World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
148
Citations
136104
World Ranking
308
National Ranking
36

Overview

Stephen Fairhurst is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a notable emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Oceanography
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

Research topics covered in their work include:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Stephen Fairhurst has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review D
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Nature

Among their recent papers are:

  • "General-relativistic precession in a black-hole binary" (2022) published in Nature
  • "Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA" (2020) published in Library Open Repository (Universidad Complutense Madrid)
  • "Measuring gravitational-wave higher-order multipoles" (2021) published in Physical Review D
  • "Two-harmonic approximation for gravitational waveforms from precessing binaries" (2020) published in Physical Review D
  • "When will we observe binary black holes precessing?" (2020) published in Physical Review D

Frequent collaborators include C. G. Hoy, J. C. Mills, Mark Hannam, V. Raymond, and Rosa Valiante.

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Patrick Brady
Patrick Brady University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Stephen Fairhurst

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles