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  • 2018 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the discovery of fast radio bursts and numerous contributions to pulsar science

Overview

Duncan R. Lorimer is affiliated with West Virginia University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Aerospace Engineering.

Their main research topics encompass:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Lorimer's recent publications include:

  • "The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background" (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics" (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "The NANOGrav 11-year data set: High-precision timing of 45 millisecond pulsars" (2024), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "The NANOGrav 11 Year Data Set: Pulsar-timing constraints on the Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background" (2024), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Observations and Timing of 68 Millisecond Pulsars" (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Frequent collaborators in their work include M. A. McLaughlin, S. M. Ransom, Emmanuel Fonseca, Megan L. Jones, and Ryan S. Lynch. These coauthors have contributed extensively across multiple joint publications.

Lorimer's work is commonly published in a range of venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

In recognition of contributions to the field, Lorimer was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018, with a citation noting their role in the discovery of fast radio bursts and numerous contributions to pulsar science.

Best Publications

  • A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin

    Duncan R. Lorimer;Matthew Bailes;Maura Ann McLaughlin;David J. Narkevic

  • Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy

    D. R. Lorimer;M. Kramer

  • High birth velocities of radio pulsars

    A.G. Lyne;D.R. Lorimer

  • A statistical study of 233 pulsar proper motions

    G. Hobbs;G. Hobbs;D. R. Lorimer;A. G. Lyne;M. Kramer

  • An increased estimate of the merger rate of double neutron stars from observations of a highly relativistic system

    M. Burgay;N. D'Amico;A. Possenti;R. N. Manchester

  • Tests of General Relativity from Timing the Double Pulsar

    M. Kramer;I. H. Stairs;R. N. Manchester;M. A. McLaughlin;M. A. McLaughlin

  • A double-pulsar system: A rare laboratory for relativistic gravity and plasma physics

    A. G. Lyne;M. Burgay;M. Kramer;A. Possenti

  • Relativistic Shapiro delay measurements of an extremely massive millisecond pulsar

    H. Thankful Cromartie;Emmanuel Fonseca;Scott M. Ransom;Paul B. Demorest

  • Relativistic Shapiro delay measurements of an extremely massive millisecond pulsar

    H. T. Cromartie;E. Fonseca;S. M. Ransom;P. B. Demorest

  • Transient radio bursts from rotating neutron stars

    M. A. McLaughlin;A. G. Lyne;D. R. Lorimer;M. Kramer

  • The International Pulsar Timing Array project: using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector

    G. Hobbs;A. Archibald;Z. Arzoumanian;D. Backer

  • Fast Radio Burst Discovered in the Arecibo Pulsar ALFA Survey

    L. G. Spitler;J. M. Cordes;J. W. T. Hessels;D. R. Lorimer

  • The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey - VI. Discovery and timing of 142 pulsars and a Galactic population analysis

    D. R. Lorimer;D. R. Lorimer;A. J. Faulkner;A. G. Lyne;R. N. Manchester

  • Binary and Millisecond Pulsars

    Duncan R. Lorimer

  • A radio pulsar/x-ray binary link.

    Anne M. Archibald;Ingrid H. Stairs;Ingrid H. Stairs;Ingrid H. Stairs;Scott M. Ransom;Victoria M. Kaspi

  • The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: High-precision Timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars

    Zaven Arzoumanian;Adam Brazier;Sarah Burke-Spolaor;Sydney Chamberlin

  • Fast Radio Burst Discovered in the Arecibo Pulsar ALFA Survey

    L. G. Spitler;J. M. Cordes;J. W. T. Hessels;J. W. T. Hessels;D. R. Lorimer

  • A periodically active pulsar giving insight into magnetospheric physics.

    Michael Kramer;Andrew G. Lyne;Jennifer T. O'Brien;Christine A. Jordan

  • The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for an Isotropic Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

    Zaven Arzoumanian;Paul T. Baker;Harsha Blumer;Bence Bécsy

  • Refined Mass and Geometric Measurements of the High-Mass PSR J0740+6620

    Emmanuel Fonseca;H. Thankful Cromartie;Timothy T. Pennucci;Paul S. Ray

Frequent Co-Authors

Maura McLaughlin
Maura McLaughlin West Virginia University
Ingrid H. Stairs
Ingrid H. Stairs University of British Columbia
Michael Kramer
Michael Kramer Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Scott M. Ransom
Scott M. Ransom National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Fernando Camilo
Fernando Camilo South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
Jason W. T. Hessels
Jason W. T. Hessels University of Amsterdam
Paulo C. C. Freire
Paulo C. C. Freire Max Planck Society
Andrew Lyne
Andrew Lyne University of Manchester
Richard N. Manchester
Richard N. Manchester Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
George Hobbs
George Hobbs Australia Telescope National Facility

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