 135(11), 111403. (doi: 10.1103/kw5g-d732)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491, Irwin, Jessica, Sun, Qi, Messenger, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7488-5022, Suleiman, Lami, Heng, Ik Siong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1977-0019 and Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2025) Decoding long-duration gravitational waves from binary neutron stars with machine learning: parameter estimation and equations of state. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 987(1), L17. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ade42f)

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)

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)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2023) Rapid premerger localization of binary neutron stars in third-generation gravitational-wave detectors. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 958(2), L43. (doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad0ed4)

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)

Hu, Qian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2023) Accumulating errors in tests of general relativity with gravitational waves: overlapping signals and inaccurate waveforms. Astrophysical Journal, 945(2), 103. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acbc18)

Hu, Q. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0713 (2022) Assessing the model waveform accuracy of gravitational waves. Physical Review D, 106(4), 044042. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.044042)

This list was generated on Fri Oct 16 02:52:40 2026 BST.