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2023

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D-Index
155
Citations
151993
World Ranking
239
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2018 - Stern–Gerlach Medal, German Physical Society
  • 2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his innovation and leadership in gravitational wave detection across its full spectrum and for promoting collaboration across national boundaries

Overview

Karsten Danzmann is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Germany. Their research engages primarily with health professions, arts and humanities, and intersects notably with general health professions and philosophy.

Their scholarly work addresses themes including hermeneutics and narrative identity, aging, elder care and social issues, and broader societal aspects of health and medicine.

One documented research publication is titled "Direct limits for scalar field dark matter from a gravitational-wave detector," published in 2021 in the venue RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

  • Direct limits for scalar field dark matter from a gravitational-wave detector, 2021, RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Danzmann has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, such as S. M. Vermeulen, P. Relton, H. Grote, V. Raymond, and C. Affeldt.

  • S. M. Vermeulen
  • P. Relton
  • H. Grote
  • V. Raymond
  • C. Affeldt

Their work has appeared in academic venues where they have published multiple contributions, including RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Throughout their career, Danzmann has received recognition such as the Stern-Gerlach Medal awarded by the German Physical Society in 2018, and was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2009 with a citation noting contributions to innovation and leadership in gravitational wave detection and international collaboration.

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

  • The Einstein Telescope: a third-generation gravitational wave observatory

    M. Punturo;M. Abernathy;F. Acernese;B. Allen

  • 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

  • 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
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Kenneth A. Strain
Kenneth A. Strain University of Glasgow
J. H. Hough
J. H. Hough University of Glasgow
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Alberto Vecchio
Alberto Vecchio University of Birmingham

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