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Dr Matthew Pitkin FHEA

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2017
  2. Published

    Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger

    LIGO collaboration, PESSTO collaboration et al., 16/10/2017, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 848, 2

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 6/10/2017, In: Physical review letters. 119, 14, 16 p., 141101.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Probing dynamical gravity with the polarization of continuous gravitational waves

    Isi, M., Pitkin, M. & Weinstein, A. J., 15/08/2017, In: Physical Review D. 96, 27 p., 042001.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 1/06/2017, In: Physical review letters. 118, 22, 17 p., 221101.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  6. Published

    A nested sampling code for targeted searches for continuous gravitational waves from pulsars

    Pitkin, M., Isi, M., Veitch, J. & Woan, G., 05/2017, 46 p.

    Research output: Working paper

  7. Published

    First Search for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars with Advanced LIGO

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 1/04/2017, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 839, 1, 24 p., 12.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system

    Biwer, C., Barker, D., Batch, J. C., Betzwieser, J., Fisher, R. P., Goetz, E., Kandhasamy, S., Karki, S., Kissel, J. S., Lundgren, A. P., Macleod, D. M., Mullavey, A., Riles, K., Rollins, J. G., Thorne, K. A., Thrane, E., Abbott, T. D., Allen, B., Brown, D. A. & Charlton, P. & 27 others, Crowder, S. G., Fritschel, P., Kanner, J. B., Landry, M., Lazzaro, C., Millhouse, M., Pitkin, M., Savage, R. L., Shawhan, P., Shoemaker, D. H., Smith, J. R., Sun, L., Veitch, J., Vitale, S., Weinstein, A. J., Cornish, N., Essick, R. C., Fays, M., Katsavounidis, E., Lange, J., Littenberg, T. B., Lynch, R., Meyers, P. M., Pannarale, F., Prix, R., O'Shaughnessy, R. & Sigg, D., 27/03/2017, In: Physical Review D. 95, 15 p., 062002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 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

  10. Published

    Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 24/03/2017, In: Physical review letters. 118, 12, 12 p., 121101.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  11. Published

    A targeted spectral interpolation algorithm for the detection of continuous gravitational waves

    Davies, G. S., Pitkin, M. & Woan, G., 1/01/2017, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 34, 1, 20 p., 015010.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2016
  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

    Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 1/06/2016, In: Physical review letters. 116, 24, p. 241102 19 p., 241102.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 11/02/2016, In: Physical review letters. 116, 6, 16 p., 061102.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  18. 2015
  19. Published

    First results and future prospects for dual-harmonic searches for gravitational waves from spinning neutron stars

    Pitkin, M., Gill, C., Jones, D. I., Woan, G. & Davies, G. S., 1/11/2015, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 453, 4, p. 4399-4420 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Upper limit to the transverse to longitudinal motion coupling of a waveguide mirror

    Leavey, S., Barr, B. W., Bell, A. S., Gordon, N., Gräf, C., Hild, S., Huttner, S. H., Kley, E.-B., Kroker, S., Macarthur, J., Messenger, C., Pitkin, M., Sorazu, B., Strain, K. & Tünnermann, A., 1/09/2015, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 32, 17, 16 p., 175005.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. Published

    Parameter estimation for compact binaries with ground-based gravitational-wave observations using the LALInference software library

    Veitch, J., Raymond, V., Farr, B., Farr, W., Graff, P., Vitale, S., Aylott, B., Blackburn, K., Christensen, N., Coughlin, M., Del Pozzo, W., Feroz, F., Gair, J., Haster, C.-J., Kalogera, V., Littenberg, T., Mandel, I., O'Shaughnessy, R., Pitkin, M. & Rodriguez, C. & 7 others, Röver, C., Sidery, T., Smith, R., Van Der Sluys, M., Vecchio, A., Vousden, W. & Wade, L., 1/02/2015, In: Physical Review D. 91, 4, 25 p., 042003.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 2014
  25. Published

    A Bayesian method for detecting stellar flares

    Pitkin, M., Williams, D., Fletcher, L. & Grant, S. D. T., 1/12/2014, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 445, p. 2268-2284 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Advanced technologies for future ground-based, laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors

    Hammond, G., Hild, S. & Pitkin, M., 1/12/2014, In: Journal of Modern Optics. 61, Sup1, p. S10-S45 36 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars: Results from the Initial Detector Era

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 2/04/2014, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 785, 2, 18 p., 119.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Glitch or Anti-glitch: A Bayesian View

    Hu, Y.-M., Pitkin, M., Heng, I. S. & Hendry, M. A., 21/03/2014, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 784, 2, 4 p., L41.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  29. 2012
  30. Published

    Extending gravitational wave burst searches with pulsar timing arrays

    Pitkin, M., 1/10/2012, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 425, 4, p. 2688-2697 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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