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  • 2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For leadership in developing and testing the new generation of gravitational wave detectors, data analysis and searches for astrophysical sources of gravitational waves, and making LIGO data available to the broader community

Overview

A. J.R. Weinstein is a researcher affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their work spans the fields of physics and astronomy, with a primary focus on nuclear and high energy physics, astronomy and astrophysics, radiation, electrical and electronic engineering, and atmospheric science.

Their research topics include:

  • Astrophysics and cosmic phenomena
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Dark matter and cosmic phenomena
  • Neutrino physics research
  • Pulsars and gravitational waves research
  • Radiation detection and scintillator technologies
  • Particle detector development and performance

A. J.R. Weinstein has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in several key venues. These publication venues are:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference - PoS(ICRC2021)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their recent papers include:

  • VERITAS Observations of the Galactic Center Region at Multi-TeV Gamma-Ray Energies, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Great Markarian 421 Flare of 2010 February: Multiwavelength Variability and Correlation Studies, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Observation of the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with the H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS Telescopes, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The throughput calibration of the VERITAS telescopes, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • VERITAS Discovery of VHE Emission from the Radio Galaxy 3C 264: A Multi-Wavelength Study, 2020, Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • T. B. Humensky
  • M. J. Lang
  • G. Maier
  • J. Quinn
  • W. Benbow

The scientist has also been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2015, with the citation noting their leadership in developing and testing new generation gravitational wave detectors, conducting data analysis and astrophysical source searches, and contributing to making LIGO data accessible to the broader community.

Best Publications

  • GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • The BABAR detector

    B. Aubert;A. Bazan;A. Boucham;D. Boutigny

  • Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • The CLEO-II detector

    Y. Kubota;J. K. Nelson;D. Perticone;R. Poling

  • Observation of a broad structure in the pi(+)pi(-)J/psi mass spectrum around 4.26 GeV/c(2)

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;F. Couderc

  • Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

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

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • Branching fraction and photon energy spectrum for b→sγ

    S. Chen;J. W. Hinson;J. Lee;D. H. Miller

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of B mesons

    K. W. Edwards;R. Ammar;D. Besson;X. Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Honscheid
K. Honscheid The Ohio State University
Marina Artuso
Marina Artuso Syracuse University
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
John Yelton
John Yelton University of Florida
E. H. Thorndike
E. H. Thorndike University of Rochester
J. D. Richman
J. D. Richman University of California, Santa Barbara
Ryszard Stroynowski
Ryszard Stroynowski Southern Methodist University
Paul Avery
Paul Avery University of Florida
M. Davier
M. Davier University of Paris-Saclay
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University

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