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Matthew Evans

Matthew Evans

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For critical contributions to the development of advanced gravitationalwave detectors, as well as for developing techniques to enable further improvements in detector sensitivity, and for leading community efforts to design future largescale groundbased detectors

Overview

Matthew Evans is affiliated with MIT in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Ocean Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Advanced Frequency and Time Standards
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Evans has contributed frequently to several publication venues, predominantly publishing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review D
  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nature Reviews Physics

Among recent papers authored or coauthored are:

  • "Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Physics
  • "A Horizon Study for Cosmic Explorer: Science, Observatories, and Community" (2021), published on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Frequency-Dependent Squeezing for Advanced LIGO" (2020), published in Physical Review Letters
  • "Distance measures in gravitational-wave astrophysics and cosmology" (2020), published in Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • "Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO" (2021), published in Applied Optics

Frequent coauthors include:

  • L. Barsotti
  • L. McCuller
  • D. Ganapathy
  • P. Fritschel
  • E. D. Hall

In 2019, Matthew Evans was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society. The citation notes their role in advancing gravitational-wave detectors, developing techniques for detector sensitivity improvements, and leading efforts to design future ground-based detectors at a large scale.

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

  • 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

  • GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    Nancy Aggarwal;Lisa Barsotti

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

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