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  • 2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For significant contributions to the statistical theory and computational practice of gravitationalwave detection and parameter estimation, and for crossfertilizing technical approaches among the groundbased, spacebased, and pulsartiming detection programs

Overview

Michele Vallisneri is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

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

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Shami Chatterjee
  • J. M. Cordes
  • Neil J. Cornish
  • F. Crawford
  • H. Thankful Cromartie

Vallisneri has contributed frequently to the following publication venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Physical Review D
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Selected recent papers include:

  • "The NANOGrav 11-year data set: High-precision timing of 45 millisecond pulsars" (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
  • "The NANOGrav 11 Year Data Set: Pulsar-timing constraints on the Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background" (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
  • "GipsyX/RTGx, a new tool set for space geodetic operations and research" (2020, Advances in Space Research)
  • "The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Observations and Timing of 68 Millisecond Pulsars" (2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
  • "The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries" (2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)

Vallisneri was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2016. The citation recognized their contributions to the statistical theory and computational practice of gravitational wave detection and parameter estimation, as well as efforts in applying techniques across ground-based, space-based, and pulsar-timing detection programs.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • Use and abuse of the Fisher information matrix in the assessment of gravitational-wave parameter-estimation prospects

    Michele Vallisneri

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

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

  • Low-frequency gravitational-wave science with eLISA/NGO

    Pau Amaro-Seoane;Sofiane Aoudia;Stanislav Babak;Pierre Binetruy

  • An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;F. Acernese;R. Adhikari

  • The NANOGrav Eleven-year Data Set: High-precision timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars

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

  • The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: Pulsar-timing Constraints On The Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

    Z. Arzoumanian;P. T. Baker;A. Brazier;S. Burke-Spolaor

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

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

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
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Alberto Vecchio
Alberto Vecchio University of Birmingham
Stephen Fairhurst
Stephen Fairhurst Cardiff University
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg

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