Paul Lasky

Associate Professor, Head of Astronomy and Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University

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  • Pawsey Medal'
  • Photo from The Australian Newspaper
  • Greg Ashton and I standing in front of neutron stars!  Images by Carl Knox.
  • Christodoulou gravitational-wave memory
  • Young Tall Poppy Award
  • Parkes
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Spindown upper limits
  • Gravitational-wave cosmology
  • GRB strain predictions
  • Tilted Torus
  • GRB collapse time
  • Pulsar Observation Times
  • The Family
  • LIGO Hanford
  • Parkes Radio Telescope

Research

I work on a number of topics under the broad heading of gravitational astrophysics. Below is a selection of topics that I have published in, or am actively researching. Some of the links are under construction; please contact me if you are interested in details about any of these topics.

  • Bilby — Bayesian inference made easy
  • Astrophysical Inference of Gravitational Wave Sources
  • Gravitational-wave memory—permanent deformations of spacetime
  • Testing Einstein's relativity in the ultra-strong field
  • Neutron stars and their connection to short gamma ray bursts
  • Dynamics of strongly magnetised neutron stars
  • Superfluid turbulence, neutron star rotational dynamics and observational consequences
  • Detecting low-frequency gravitational waves with pulsar timing arrays
  • Modified gravity in the strong-field regime
  • Gravitational collapse in general relativity
  • Gravitational lensing—flexion
  • Inhomogeneous cosmological models
  • Ultra Compact Dwarf Galaxies