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J. McIver is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Artificial Intelligence, Geophysics, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate engagement with various aspects of gravitational-wave research and related astrophysical phenomena. Notable recent papers include:

  • Subtracting glitches from gravitational-wave detector data during the third LIGO-Virgo observing run (2022, Classical and Quantum Gravity)
  • The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book (2021, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS))
  • A Rosetta Stone for Eccentric Gravitational Waveform Models (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • Impact of noise transients on low latency gravitational-wave event localization (2022, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.)
  • Parameterised population models of transient non-Gaussian noise in the LIGO gravitational-wave detectors (2022, Classical and Quantum Gravity)

J. McIver frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including:

  • A. Mahabal
  • A. M. Knee
  • Y. K. Lecoeuche
  • Daryl Haggard
  • Raymond T. Ng

The main publication venues where the scientist's work appears include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • The Physics Teacher

The main research topics addressed by J. McIver encompass:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

These topics align with the scientist's focus on gravitational-wave data analysis, astrophysical observations, and the modeling of noise transients affecting detector measurements. Their body of work integrates observational astrophysics with the technical challenges of data processing in large-scale gravitational-wave observatories.

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

  • 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

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

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

  • 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

  • Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914

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

  • 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

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
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
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

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