February, 2021: Heavy double neutron stars: birth, mid-life and death (Galaudage, Adamcewicz, Zhu, Stevenson, Thrane) accepted for publication in Astrophys. J. Lett.
January, 2021: Black-hole spectroscopy, the no-hair theorem and GW150914: Kerr vs. Occam (Calderón Bustill, Lasky, Thrane) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
January, 2021: Temperature dependent appearance of exotic matter makes nascent neutron stars spin faster (Hernandez-Vivanco et al.) posted on the arxiv.
January, 2021: The ARC has funded "Australian Partnership in Advanced LIGO+" (LE210100002); $3M AUD for 12 investigators.
December, 2020: Gravitational-wave astronomy with a physical calibration model (Payne, Talbot, Lasky, Thrane, Kissel) published in
Phys Rev D.
December, 2020: Standard-siren cosmology using gravitational waves from binary black holes (You, Zhu, Ashton, Thrane) accepted for publication in Astrophys. J.
December, 2020: Fast, flexible, and accurate evaluation of Malmquist bias with machine learning: Preparing for the pending flood of gravitational-wave detections (Talbot, Thrane) posted on the arxiv.
December, 2020: Gravitational-wave astronomy with an uncertain noise power spectral density (Talbot, Thrane) published in
Phys. Rev. Res.
December, 2020: Gravitational Waves as a Probe of Globular Cluster Formation and Evolution (Romero-Shaw, Kremer, Lasky, Thrane, Samsing) posted on the arxiv.
November, 2020: A scalable random forest regressor for combining neutron-star equation of state measurements: A case study with GW170817 and GW190425 (Hernandez Vivanco, Smith, Thrane, Lasky) published in
Monthly Notices.
November, 2020: Searching for anisotropy in the distribution of binary black hole mergers (Payne, Banagiri, Lasky, Thrane) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
November, 2020: Evidence for hierarchical black hole mergers in the second LIGO--Virgo gravitational-wave catalog (Kimball et al.) posted on the arxiv.
November, 2020: Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory: A kilohertz-band gravitational-wave detector in the global network (Ackley et al; OzGrav) published in
PASA.
November, 2020: Constraining temperature distribution inside LIGO test masses from frequencies of their vibrational modes (Blair, Levin, Thrane) posted on the arxiv.
November, 2020: Measuring the primordial gravitational-wave background in the presence of astrophysical foregrounds (Biscoveanu, Talbot, Thrane, Smith) published in
Phys. Rev. Lett.
October, 2020: Population properties of compact objects from the second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog posted on the arxiv.
See also:
Astronomers probe black hole origins after 39 new cosmic collisions detected,
Black hole mergers? 44 confirmed, and counting, Monash
press release, the
GWTC-2 paper, LVK webinar on
YouTube.
October, 2020: Identifying and mitigating noise sources in precision pulsar timing data sets (Goncharov et al.) accepted for publication in
MNRAS.
October, 2020: GW190521: orbital eccentricity and signatures of dynamical formation in a binary black hole merger signal (Romero-Shaw, Lasky, Thrane, (Calderón Bustillo) published in
Astrophys. J. Lett., OzGrav
press release.
October, 2020: Gravitational-wave inference in the catalog era: evolving priors and marginal events (Galaudage, Talbot, Thrane) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
September, 2020: Black hole genealogy: Identifying hierarchical mergers with gravitational waves (Kimball, Talbot, Berry, Carney, Zevin, Thrane, Kalogera) published in
Astrophys. J.
September, 2020: Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with BILBY: Validation and application to the first LIGO--Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue (Romero-Shaw, Talbot, Biscoveanu, et al. published in
Mon. Not. R. Ast. Soc.
September, 2020: Toward the unambiguous identification of supermassive binary black holes through Bayesian inference (Zhu, Thrane) published in
ApJ.
September, 2020: 'Impossible' black hole causes biggest collision ever detected by gravitational waves featuring Monash PhD student Isobel Romero-Shaw.
There are two papers:
GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M⚆ (published in Phys. Rev. Lett.) and
Properties and Astrophysical Implications of the 150 M⚆ Binary Black Hole Merger GW190521
August, 2020: GW190412: Observation of a Binary-Black-Hole Coalescence with Asymmetric Masses (LIGO/Virgo) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
August, 2020: Is there a spectral turnover in the spin noise of millisecond pulsars? (Goncharov, Zhu, Thrane) published in
MNRAS.
July, 2020: The astrophysical odds of GW151216 (Ashton, Thrane) accepted for publication in MNRAS.
June, 2020: GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object (LIGO/Virgo) published in Astrophys. J. Lett.
June, 2020: Memory Effect or Cosmic String? Classifying Gravitational-Wave Bursts with Bayesian Inference (Divakarla, Thrane, Lasky, Whiting) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
June, 2020: Inferring the population properties of binary black holes from unresolved gravitational waves (Smith, Talbot, Hernandz Vivanco, Thrane) published in
MNRAS.
May, 2020: On the origin of GW190425 (Romero-Shaw, Farrow, Stevenson, Thrane, Zhu), published in
MNRAS Lett.
April, 2020: Constraining short gamma-ray burst jet properties with gravitational waves and gamma rays (Biscoveanu, Thrane, Vitale) published in
Astrophys. J.
April, 2020: Ultra-relativistic astrophysics using multi-messenger observations of double neutron stars with LISA and the SKA (Thrane, Osłowski, Lasky) published in
MNRAS.
January, 2020: Thanks for the memory: measuring gravitational-wave memory in the first LIGO/Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog (Hubner, Talbot, Lasky, Thrane) accepted for publication in
Phys. Rev. D. The paper was also featured in an article on
space.com.
January, 2020: GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass 3.4 M☉ (LIGO/Virgo) published in
Astrophys. J. Lett.
December, 2019: Ground-Based Gravitational-Wave Astronomy in Australia: 2019 White Paper (Bailes et al.) posted on the arxiv.
December, 2019: Higher order gravitational-wave modes with likelihood reweighting (Payne, Talbot, Thrane) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
December, 2019: Gravitational wave detection without boot straps: a Bayesian approach (Ashton, Thrane, Smith) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
November, 2019: Measuring the neutron star equation of state with gravitational waves: the first forty binary neutron star mergers (Hernandez Vivanco, Smith, Thrane, Lasky, Talbot, Raymond) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
November, 2019: Searching for Eccentricity: Signatures of Dynamical Formation in the First Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalogue of LIGO and Virgo (Romero-Shaw, Lasky, Thrane) published in
MNRAS.
September, 2019: Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo published in
Astrophys. J. Lett.
September, 2019: Parallelized Inference for Gravitational-Wave Astronomy (Talbot, Smith, Thrane, Poole) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
September, 2019: GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs published in
Phys. Rev. X.
August, 2019: Accelerated detection of the binary neutron star gravitational-wave background (Hernandez Vivanco, Smith, Thrane, and Lasky) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
May, 2019: Exploring the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors to neutron star physics (Martynov et al.) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
May, 2019: We've detected new gravitational waves, we just don't know where they come from (yet) with Tara Murphy and Qi Chu.
April, 2019: The mass distribution of Galactic double neutron stars (Farrow, Zhu, and Thrane) published in
The Astrophys. J.
March, 2019: Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO's first two observing runs posted on the arxiv.
March, 2019: An introduction to Bayesian inference in gravitational-wave astronomy: parameter estimation, model selection, and hierarchical models (Thrane and Talbot) published in
PASA.
February, 2019: I appeared in
The Black Hole Hunters produced by ABC Catalyst alongside fellow OzGrav members, David Blair and Carl Blair, with host, Tamara Davis.
February, 2019: Bilby: A user-friendly Bayesian inference library for gravitational-wave astronomy (Ashton, et al.) accepted in the
Astrophys. J. Supp.
December, 2018: Filming for an upcoming program on black holes next to the OzStar computer.
(Credit: Amy Sherden)
November, 2018: The minimum and maximum gravitational-wave background from supermassive binary black holes (Zhu, Cui, and Thrane) published in
MNRAS.
November, 2018: Measuring eccentricity in binary black hole inspirals with gravitational waves (Lower, Thrane, Lasky, and Smith) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
September, 2018: Gravitational-wave memory: waveforms and phenomenology (Talbot, Thrane, Lasky, and Lin) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
August, 2018: An all-sky radiometer for narrowband gravitational waves using folded data (Goncharov and Thrane) accepted in
Phys. Rev. D.
July, 2018: Inferring the population properties of binary neutron stars with gravitational-wave measurements of spin (Zhu, Thrane, Osłowski, Levin, and Lasky) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
June, 2018: The cosmic gravitational wave symphony | Sylvia Biscoveanu.
May, 2018: A Search for Tensor, Vector, and Scalar Polarizations in the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background published in
Phys. Rev. Lett.
April, 2018: The optimal search for an astrophysical gravitational-wave background (Smith and Thrane) published in
Phys. Rev. X.
See also:
Viewpoint: Listening for the Cosmic Hum of Black Holes.
April, 2018: Australian scientists pioneer new way to hear black holes colliding across the universe with Sylvia Biscoveanu and Rory Smith (credit: ABC).
Here's what two black holes smashing into each other sounds like (credit: The Age)
April, 2018: Measuring the binary black hole mass spectrum with an astrophysically motivated parameterization (Talbot and Thrane) published in
Astrophys. J..
April, 2018: Filming for an upcoming media release at the new OzStar supercomputer with Rory Smith and Sylvia Biscoveanu (credit: Yeshe Fenner).
March, 2018: Gravitational waves attract US talent with Sylvia Biscoveanu.
December, 2017: Tests of General Relativity with the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background (Callister et al.) published in
Phys. Rev X.
October, 2017: Challenges testing the no-hair theorem with gravitational waves (Thrane, Lasky, & Levin) accepted for publication in
Phys. Rev. D.
October, 2017: GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral,
A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant,
Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A,
GW170817: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Compact Binary Coalescences,
Search for post-merger gravitational waves from the remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817.
October, 2017: Nobel Prize in Physics: Australians helped in gravitational waves research +
An award with real gravity: how gravitational waves attracted a Nobel Prize with Yuri Levin and Paul Lasky. The Monash gravity team celebrates the 2017 Nobel Prize for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves...with cake (credit: Steve Morton).
July, 2017: Determining the population properties of spinning black holes (Talbot & Thrane) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
July, 2017: Team OzGrav in official hoodies (credit: Agustin Schiffrin).
June, 2017: Posing with a Permian
mesosaurus (credit: Steve Morton).
May, 2017: Gravitational waves detected from
GW1710104:
press release,
"A new discovery of gravitational waves has black holes in a spin".
May, 2017: Gravitational Waves from Orphan Memory (McNeill, Thrane, Lasky) published in
Phys. Rev. Lett. See also this popular science articles in
New Scientist,
Science Alert,
Eureka Alert, and
Gizmodo.
April, 2017: Suspending test masses in terrestrial millihertz gravitational-wave detectors: a case study with a magnetic assisted torsion pendulum (Thrane, Anderson, Levin, Turner) published in
Class. Quant. Grav.
April, 2017: Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system (Biwer et al.) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
March, 2017: Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run (LIGO/Virgo) and
Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO's first observing run (LIGO/Virgo) published for publication in PRL:
isotropcic,
directional.
November, 2016: Gravitational waves featured on "
Beyond the Lab" (featuring yours truly and Janna Levin among others).
October, 2016: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Astrophysics: new OzGrav positions open at Monash.
October, 2016: "Subtraction of correlated noise in global networks of gravitational-wave interferometers" (with Coughlin et al.) published in
CQG.
September 2016: I am delighted to be part of
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav)!
Established at the Swinburne University of Technology, OzGrav will explore the extreme physics of black holes and warped spacetime, inspiring the next generation of Australian scientists and engineers.
Researchers at this Centre, led by Professor Matthew Bailes, will build on decades of Australian investment in gravitational wave and pulsar science, coalescing research activities into a focused national programme.
August 2016: Detecting gravitational-wave memory with LIGO: implications of GW150914 (P D Lasky, E Thrane, Y Levin, J Blackman, and Y Chen) published as an Editors' Suggestion in
Phys. Rev. Lett.
August, 2016: "
The limits of astrophysics with gravitational wave backgrounds" (with Callister et al.) published in
Phys. Rev X.
June, 2016: Chris Whittle featured in
The Australian (pay wall).
June, 2016: "
Astronomers excited by 2nd gravitational wave discovery" on ABC News Breakfast.
June, 2016: LIGO observes another binary black hole: "
GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence."
Read Paul Lasky's take on the discovery in
The Conversation.
May, 2016: nomination photo for a Faculty of Science teaching award with Theo Hughes, Michael Morgan, and Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway.
May, 2016: ARC interview for OzGrav: Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (with Daniel Shaddock, David McClelland, Matthew Bailes, Susan Scott, Peter Veitch, Aleksander Subic, and Tania Bezzobs.
May, 2016: I am proud to share the
Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics with my LIGO-Virgo colleagues!
April, 2016: Congratulations,
Dr Letizia Sammut!
February, 2016: "Gravitational wave discovered" (a public talk with Yuri Levin).
February, 2016: "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger." LIGO detects gravitational waves.
The Monash LIGO team is featured in the
Sydney Morning Herald.
("Einstein GW150914" by Brynley Pearlston.)
See also: "
GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational wave background from binary black holes" published in
Phys. Rev. Lett.
For some lighter media coverage of GW150914, here's my
cameo on The Project.
December, 2015: I have been awarded a
2015 Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council for "Gravitational-wave astronomy: detection and beyond."
December, 2015: "Detectability of gravitational waves from high-redshift binaries" (Rosado et al.) published in
Phys. Rev. Lett.
November, 2015: "
Gravitational-wave cosmology across 29 decades in frequency" (with Lasky et al.) published in
Phys. Rev. X.
November, 2015: A busy month for physics media! I appeared with Paul Lasky on
The Science Show with Robyn Williams. Later in the month, I appeared on
Catalyst to speak about gravitational waves.
October, 2015: "Detecting gravitational-wave transients at five sigma: a hierarchical approach" (Thrane and Coughlin) published in
Phys. Rev. Lett.
October, 2015: Takaaki Kajita wins the Nobel Prize in Physics.
October, 2015: Gravitational waves on Science Cafe: my appearance on the Young Scientists of Australia podcast.
September, 2015: Mock data and science challenge for detecting an astrophysical stochastic gravitational-wave background with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo published in
Phys. Rev. D.
July, 2015: Open Day at Monash (credit: Steve Morton)!
June, 2015: LIGO S6 data is publicly available
here.
June, 2015: "Gravitational wave explorer seeks light of merging dead stars" appears in
Monash Memo.
June, 2015: All-sky, narrowband, gravitational-wave radiometry with folded data (Thrane, Mitra, Christensen, Mandic, and Ain) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
May, 2015: Cool picture taken as I was leaving the Physics & Astronomy building (credit: Steve Morton):
May, 2015: Detecting very long-lived gravitational-wave transients lasting hours to weeks (Thrane, Mandic, and Christensen) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
March, 2015: The detectability of eccentric compact binary coalescences with advanced gravitational-wave detectors (M Coughlin, P Meyers, E Thrane, J Luo, and N Christensen) published in
Phys. Rev. D.
February, 2015: Searching for stochastic gravitational waves using data from the two co-located LIGO Hanford detectors (LIGO & Virgo) is to be featured as part of the Phys. Rev. D
Kaleidoscope.
January, 2015: I have joined the
Physics faculty at
Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
