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134
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482
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his role in the design, execution, and interpretation of the electron scattering experiments at SLAC in which the quarkparton structure of the proton and neutron was discovered

Overview

David Coward is affiliated with the University of Western Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Additional areas of study include Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics, including Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Space Satellite Systems and Control, and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by David Coward include:

  • FRIPON: a worldwide network to track incoming meteoroids, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Deep space debris-Detection of potentially hazardous asteroids and objects from the southern hemisphere, 2023, Frontiers in Space Technologies
  • Modeling the GRB 170202A Fireball from Continuous Observations with the Zadko and the Virgin Island Robotic Telescopes, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • GRB160203A: an exploration of lumpy space, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • GRANDMA: A NETWORK TO COORDINATE THEM ALL, 2021, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias

Frequent coauthors contributing extensively to publications alongside David Coward are:

  • B. Gendre
  • J. Moore
  • H. Crisp
  • E. F. Moore
  • A. Klotz

The scientist publishes regularly in several academic venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias
  • Frontiers in Space Technologies
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

David Coward has received recognition through fellowships in major scientific organizations. These include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Additionally, the scientist became a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1983. The APS fellowship citation notes their role in the design, execution, and interpretation of electron scattering experiments at SLAC contributing to the discovery of the quark-parton structure of the proton and neutron.

Best Publications

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

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

  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

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

  • GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • 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

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

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

  • GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

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

  • GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.

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

  • 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

  • Tests of general relativity with GW150914

    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;R. Abbott;M. Abernathy

  • 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

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

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

  • 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

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

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

  • Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

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

  • Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

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

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
David E. McClelland
David E. McClelland Australian National University

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