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Overview

Evan Goetz is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on physics and astronomy, with a significant body of work in pulsars and gravitational waves research.

They have contributed to studies within several subfields, including astronomy and astrophysics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, oceanography, ocean engineering, and geophysics. Their main research topics encompass:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research

Frequent co-authors with whom Evan Goetz has collaborated include:

  • C. Cahillane
  • D. Bhattacharjee
  • R. X. Adhikari
  • K. Arai
  • A. F. Brooks

Their work is often published in a set of recurring venues, notably:

  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review X
  • Science

Among recent papers authored by Evan Goetz are:

  • Sensitivity and performance of the Advanced LIGO detectors in the third observing run, 2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Reducing scattered light in LIGO's third observing run, 2021, Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Broadband Quantum Enhancement of the LIGO Detectors with Frequency-Dependent Squeezing, 2023, Physical Review X
  • LIGO's quantum response to squeezed states, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO, 2021, Applied Optics

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

  • Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

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

  • 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

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

    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

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Stephen Fairhurst
Stephen Fairhurst Cardiff University

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