Publications (104)
Search for Multi-messenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during its first Observing Run, ANTARES and IceCube
ANTARES, IceCube, LIGO +1589
Astrophysical sources of gravitational waves, such as binary neutron star and black hole mergers or core-collapse supernovae, can drive relativistic outflows, giving rise to non-th…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: stochastic relative biasing between galaxy populations
Vivienne Wild, John A. Peacock, Ofer Lahav +26
It is well known that the clustering of galaxies depends on galaxy type.Such relative bias complicates the inference of cosmological parameters from galaxy redshift surveys, and is…
An Optically Targeted Search for Gravitational Waves emitted by Core-Collapse Supernovae during the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1195
We present the results from a search for gravitational-wave transients associated with core-collapse supernovae observed within a source distance of approximately 20 Mpc during the…
GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 M Black Hole with a 2.6 M Compact Object
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1254
We report the observation of a compact binary coalescence involving a 22.2 - 24.3 black hole and a compact object with a mass of 2.50 - 2.67 (all measuremen…
Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1148
On August 17, 2017, the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors observed a low-mass compact binary inspiral. The initial sky localization of the source of the…
Search for sub-solar mass ultracompact binaries in Advanced LIGO's second observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1187
We present an Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo search for sub-solar mass ultracompact objects in data obtained during Advanced LIGO's second observing run. In contrast to a previou…
A Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Search for Electromagnetic Signals Coincident with Gravitational-Wave Candidates in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run
ray Burst Monitor Team, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration +1160
We present a search for prompt gamma-ray counterparts to compact binary coalescence gravitational wave (GW) candidates from Advanced LIGO's first observing run (O1). As demonstrate…
Mass Variance from Archival X-ray Properties of Dark Energy Survey Year-1 Galaxy Clusters
A. Farahi, X. Chen, A. E. Evrard +76
Using archival X-ray observations and a log-normal population model, we estimate constraints on the intrinsic scatter in halo mass at fixed optical richness for a galaxy cluster sa…
Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Fifteen Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1129
We describe directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from sixteen well localized candidate neutron stars assuming none of the stars has a binary companion. The searches…
Mass Calibration of the CODEX Cluster Sample using SPIDERS Spectroscopy -- II. The X-ray Luminosity-Mass Relation
R. Capasso, J. J. Mohr, A. Saro +9
We perform the calibration of the X-ray luminosity--mass scaling relation on a sample of 344 CODEX clusters with using the dynamics of their member galaxies. Spectroscopic…
Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizing wave-induced sea ice break-up
J. J. Voermans, J. Rabault, K. Filchuk +7
Waves can drastically transform a sea ice cover by inducing break-up over vast distances in the course of a few hours. However, relatively few detailed studies have described this…
Search for gravitational waves from a long-lived remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1138
One unanswered question about the binary neutron star coalescence GW170817 is the nature of its post-merger remnant. A previous search for post-merger gravitational waves targeted…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The b_J-band galaxy luminosity function and survey selection function
P. Norberg, S. Cole, C. Baugh +25
We use more than 110500 galaxies from the 2dF galaxy redshift survey (2dFGRS) to estimate the b_J-band galaxy luminosity function at redshift z=0, taking account of evolution, the…
Model comparison from LIGO-Virgo data on GW170817's binary components and consequences for the merger remnant
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1191
GW170817 is the very first observation of gravitational waves originating from the coalescence of two compact objects in the mass range of neutron stars, accompanied by electromagn…
Mass Calibration of the CODEX Cluster Sample using SPIDERS Spectroscopy -- I. The Richness-Mass Relation
R. Capasso, J. J. Mohr, A. Saro +9
We use galaxy dynamical information to calibrate the richness-mass scaling relation of a sample of 428 galaxy clusters that are members of the CODEX sample with redshifts up to z~0…
Search for transient gravitational wave signals associated with magnetar bursts during Advanced LIGO's second observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1129
We present the results of a search for short and intermediate-duration gravitational-wave signals from four magnetar bursts in Advanced LIGO's second observing run. We find no evid…
The REFLEX II galaxy cluster survey: power spectrum analysis
A. Balaguera-Antolinez, Ariel G. Sanchez, H. Böhringer +3
We present the power spectrum of galaxy clusters measured from the new ROSAT-ESO Flux-Limited X-Ray (REFLEX II) galaxy cluster catalogue. This new sample extends the flux limit of…
Tests of General Relativity with GW170817
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1145
The recent discovery by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo of a gravitational wave signal from a binary neutron star inspiral has enabled tests of general relativity (GR) with this n…
SPIDERS: overview of the X-ray galaxy cluster follow-up and the final spectroscopic data release
N. Clerc, C. C. Kirkpatrick, A. Finoguenov +19
SPIDERS (The SPectroscopic IDentification of eROSITA Sources) is a large spectroscopic programme for X-ray selected galaxy clusters as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-IV (SDSS…
Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1196
Gravitational wave astronomy has been firmly established with the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of ten stellar mass binary black holes and a neutron star binary.…
GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1149
On 17 August 2017, the LIGO and Virgo observatories made the first direct detection of gravitational waves from the coalescence of a neutron star binary system. The detection of th…
Constructing mock catalogues for the REFLEX II galaxy cluster sample
A. Balaguera-AntolÃnez, A. G. Sánchez, H. Böhringer +1
We describe the construction of a suite of galaxy cluster mock catalogues from N-body simulations, based on the properties of the new ROSAT-ESO Flux-Limited X-Ray (REFLEX II) galax…
Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with an improved hidden Markov model
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1134
We present results from a semicoherent search for continuous gravitational waves from the low-mass X-ray binary Scorpius X-1, using a hidden Markov model (HMM) to track spin wander…
All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1130
We present results of an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves (CWs), which can be produced by fast-spinning neutron stars with an asymmetry around their rotation axis,…
Preliminary Results from the ESO Slice Project (ESP)
G. Vettolani, E. Zucca, A. Cappi +18
We present the first results of a galaxy redshift survey, ESO Slice Project (ESP), we are accomplishing as an ESO Key-Project over about 30 square degrees in a region near the Sout…
Gravitational-wave constraints on the equatorial ellipticity of millisecond pulsars
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1333
We present a search for continuous gravitational waves from five radio pulsars, comprising three recycled pulsars (PSR J0437-4715, PSR J0711-6830, and PSR J0737-3039A) and two youn…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Galaxy luminosity functions per spectral type
D. S. Madgwick, O. Lahav, I. K. Baldry +24
We calculate the optical bj luminosity function of the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) for different subsets defined by their spectral properties. These spectrally selected sub…
Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1338
We report on the population of the 47 compact binary mergers detected with a false-alarm rate 1/yr in the second LIGO--Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog, GWTC-2. We observ…
Preliminary Results from the ESO Slice Project (ESP)
G. Vettolani, E. Zucca, A. Cappi +18
We present the first results of a galaxy redshift survey, ESO Slice Project (ESP), we are accomplishing as an ESO Key--Project over about 40 square degrees in a region near the Sou…
The ESO Slice Project (ESP) galaxy redshift survey: III. The Sample
G. Vettolani, E. Zucca, R. Merighi +17
The ESO Slice Project (ESP) is a galaxy redshift survey extending over about 23 square degrees, in a region near the South Galactic Pole. The survey is ~85% complete to the limitin…
Low-Latency Gravitational Wave Alerts for Multi-Messenger Astronomy During the Second Advanced LIGO and Virgo Observing Run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1135
Advanced LIGO's second observing run (O2), conducted from November 30, 2016 to August 25, 2017, combined with Advanced Virgo's first observations in August 2017 witnessed the birth…
A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1186
This paper presents the gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant () using the detections from the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo d…
Galaxies in X-ray Selected Clusters and Groups in Dark Energy Survey Data II: Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling of the Red-Sequence Galaxy Luminosity Function
Y. Zhang, C. J. Miller, P. Rooney +77
Using X-ray selected clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data, we constrain the luminosity function (LF) of cluster red sequence galaxies as a functi…
Stirring Unmagnetized Plasma
C. Collins, N. Katz, J. Wallace +4
A new concept for spinning unmagnetized plasma is demonstrated experimentally. Plasma is confined by an axisymmetric multi-cusp magnetic field and biased cathodes are used to drive…
GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1253
On May 21, 2019 at 03:02:29 UTC Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observed a short duration gravitational-wave signal, GW190521, with a three-detector network signal-to-noise ratio…
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: Detection of Intra-cluster Light at Redshift 0.25
Y. Zhang, B. Yanny, A. Palmese +69
Using data collected by the Dark Energy Survey (DES), we report the detection of intracluster light (ICL) with galaxy clusters in the redshift range of 0.2-0.3. We design…
Galaxy groups in the 2dFGRS: the group-finding algorithm and the 2PIGG catalogue
V. R. Eke, C. M. Baugh, S. Cole +25
The construction of a catalogue of galaxy groups from the 2-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) is described. Groups are identified by means of a friends-of-friends percol…
SPIDERS: An Overview of The Largest Catalogue of Spectroscopically Confirmed X-ray Galaxy Clusters
C. C. Kirkpatrick, N. Clerc, A. Finoguenov +16
SPIDERS is the spectroscopic follow-up effort of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV) project for the identification of X-ray selected galaxy clusters. We present our catalogu…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: constraints on cosmic star-formation history from the cosmic spectrum
I. K. Baldry, K. Glazebrook, C. M. Baugh +25
We present the first results on the history of star formation in the Universe based on the `cosmic spectrum', in particular, the volume-averaged, luminosity-weighted, stellar absor…
GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1148
We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact binaries with component masses above 1 during the first and second observing…
A measurement of the cosmological mass density from clustering in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
J. A. Peacock, S. Cole, P. Norberg +25
The large-scale structure in the distribution of galaxies is thought to arise from the gravitational instability of small fluctuations in the initial density field of the universe.…
The ESO Slice Project [ESP] galaxy redshift survey: V. Evidence for a D=3 sample dimensionality
R. Scaramella, L. Guzzo, G. Zamorani +17
The issue of the approximate isotropy and homogeneity of the observable universe is one of the major topics in modern Cosmology: the common use of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker [F…
Properties of Convective Oxygen and Silicon Burning Shells in Supernova Progenitors
C. Collins, B. Müller, A. Heger
Recent three-dimensional simulations have suggested that convective seed perturbations from shell burning can play an important role in triggering neutrino-driven supernova explosi…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: voids and hierarchical scaling models
D. J. Croton, M. Colless, E. Gaztanaga +26
We measure the redshift space reduced void probability function (VPF) for 2dFGRS volume limited galaxy samples covering the absolute magnitude range M_bJ-5logh=-18 to -22. Theoreti…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Hierarchical galaxy clustering
C. M. Baugh, D. J. Croton, E. Gaztanaga +26
We use the two-degree field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) to test the hierarchical scaling hypothesis: namely, that the -point galaxy correlation functions can be written in t…
Radio sources in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey - II. Local radio luminosity functions for AGN and star-forming galaxies at 1.4 GHz
Elaine M. Sadler, Carole A. Jackson, Russell D. Cannon +25
We have cross-matched the 1.4 GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) with the first 210 fields observed in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), covering an effective area of 325 square…
Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in 2015-2017 LIGO Data
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1149
We present a search for gravitational waves from 221 pulsars with rotation frequencies Hz. We use advanced LIGO data from its first and second observing runs spanning…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Luminosity dependence of galaxy clustering
P. Norberg, C. M. Baugh, E. Hawkins +23
We investigate the dependence of the strength of galaxy clustering on intrinsic luminosity using the Anglo-Australian two degree field galaxy redshift survey (2dFGRS). The 2dFGRS i…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Power-spectrum analysis of the final dataset and cosmological implications
S. Cole, W. J. Percival, J. A. Peacock +28
We present a power spectrum analysis of the final 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, employing a direct Fourier method. The sample used comprises 221,414 galaxies with measured redshifts.…
The X-ray Luminosity Function of Bright Clusters in the Local Universe
S. De Grandi, L. Guzzo, H. Böhringer +8
We present the X-ray luminosity function (XLF) for clusters of galaxies derived from the RASS1 Bright Sample. The sample, selected from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey in a region of 2.5…
AXES-SDSS: comparison of SDSS galaxy groups with all-sky X-ray extended sources
S. Damsted, A. Finoguenov, H. Lietzen +8
We revisit the picture of X-ray emission of groups through the study of systematic differences in the optical properties of groups with and without X-ray emission and study the eff…
Tests of General Relativity with the Binary Black Hole Signals from the LIGO-Virgo Catalog GWTC-1
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1142
The detection of gravitational waves by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo provides an opportunity to test general relativity in a regime that is inaccessible to traditional astronom…
Tests of General Relativity with Binary Black Holes from the second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1344
Gravitational waves enable tests of general relativity in the highly dynamical and strong-field regime. Using events detected by LIGO-Virgo up to 1 October 2019, we evaluate the co…
First measurement of the Hubble constant from a dark standard siren using the Dark Energy Survey galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo binary-black-hole merger GW170814
The DES Collaboration, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration +1201
We present a multi-messenger measurement of the Hubble constant H_0 using the binary-black-hole merger GW170814 as a standard siren, combined with a photometric redshift catalog fr…
A new upper limit on the total neutrino mass from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
O. Elgaroy, O. Lahav, W. J. Percival +27
We constrain f_nu = Omega_nu / Omega_m, the fractional contribution of neutrinos to the total mass density in the Universe, by comparing the power spectrum of fluctuations derived…
Stellar mass as a galaxy cluster mass proxy: application to the Dark Energy Survey redMaPPer clusters
A. Palmese, J. Annis, J. Burgad +82
We introduce a galaxy cluster mass observable, , based on the stellar masses of cluster members, and we present results for the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 1 observatio…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The population of nearby radio galaxies at the 1 mJy level
M. Magliocchetti, S. J. Maddox, C. A. Jackson +21
We use redshift determinations and spectral analysis of galaxies in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey to study the properties of local radio sources with mJy. 557 objects dra…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: higher order galaxy correlation functions
D. J. Croton, E. Gaztanaga, C. M. Baugh +26
We measure moments of the galaxy count probability distribution function in the two-degree field galaxy redshift survey (2dFGRS). The survey is divided into volume limited subsampl…
The ESO Slice Project (ESP) galaxy redshift survey: VI Groups of Galaxies
M. Ramella, G. Zamorani, E. Zucca +17
In this paper we identify objectively and analyze groups of galaxies in the recently completed ESP survey. We find 231 groups above the number overdensity threshold delta(rho)/rho=…
Benchmarking an 11-qubit quantum computer
K. Wright, K. M. Beck, S. Debnath +21
The field of quantum computing has grown from concept to demonstration devices over the past 20 years. Universal quantum computing offers efficiency in approaching problems of scie…
The Influence of Dual-Recycling on Parametric Instabilities at Advanced LIGO
A. C. Green, D. D. Brown, M. Dovale-Ãlvarez +4
Laser interferometers with high circulating power and suspended optics, such as the LIGO gravitational wave detectors, experience an optomechanical coupling effect known as a param…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: luminosity functions by density environment and galaxy type
Darren J. Croton, Glennys R. Farrar, Peder Norberg +26
We use the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey to measure the dependence of the bJ-band galaxy luminosity function on large-scale environment, defined by density contrast in spheres of radi…
Isophote shape analysis and the unfortunate subtlety of dwarf galaxy structure
A. E. Watkins, I. Lazar, T. Sedgwick +5
Dwarf galaxies (), being sensitive to key evolutionary drivers like baryonic feedback and tidal perturbation, are crucial for understanding galax…
Spatially resolved kinematics and stellar populations of brightest cluster and group galaxies
S. Brough, R. Proctor, D. Forbes +4
We present an examination of the kinematics and stellar populations of a sample of 3 Brightest Group Galaxies (BGGs) and 3 Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) in X-ray groups and clu…
Search for sub-solar mass ultracompact binaries in Advanced LIGO's first observing run
B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1135
We present the first Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo search for ultracompact binary systems with component masses between 0.2 - 1.0 using data taken between Se…
GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run
R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, S. Abraham +1349
We report on gravitational wave discoveries from compact binary coalescences detected by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo in the first half of the third observing run (O3a) between…
The ESO Slice Project (ESP) galaxy redshift survey IV. A discussion of systematic biases in galaxy redshift determinations
A. Cappi, G. Zamorani, E. Zucca +17
We present a detailed discussion of the redshift errors associated to the ESO Slice Project measurements. For a subsample of 742 galaxies with redshifts determined both from the ab…
CODEX: Role of velocity substructure in the scaling relations of galaxy clusters
S. Damsted, A. Finoguenov, N. Clerc +7
The use of galaxy clusters as cosmological probes relies on a detailed understanding of their properties. We aim to update the spectroscopic cluster identification of CODEX by runn…
Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1138
We present results on the mass, spin, and redshift distributions with phenomenological population models using the ten binary black hole mergers detected in the first and second ob…
Search for Eccentric Binary Black Hole Mergers with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during their First and Second Observing Runs
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1183
When formed through dynamical interactions, stellar-mass binary black holes may retain eccentric orbits ( at 10 Hz) detectable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors.…
The Madison plasma dynamo experiment: a facility for studying laboratory plasma astrophysics
C. M. Cooper, J. Wallace, M. Brookhart +13
The Madison plasma dynamo experiment (MPDX) is a novel, versatile, basic plasma research device designed to investigate flow driven magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities and othe…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and spectral type
P. Norberg, C. M. Baugh, E. Hawkins +25
We investigate the dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and spectral type using the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS). Spectral types are assigned using the principal co…
Galaxies in X-ray Selected Clusters and Groups in Dark Energy Survey Data I: Stellar Mass Growth of Bright Central Galaxies Since z~1.2
Y. Zhang, C. Miller, T. Mckay +80
Using the science verification data of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) for a new sample of 106 X-Ray selected clusters and groups, we study the stellar mass growth of Bright Central G…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the luminosity function of cluster galaxies
Roberto De Propris, M. Colless, S. Driver +27
We have determined the composite luminosity function (LF) for galaxies in 60 clusters from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey. The LF spans the range , and is…
A compact, large-range interferometer for precision measurement and inertial sensing
S. J. Cooper, A. C. Green, C. Collins +4
We present a compact, fibre-coupled interferometer with high sensitivity and a large working range. We propose to use this interferometer as a readout mechanism for future inertial…
Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO's first two observing runs
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1132
We perform an unmodeled search for persistent, directional gravitational wave (GW) sources using data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO. We do not find evid…
Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 Msun binary black hole merger GW190521
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1254
The gravitational-wave signal GW190521 is consistent with a binary black hole merger source at redshift 0.8 with unusually high component masses, and $6…
XMM-Newton observation of the distant (z=0.6) galaxy cluster RX J1120.1+4318
M. Arnaud, S. Majerowicz, D. Lumb +12
We report on a 20 ksec XMM observation of the distant cluster RXJ1120.1+4318, discovered at z=0.6 in the SHARC survey. The cluster has a regular spherical morphology, suggesting it…
Constraining the p-mode--g-mode tidal instability with GW170817
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1136
We analyze the impact of a proposed tidal instability coupling -modes and -modes within neutron stars on GW170817. This non-resonant instability transfers energy from the orb…
All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1186
We present the results of a search for short-duration gravitational-wave transients in the data from the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. We search for gra…
Narrow-band search for gravitational waves from known pulsars using the second LIGO observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1135
Isolated spinning neutron stars, asymmetric with respect to their rotation axis, are expected to be sources of continuous gravitational waves. The most sensitive searches for these…
Environmental Dependence of the Structure of Brightest Cluster Galaxies
S. Brough, C. Collins, D. Burke +2
We measure the Petrosian structural properties of 33 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) at redshifts z<0.1 in X-ray selected clusters with a wide range of X-ray luminosities. We fin…
Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1319
We present our current best estimate of the plausible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next several years,…
Monte Carlo radiative transfer for the nebular phase of Type Ia supernovae
L. J. Shingles, S. A. Sim, M. Kromer +9
We extend the range of validity of the ARTIS 3D radiative transfer code up to hundreds of days after explosion, when Type Ia supernovae are in their nebular phase. To achieve this,…
All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the second Advanced LIGO observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1183
We present the results of a search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the data from the Advanced LIGO second observation run; we search for gravitational-wave trans…
Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1133
The stochastic gravitational-wave background is a superposition of sources that are either too weak or too numerous to detect individually. In this study we present the results fro…
Search for gravitational-wave signals associated with gamma-ray bursts during the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1196
We present the results of targeted searches for gravitational-wave transients associated with gamma-ray bursts during the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo,…
The ESO Slice Project (ESP) galaxy redshift survey: I. Description and First Results
G. Vettolani, E. Zucca, G. Zamorani +16
The ESO Slice Project (ESP) is a galaxy redshift survey we have recently completed as an ESO Key-Project. The ESP covers 23.3 square degrees in a region close to the South Galactic…
Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1245
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo are actively monitoring the sky and collecting gravitational-wave strain data with sufficient sensitivity to detect signals routinely. In this pape…
GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1199
On 2019 April 25, the LIGO Livingston detector observed a compact binary coalescence with signal-to-noise ratio 12.9. The Virgo detector was also taking data that did not contribut…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: galaxy clustering per spectral type
D. S. Madgwick, E. Hawkins, O. Lahav +25
We have calculated the two-point correlation functions in redshift space, xi(sigma,pi), for galaxies of different spectral types in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey. Using these corr…
A guide to LIGO-Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1135
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration have cataloged eleven confidently detected gravitational-wave events during the first two observing runs of the advanc…
Taylor-Couette Flow of Unmagnetized Plasma
C. Collins, M. Clark, C. M. Cooper +6
Differentially rotating flows of unmagnetized, highly conducting plasmas have been created in the Plasma Couette Experiment. Previously, hot-cathodes have been used to control plas…
GW190412: Observation of a Binary-Black-Hole Coalescence with Asymmetric Masses
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1254
We report the observation of gravitational waves from a binary-black-hole coalescence during the first two weeks of LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run. The signal was recorded…
The ESO Slice Project (ESP) galaxy redshift survey: II. The luminosity function and mean galaxy density
E. Zucca, G. Zamorani, G. Vettolani +16
(Abridged) The ESO Slice Project (ESP) is a galaxy redshift survey we have completed as an ESO Key-Project over ~23 square degrees, in a region near the South Galactic Pole. The su…
The nature of the relative bias between galaxies of different spectral type in 2dFGRS
E. Conway, S. Maddox, V. Wild +29
We present an analysis of the relative bias between early- and late-type galaxies in the Two-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS). Our analysis examines the joint counts in…
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The clustering of galaxy groups
Nelson D. Padilla, C. M. Baugh, V. R. Eke +27
We measure the clustering of galaxy groups in the 2dFGRS Percolation-Inferred Galaxy Group (2PIGG) catalogue. The 2PIGG sample has 29,000 groups with at least two members. The clus…
Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift During the LIGO-Virgo Run O3a
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1250
We search for gravitational-wave transients associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by the Fermi and Swift satellites during the first part of the third observing run of Advanced…
A Joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo Analysis of Compact Binary Mergers From the First and Second Gravitational-wave Observing Runs
ray Burst Monitor Team, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration +1262
We present results from offline searches of Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) data for gamma-ray transients coincident with the compact binary coalescences observed by the gravit…
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Calibration of Cluster Mis-centering in the redMaPPer Catalogs
Y. Zhang, T. Jeltema, D. L. Hollowood +83
The center determination of a galaxy cluster from an optical cluster finding algorithm can be offset from theoretical prescriptions or -body definitions of its host halo center.…