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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Paul D. Lasky is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has a research focus primarily in Physics and Astronomy. Their body of work extensively covers Astronomy and Astrophysics, with additional contributions to Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography, Geophysics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research delves deeply into several main topics, including:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Paul D. Lasky has published extensively, with frequent appearances in prominent academic venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Noteworthy papers include:

  • Bilby: A User-friendly Bayesian Inference Library for Gravitational-wave Astronomy, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with bilby: validation and application to the first LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Four Eccentric Mergers Increase the Evidence that LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's Binary Black Holes Form Dynamically, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Measuring gravitational-wave memory in the first LIGO/Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog, 2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Black-hole spectroscopy, the no-hair theorem, and GW150914: Kerr versus Occam, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

Collaborations form a significant part of their research, with frequent coauthors being:

  • E. Thrane
  • Nikhil Sarin
  • G. Ashton
  • Teagan A. Clarke
  • I. M. Romero-Shaw

The scientist was awarded the Pawsey Medal by the Australian Academy of Science in 2018, recognizing contributions in their field.

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

  • 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

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

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

  • 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

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
G. Bergmann
G. Bergmann Max Planck Society
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
David E. McClelland
David E. McClelland Australian National University

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