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Physics D-index 83 Citations 48,964 167 World Ranking 1983 National Ranking 1020

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Awards & Achievements

2017 - Henry Draper Medal, United States National Academy of Sciences Honoring Barish and Whitcomb, on behalf of the LIGO collaboration, for their visionary and pivotal leadership roles, scientific guidance, and novel instrument design during the development of LIGO that were crucial for LIGO's discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, thus directly validating Einstein's 100-year-old prediction of gravitational waves and ushering a new field of gravitational wave astronomy.

2012 - OSA Fellows For seminal contributions to the development of large-scale interferometric gravitational-wave detectors, in particular in his role leading the development and successful commissioning of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory interferometers.

2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his outstanding contributions to metrology and to the development and implementation of interferometers for the detection of gravitational radiation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics

His primary areas of study are Gravitational wave, Astrophysics, LIGO, Astronomy and Binary black hole. His Gravitational wave study combines topics in areas such as Observatory and Black hole. His work in the fields of Astrophysics, such as Gravitational wave background, Redshift and Galaxy, overlaps with other areas such as Ekpyrotic universe.

His research integrates issues of Cosmology and Gravastar in his study of Redshift. His LIGO research incorporates themes from Pulsar and Neutron star. His study in Kilonova is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Gamma-ray burst, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Gamma-ray burst progenitors.

His most cited work include:

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger (7103 citations)
  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral (4913 citations)
  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A (1739 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

S. E. Whitcomb focuses on Gravitational wave, Astrophysics, LIGO, Astronomy and Neutron star. His study looks at the intersection of Gravitational wave and topics like Detector with Noise. Astrophysics and Amplitude are frequently intertwined in his study.

His work on Gravitational-wave astronomy as part of general LIGO study is frequently linked to Frequency band, bridging the gap between disciplines. His Neutron star research incorporates elements of Stars and Kilonova. His work in the fields of Binary black hole, such as GW151226, overlaps with other areas such as Monte Carlo method.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Gravitational wave (113.74%)
  • Astrophysics (102.75%)
  • LIGO (101.10%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2017)?

  • Gravitational wave (113.74%)
  • Astrophysics (102.75%)
  • LIGO (101.10%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Gravitational wave, Astrophysics, LIGO, Astronomy and LIGO Scientific Collaboration. S. E. Whitcomb interconnects Low frequency, Redshift and Binary star in the investigation of issues within Gravitational wave. S. E. Whitcomb has included themes like Gravitational wave background, Gravastar and Primordial black hole in his Redshift study.

His study in the fields of Black hole and Kilonova under the domain of Astrophysics overlaps with other disciplines such as Range. His LIGO study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Gravitational-wave observatory, Galaxy and Binary black hole. His research in LIGO Scientific Collaboration intersects with topics in Large Hadron Collider and Particle physics.

Between 2013 and 2017, his most popular works were:

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger (7103 citations)
  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral (4913 citations)
  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A (1739 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Astronomy
  • General relativity

S. E. Whitcomb mainly investigates Gravitational wave, Astrophysics, LIGO, Astronomy and Binary black hole. His study looks at the relationship between Gravitational wave and fields such as Interferometry, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. His study explores the link between Astrophysics and topics such as General relativity that cross with problems in Binary star.

His Redshift research integrates issues from Gravitational wave background, Gravastar and Primordial black hole. His Stellar black hole research includes themes of X-ray binary, KAGRA and Gravitational-wave astronomy. His Neutron star research includes elements of Gamma-ray burst, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Gamma-ray burst progenitors.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

B. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy.
Physical Review Letters (2016)

11699 Citations

GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese.
Physical Review Letters (2017)

6436 Citations

LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.

Alex Abramovici;William E. Althouse;Ronald W. P. Drever;Yekta Gürsel.
Science (1992)

2918 Citations

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.
The Astrophysical Journal (2017)

2285 Citations

GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese.
Physical Review Letters (2017)

1991 Citations

Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott.
Physical Review X (2016)

1521 Citations

Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors

J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott.
arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (2010)

1416 Citations

Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott.
arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (2016)

1374 Citations

Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott.
Classical and Quantum Gravity (2015)

1059 Citations

Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott.
Nature Photonics (2013)

1010 Citations

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