Dr Qian Hu
- Honorary Research Associate (School of 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) 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)
Hu, Qian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491, Narola, Harsh, Heynen, Jef, Wright, Mick, Veitch, John
ORCID: 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. 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491, Irwin, Jessica, Sun, Qi, Messenger, Christopher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7488-5022, Suleiman, Lami, Heng, Ik Siong
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1977-0019 and Veitch, John
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, J.
ORCID: 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)
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) 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)
Hu, Qian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491, Narola, Harsh, Heynen, Jef, Wright, Mick, Veitch, John
ORCID: 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. 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491, Irwin, Jessica, Sun, Qi, Messenger, Christopher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7488-5022, Suleiman, Lami, Heng, Ik Siong
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1977-0019 and Veitch, John
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, John
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-6491 and Veitch, J.
ORCID: 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)