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Dr Matthew Pitkin FHEA

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 20/08/2009, In: Nature. 460, 7258, p. 990-994 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Astrophysical calibration of gravitational-wave detectors

    Pitkin, M., Messenger, C. & Wright, L., 11/03/2016, In: Physical Review D. 93, 6, 11 p., 062002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Astrophysical Implications of the Binary Black-hole Merger GW150914

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 11/02/2016, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 818, 2, 15 p., L22.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational wave: status and prospects

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 15/05/2008, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 25, 11, 12 p., 114051.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with BILBY: Validation and application to the first LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue

    Romero-Shaw, I. M., Talbot, C., Biscoveanu, S., D'Emilio, V., Ashton, G., Berry, C. P. L., Coughlin, S., Galaudage, S., Hoy, C., Hübner, M., Phukon, K. S., Pitkin, M., Rizzo, M., Sarin, N., Smith, R., Stevenson, S., Vajpeyi, A., Aréne, M., Athar, K., Banagiri, S., & 39 othersBose, N., Carney, M., Chatziioannou, K., Clark, J. A., Colleoni, M., Cotesta, R., Edelman, B., Estellés, H., Garcia-Quirós, C., Ghosh, A., Green, R., Haster, C. -J., Husa, S., Keitel, D., Kim, A. X., Hernandez-Vivanco, F., Magaña Hernandez, I., Karathanasis, C., Lasky, P. D., De Lillo, N., Lower, M. E., Macleod, D., Mateu-Lucena, M., Miller, A., Millhouse, M., Morisaki, S., Oh, S. H., Ossokine, S., Payne, E., Powell, J., Pratten, G., Pürrer, M., Ramos-Buades, A., Raymond, V., Thrane, E., Veitch, J., Williams, D., Williams, M. J. & Xiao, L., 1/12/2020, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499, 3, p. 3295–3319 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Beating the Spin-Down Limit on Gravitational Wave Emission from the Crab Pulsar

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 18/07/2008, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 683, 1, p. L45-L49 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Beating the Spin-down Limit on Gravitational Wave Emission from the Vela Pulsar

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 8/08/2011, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 737, 2, 16 p., 93.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    BILBY: A User-friendly Bayesian Inference Library for Gravitational-wave Astronomy

    Ashton, G., Hübner, M., Lasky, P. D., Talbot, C., Ackley, K., Biscoveanu, S., Chu, Q., Divakarla, A., Easter, P. J., Goncharov, B., Hernandez Vivanco, F., Harms, J., Lower, M. E., Meadors, G. D., Melchor, D., Payne, E., Pitkin, M. D., Powell, J., Sarin, N., Smith, R. J. E., & 1 othersThrane, E., 1/04/2019, In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 241, 2, 13 p., 27.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 9/09/2019, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 882, 2, 30 p., L24.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Binary system delays and timing noise in searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars

    Pitkin, M. & Woan, G., 1/08/2007, In: Physical Review D. 76, 10 p., 042006.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 1/12/2010, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A. 624, 1, p. 223-240 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Comment on "Measurements of Newton's gravitational constant and the length of day" by Anderson J. D. et al.

    Pitkin, M., 1/08/2015, In: EPL. 111, 3 p., 30002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debate

  13. Published

    Comparison of methods for the detection of gravitational waves from unknown neutron stars

    Walsh, S., Pitkin, M., Oliver, M., D'Antonio, S., Dergachev, V., Królak, A., Astone, P., Bejger, M., Di Giovanni, M., Dorosh, O., Frasca, S., Leaci, P., Mastrogiovanni, S., Miller, A., Palomba, C., Papa, M. A., Piccinni, O. J., Riles, K., Sauter, O. & Sintes, A. M., 1/12/2016, In: Physical Review D. 94, 12, 17 p., 124010.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Constraining the p -Mode-g -Mode Tidal Instability with GW170817

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 13/02/2019, In: Physical review letters. 122, 6, 12 p., 061104.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  15. Published

    Constraints from LIGO O3 Data on Gravitational-wave Emission Due to R-modes in the Glitching Pulsar PSR J0537-6910

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration, 23/11/2021, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 922, 1, p. 22 71.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the first Advanced LIGO observing run

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 8/05/2018, In: Physical Review D. 97, 10, 20 p., 102002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Constraints on Cosmic Strings Using Data from the Third Advanced LIGO–Virgo Observing Run

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration, 16/06/2021, In: Physical review letters. 126, 24, 19 p., 241102.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  18. Published

    Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration, 31/03/2022, In: Physical Review D. 105, 6, 20 p., 063030.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion History from GWTC-3

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration, 7/06/2023, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 949, 2, 76.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    CWInPy: A Python package for inference with continuous gravitational-wave signals from pulsars

    Pitkin, M., 29/09/2022, In: Journal of Open Source Software. 7, 77, 7 p., 4568.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Detecting beyond-Einstein polarizations of continuous gravitational waves

    Isi, M., Weinstein, A. J., Mead, C. & Pitkin, M., 1/04/2015, In: Physical Review D. 91, 8, 18 p., 082002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 24/03/2017, In: Physical review letters. 118, 12, 13 p., 121102.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  23. Published

    Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO's first two observing runs

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, 4/09/2019, In: Physical Review D. 100, 6, p. 062001 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves Using LIGO S5 Science Data

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 29/12/2011, In: prl. 107, 27, 9 p., 271102.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  25. Published

    Diving below the Spin-down Limit: Constraints on Gravitational Waves from the Energetic Young Pulsar PSR J0537-6910

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration, 1/06/2021, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 913, 2, 15 p., L27.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

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