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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1975 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Clifford M. Will is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research focuses extensively on Astronomy and Astrophysics, contributing to a wide range of topics within this domain.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms

Clifford M. Will has authored numerous papers published across several prominent scientific venues. Most of their work appears in Physical Review D, which holds the majority of their publications, followed by contributions to The Astrophysical Journal and arXiv (Cornell University).

Recent publications include:

  • "Higher-order effects in the dynamics of hierarchical triple systems: Quadrupole-squared terms" (2021) in Physical Review D
  • "A Stability Timescale for Nonhierarchical Three-body Systems" (2023) in The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Constraining a Companion of the Galactic Center Black Hole Sgr A*" (2023) in The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Compact binary systems in Einstein-Æther gravity: Direct integration of the relaxed field equations to 2.5 post-Newtonian order" (2023) in Physical Review D
  • "Modified geodesic equations of motion for compact bodies in alternative theories gravity" (2022) in Physical Review D

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Fatemeh Taherasghari
  • Eric Zhang
  • Smadar Naoz
  • Alexandria Tucker
  • Landen Conway

As recognition for their contributions to science, Clifford M. Will holds several distinctions, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2007 and fellowships at established institutions such as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. These honors span from 1975 through 2007.

Best Publications

  • Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics

    Clifford Martin Will

  • The Confrontation Between General Relativity and Experiment

    C. M. Will;C. M. Will

  • Black-hole normal modes: A WKB approach. I. Foundations and application of a higher-order WKB analysis of potential-barrier scattering.

    Sai Iyer;Clifford M. Will

  • Black hole normal modes - A semianalytic approach

    Bernard F. Schutz;Clifford M. Will

  • Gravitational-wave spectroscopy of massive black holes with the space interferometer LISA

    Emanuele Berti;Vitor Cardoso;Clifford M. Will

  • Gravitational-radiation damping of compact binary systems to second post-Newtonian order.

    Luc Blanchet;Thibault Damour;Bala R. Iyer;Clifford M. Will

  • Gravity: Newtonian, Post-Newtonian, Relativistic

    Eric Poisson;Clifford M. Will

  • Conservation Laws and Preferred Frames in Relativistic Gravity. I. Preferred-Frame Theories and an Extended PPN Formalism

    Clifford M. Will;Kenneth Nordtvedt

  • THE IAU 2000 RESOLUTIONS FOR ASTROMETRY CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND METROLOGY IN THE RELATIVISTIC FRAMEWORK: EXPLANATORY SUPPLEMENT

    M. Soffel;S. A. Klioner;G. Petit;P. Wolf

  • Gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries: Parameter estimation using second-post-Newtonian waveforms.

    Eric Poisson;Clifford M. Will

  • Bounding the mass of the graviton using gravitational-wave observations of inspiralling compact binaries

    Clifford M. Will

  • Gravitational radiation from compact binary systems: Gravitational waveforms and energy loss to second post-Newtonian order.

    Clifford M. Will;Alan G. Wiseman

  • Gravitational waveforms from inspiralling compact binaries to second-post-Newtonian order

    Luc Blanchet;Bala R. Iyer;Clifford M. Will;Alan G. Wiseman

  • Estimating spinning binary parameters and testing alternative theories of gravity with LISA

    Emanuele Berti;Alessandra Buonanno;Alessandra Buonanno;Clifford M. Will

  • The IAU 2000 resolutions for astrometry, celestial mechanics and metrology in the relativistic framework: explanatory supplement

    M. Soffel;S.A. Klioner;G. Petit;P. Wolf

  • Spin effects in the inspiral of coalescing compact binaries.

    Lawrence E. Kidder;Clifford M. Will;Alan G. Wiseman

  • Was Einstein Right? Putting General Relativity to the Test

    Clifford M. Will;Bernard F. Schutz

  • Conservation Laws and Preferred Frames in Relativistic Gravity. II. Experimental Evidence to Rule Out Preferred-Frame Theories of Gravity

    Kenneth Nordtvedt;Clifford M. Will

  • THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR TESTING RELATIVISTIC GRAVITY. II. PARAMETRIZED POST-NEWTONIAN HYDRODYNAMICS, AND THE NORDTVEDT EFFECT.

    Clifford M. Will

  • Testing properties of the Galactic center black hole using stellar orbits

    David Merritt;Tal Alexander;Seppo Mikkola;Clifford M. Will

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuele Berti
Emanuele Berti Johns Hopkins University
Nicolás Yunes
Nicolás Yunes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Luc Blanchet
Luc Blanchet Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Vitor Cardoso
Vitor Cardoso Instituto Superior Técnico
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz University of California, Santa Cruz
David Merritt
David Merritt Rochester Institute of Technology
Kip S. Thorne
Kip S. Thorne California Institute of Technology
Thibault Damour
Thibault Damour Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques

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