Publications (78)
Probing the assembly history and dynamical evolution of massive black hole binaries with pulsar timing arrays
Siyuan Chen, Hannah Middleton, Alberto Sesana +2
We consider the inverse problem in pulsar timing array (PTA) analysis, investigating what astrophysical information about the underlying massive black hole binary (MBHB) population…
The astrophysical science case for a decihertz gravitational-wave detector
Ilya Mandel, Alberto Sesana, Alberto Vecchio
We discuss the astrophysical science case for a decihertz gravitational-wave mission. We focus on unique opportunities for scientific discovery in this frequency range, including p…
LISA Definition Study Report
Monica Colpi, Karsten Danzmann, Martin Hewitson +108
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is the first scientific endeavour to detect and study gravitational waves from space. LISA will survey the sky for Gravitational Waves…
Squeezing the quantum noise of a gravitational-wave detector below the standard quantum limit
Wenxuan Jia, Victoria Xu, Kevin Kuns +168
Precision measurements of space and time, like those made by the detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), are often confronted with fundamental…
Parameter estimation of spinning binary inspirals using Markov-chain Monte Carlo
Marc van der Sluys, Vivien Raymond, Ilya Mandel +5
We present a Markov-chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) technique to study the source parameters of gravitational-wave signals from the inspirals of stellar-mass compact binaries detected wit…
Gravitational waves from hot young rapidly rotating neutron stars
Benjamin J. Owen, Lee Lindblom, Curt Cutler +3
Gravitational radiation drives an instability in the r-modes of young rapidly rotating neutron stars. This instability is expected to carry away most of the angular momentum of the…