Dr Bram Slagmolen
Areas of expertise
- Classical And Physical Optics 020501
- Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments And Techniques 029904
- General Relativity And Gravitational Waves 020105
- Astronomical And Space Instrumentation 020102
- Quantum Optics 020604
- Stellar Astronomy And Planetary Systems 020110
- Mathematical Aspects Of General Relativity 010504
Biography
I have been working on the developent of measurement technologies and hardware implementations for the detection of gravitaitonal waves, and in particular for the Advanced LIGO project. These systems are predominantly based around optical laser interferometry. Currently my focus is on the development of sensors for low-frequency gravitational force signals due to seismic and atmospheric disturbances, as well as the development of new technologies and implementations to further improve the performance of current and future gravitational wave detectors.
At the LIGO Hanford Observatory I commissioned the first 4 km optical cavity to test the arm legnth stabilisation system. I designed and managed the delivery of 30 Tip-Tilt small optic suspensions to Advanced LIGO, now used to direct the laser beam onto the photodiodes which register the gravitaitonal wave signals. I am the chiar of the Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy (ACIGA). I am a committee member of the Multi-Messenger Astronomy Advisory Committee (MMAAC) which advises multi-messenger astronomy matters to the board of Australia Astronomy Limited (AAL).
Publications
- Mansell, G, McRae, T, Altin, P et al. 2018, 'Observation of Squeezed Light in the 2 μm Region', Physical Review Letters, vol. 120, no. 20, pp. 1-5.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Abbott, T et al. 2017, 'A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant', Nature, vol. 551, no. 7678, pp. 85-98pp.
- Altin, P, Nguyen, T, Slagmolen, B et al 2017, 'A robust single-beam optical trap for a gram-scale mechanical oscillator', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 14546 (8pp).
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Abbott, T et al. 2017, 'Calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914', Physical Review D, vol. 95, no. 6, pp. 062003 (16pp).
- Helou, B, Slagmolen, B, McClelland, D et al 2017, 'LISA pathfinder appreciably constrains collapse models', Physical Review D, vol. 95, no. 8, pp. 084054 (1-4 pp).
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al 2017, 'Search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in globular cluster NGC 6544', Physical Review D, vol. 95, no. 8, pp. 082005 (15pp).
- Helou, B, Luo, J, Yeh, H et al 2017, 'Measurable signatures of quantum mechanics in a classical spacetime', Physical Review D, vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 044008 (24pp).
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2017, 'Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run', Physical Review Letters, vol. 118, no. 12, pp. -.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Abbott, T et al. 2017, 'Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 841, no. 2, pp. 1-18pp.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Abbott, T et al. 2017, 'Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 1-48pp.
- McManus, D, Forsyth, P, Yap, M et al. 2017, 'Mechanical characterisation of the TorPeDO: a low frequency gravitational force sensor', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 34, no. 13, pp. 1-12pp.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Chua, S et al. 2016, 'GW150914: The advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 13, pp. 131103-131103.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Chua, S et al. 2016, 'Tests of General Relativity with GW150914', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 22, pp. 221101-221101.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2016, 'Observing gravitational-wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 12, pp. 122004 (20pp).
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2016, 'Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 33, no. 13, pp. 134001 (34pp).
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2016, 'High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 12, pp. 122010 (15pp).
- McManus, D, Yap, M, Ward, R et al. 2016, 'TorPeDO: A low frequency gravitational force sensor', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 716, p. 012027.
- Altin, P, Charlton, P, Chow, J et al. 2016, 'Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 826, no. 1, p. 8.
- Hayward, K, Cox, S, Fitzgerald, J et al. 2016, 'Mechanical amorphization, flash heating, and frictional melting: Dramatic changes to fault surfaces during the first millisecond of earthquake slip', Geology, vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 1043-1046pp.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2016, 'ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS of the BINARY BLACK HOLE MERGER GW150914', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 818, no. 2, pp. 1-15.
- Chow, J, Mansell, G, McClelland, D et al 2016, 'First low frequency all-sky search for continuous gravitational wave signals', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 042007 (25 pp).
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2016, 'GW150914: The advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 13, pp. 131103-131103.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2016, 'GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 13, pp. 131102-131102.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2016, 'Tests of General Relativity with GW150914', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 22, pp. 221101-221101.
- Wade, A, Mansell, G, McRae, T et al. 2016, 'Optomechanical design and construction of a vacuum-compatible optical parametric oscillator for generation of squeezed light', Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 87, no. 6, pp. 63104-63104.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Chua, S et al. 2016, 'Observing gravitational-wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 12, pp. 122004 (20pp).
- Abbott, T, Altin, P, Chow, J et al. 2016, 'GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 13, pp. 131102-131102.
- McClelland, D, Shaddock, D, Slagmolen, B et al 2016, 'Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors at the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 11, p. 112004.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al. 2016, 'GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 12, pp. 122003 (21pp).
- Wade, A, Mansell, G, McRae, T et al. 2016, 'Optomechanical design and construction of a vacuum-compatible optical parametric oscillator for generation of squeezed light', Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 87, no. 6, pp. 63104-63104.
- McClelland, D, Shaddock, D, Slagmolen, B et al 2016, 'Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors at the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 11, p. 112004.
- Altin, P, Chow, J, Chua, S et al. 2016, 'GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 12, pp. 122003 (21pp).
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Abbott, T et al 2016, 'Supplement: "Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914"', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 225, no. 1, pp. (15pp).
- Aasi, J, Abbott, B, Abbott, R et al 2015, 'Advanced LIGO', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 1-41pp.
- Wade, A, Mansell, G, Chua, S et al. 2015, 'A squeezed light source operated under high vacuum', Scientific Reports, vol. 5, pp. 18052-18052.
- Chow, J, Mansell, G, McClelland, D et al. 2015, 'SEARCHES for CONTINUOUS GRAVITATIONAL WAVES from NINE YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 813, no. 1, pp. -.
- Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2015, 'Searching for stochastic gravitational waves using data from the two colocated LIGO Hanford detectors', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 91, no. 2.
- Nguyen, T, Mow-Lowry, C, Slagmolen, B et al 2015, 'Frequency dependence of thermal noise in gram-scale cantilever flexures', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 92, no. 11, pp. 112004/1-7.
- Staley, A, Martynov, D, Abbott, R et al. 2014, 'Achieving resonance in the Advanced LIGO gravitational-wave interferometer', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 31, no. 24, pp. 1-14.
- Chow, J, Chua, S, Gossler, S et al. 2014, 'Gravitational waves from known pulsars: Results from the initial detector era', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 785, no. 2, pp. 1-18.
- Slagmolen, B, Wade, A, Chua, S et al. 2014, 'Concepts and research for future detectors: Summary of the Amaldi 10 C4 session', General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 1-20.
- Aartsen, M, Ackermann, M, Adams, J et al. 2014, 'Multimessenger search for sources of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos: Initial results for LIGO-Virgo and IceCube', Physical Review D, vol. 90, no. 10, pp. 102002/22.
- Chua, S, Slagmolen, B, Shaddock, D et al. 2014, 'Quantum squeezed light in gravitational-wave detectors', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 31, no. 18, pp. 1-26.
- Buchler, B, Chow, J, Chua, S et al. 2013, 'Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light', Nature Photonics, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 613-619.
- Harms, J, Slagmolen, B, Adhikari, R et al 2013, 'Low-frequency terrestrial gravitational-wave detectors', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 88, no. 12.
- Fricke, T, Smith-Lefebvre, N, Abbott, R et al 2012, 'DC readout experiment in Enhanced LIGO', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 1-18.
- Miller PhD, J, Ngo, S, Mullavey, A et al. 2012, 'Control and tuning of a suspended Fabry-Perot cavity using digitally enhanced heterodyne interferometry', Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 23, pp. 4952-4954.
- Evans, P, Fridriksson, J, Gehrels, N et al. 2012, 'Swift follow-up observations of candidate gravitational-wave transient events', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 203, no. 2.
- Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2012, 'Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts during Ligo science run 6 and Virgo science runs 2 and 3', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 760, no. 1, pp. 1-18.
- Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2012, 'Astronomy and astrophysics with gravitational waves in the advanced detector era', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 375, p. 062001.
- Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2012, 'Progress on the monolithic suspension for advanced LIGO', Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity 2009, ed. T Damour, R T Jantzen, R Ruffini, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, pp. 1723-1725.
- Mullavey, A, Slagmolen, B, Miller PhD, J et al 2012, 'Arm-length stabilisation for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors using frequency-doubled auxiliary lasers', Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 81-89.
- Chua, S, Inta, R, Lam, P et al. 2011, 'A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit', Nature Physics, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 962-965.
- Chua, S, Inta, R, Lam, P et al. 2011, 'Transient multimessenger astronomy with gravitational waves', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 114013/1-8.
- Slagmolen, B, Mullavey, A, Miller PhD, J et al. 2011, 'Tip-tilt mirror suspension: Beam steering for advanced laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory sensing and control signals', Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 82, no. 12, pp. 125108-125108.
- Zhao, C, Fang, Q, Susmithan, S et al 2011, 'High-sensitivity three-mode optomechanical transducer', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 84, no. 6, pp. 1-6.
- Mullavey, A, Slagmolen, B, Shaddock, D et al. 2011, 'Fibre phase noise cancellation for long baseline optical networks', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim CLEOPR 2011, IEEE, Sydney Australia, pp. 1969-1971.
- McClelland, D, Scott, S, Slagmolen, B et al. 2010, 'AIGO: A southern hemisphere detector for the worldwide array of ground-based interferometric gravitational wave detectors', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 27, no. 8, p. 12.
- Lam, T, Slagmolen, B, Chow, J et al 2010, 'Digital laser frequency stabilization using an optical cavity', IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 1178-1183.
- Harry, G, LIGO , S, Abbott, B et al. 2010, 'Advanced LIGO: the next generation of gravitational wave detectors', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 084006 (12).
- Grote, H, LIGO , S, Abbott, B et al. 2010, 'The GEO 600 Status', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 084003 (9).
- Fan, Y, Merrill, L, Zhao, C et al 2010, 'Testing the suppression of opto-acoustic parametric interactions using optical feedback control', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 27, no. 8.
- Lam, T, Chua, S, Slagmolen, B et al. 2009, 'A comparison between digital and analog Pound-Drever-Hall laser stabilization', 2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2009, IEEE, Baltimore, MD.
- Fan, Y, Merrill, L, Zhao, C et al 2009, 'Observation of optical torsional stiffness in a high optical power cavity', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 94, no. 8.
- Fan, Y, Zhao, C, Degallaix, J et al 2008, 'Feedback control of thermal lensing in a high optical power cavity', Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 79, no. 10.
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 80, no. 062001, p. 9.
- Brooks, A, Hosken, D, Munch, J et al 2009, 'Direct measurement of absorption-induced wavefront distortion in high optical power systems', Applied Optics, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 355-364.
- Scott, S, Smith, J, Chua, S et al. 2009, 'The path to the enhanced and advanced LIGO gravitational-wave detectors', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 26, pp. 114013 (8).
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO's fifth science run', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 80, no. 102002, p. 14.
- Dickson, J, Gray, M, McClelland, D et al. 2009, 'All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data', Physical Review Letters, vol. 102, no. 111102, p. 6.
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'LIGO:the laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory', Reports on Progress in Physics, vol. 72, no. 7, p. 25.
- McClelland, D, Abbott, B, Adhikari, R et al. 2009, 'Stacked search for gravitational waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 701, no. 2, pp. L68-L74.
- Gray, M, Lam, P, McClelland, D et al. 2009, 'Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 80, p. 14.
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 80, no. 102001, p. 26.
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'A powerful veto for gravitational wave searches using data from Virgo's first scientific run', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 26, p. 6.
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO's fifth science run', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 80, no. 047101, p. 8.
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO's S5 data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 80, no. 122001, p. 14.
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'An upper limit in the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin (LIGO)', Nature, vol. 460, no. 7258, p. 5.
- Dickson, J, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state', New Journal of Physics, vol. 11, no. 073032, p. 13.
- De Vine, G, Rabeling, D, Slagmolen, B et al. 2009, 'Picometer level displacement metrology with digitally enhanced heterodyne interferometry', Optics Express, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 828-837.
- McClelland, D, Gray, M, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'First LIGO search for Gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 80, no. 062002, p. 11.
- McClelland, D, Chua, S, Lam, P et al. 2009, 'Data quality and vetoes for the gravitational-wave burst and inspiral analyses in Virgo's first science run', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 26, no. 204007, p. 7.
- McClelland, D, Lam, P, Mow-Lowry, C et al. 2009, 'Characterization of a subset of large amplitude noise events in VIRGO science run 1 (VSR1)', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 26, no. 204022, p. 9.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2009, 'Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 79, no. 022001, pp. 1-29.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, p. 21.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 in LIGO data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 77, no. 6, p. 13.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Search for S3 LIGO data for gravitational wave signals for spinning black hole and neutron star binary inspirals', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 78, no. 4, p. 19.
- Baggio, L, Bignotto, M, Bonaldi, M et al. 2008, 'A joint search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and LIGO', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, no. 095004, p. 16.
- Fotopoulos, N, Abbott, B, Abbott, R et al. 2008, 'Searching for Stochastic gravitational-wave background with the co-located LIGO interferometers', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 122, p. 6.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'The status of GEO 600', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, p. 9.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, pp. 12p.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Report on an all-sky LIGO search for periodic gravitational waves in the S4 data', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 122.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Detection confidence tests for burst and inspiral candidate events', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, p. 12.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Comparison of band-limited RMS of error channel and calibrated strain in LIGO S5 data', Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Amaldi 2007), ed. Conference Program Committee, IOP Publishing, United Kingdom, p. 6.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Searching for gravitational waves with LIGO', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 110, pp. 062024/1-4.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 77, no. 2.
- Ward, R, Adhikari, R, Abbott, B et al 2008, 'dc readout experiment at the Caltech 40m prototype interferometer', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, no. 114030, p. 8.
- Zhao, C, Ju, L, Fan, Y et al 2008, 'Observation of three-mode parametric interactions in long optical cavities', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 78, no. 023807, pp. 1-6.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters', Physical Review Letters, vol. 101, p. 6.
- Blair, D, Barriga, P, Brooks, A et al 2008, 'The Science benefits and Preliminary Design of the Southern hemisphere Gravitational Wave Detector AIGO.', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 122, p. 6.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Implications for the origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO observations', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 681, pp. 1419-1430.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Beating the Spin-Down limit on Gravitational Wave Emission from the Crab Pulsar', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 683, p. 5.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Search for gravitational waves associated with 39 gamma-ray bursts using data from the second,third, and fourth LIGO runs', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 77, no. 6, p. 22.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2008, 'Results from LIGO observations: Stochastic background and continuous wave signals', Marcel Grossmann meeting on General Relativity 2006, ed. Hagen Kleinert,Robert T Jantzen, World Scientific Publishing Company, London, pp. 2356-2358.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2007, 'Upper Limit map of a background of gravitational waves', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 76, pp. 082003 1-11.
- Ashley, M, Chow, J, Dickson, J et al. 2007, 'Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 24, no. 21, pp. 5343-5369.
- Ashley, M, Chow, J, Dickson, J et al. 2007, 'Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806- 20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 76, pp. 062003 1-12.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2007, 'Searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1:Results from the second LIGO science run', Physical Review D, vol. 76, pp. 082001 1-35.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2007, 'Searching for a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 659, pp. 918-930.
- Chow, J, Dickson, J, Gossler, S et al. 2007, 'First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 022001/1-17.
- Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2007, 'Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars', Physical Review E-Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 042001 1-20.
- Zhao, C, Degallaix, J, Ju, L et al. 2006, 'Compensation of Strong Thermal Lensing in High-Optical-Power-Cavities', Physical Review Letters, vol. 96, pp. 1-4.
- McClelland, D, Scott, S, Gray, M et al. 2006, 'Status for Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 23, pp. 41-49.
- Zhao, C, Blair, D, Barriga, P et al. 2006, 'Gingin High Optical Power Test Facility', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 32, pp. 368-373.
- Mow-Lowry, C, Gossler, S, Slagmolen, B et al. 2006, 'Towards the SQL: Status of the direct thermal-noise measurements at the ANU', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 32, pp. 362-367.
- Slagmolen, B, Barton, M, Mow-Lowry, C et al. 2005, 'Alignment locking to suspended Fabry-Perot cavity', General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 37, pp. 1601-1608.
- Jacob, J, Barriga, P, Blair, D et al. 2003, 'Australia's role in gravitational wave detection', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 20, no. 2003, pp. 223-241.
- Gray, M, Scott, S, Slagmolen, B et al. 2003, 'ACIGA: Status report', in Cruise, M; Saulson, P. (ed.), Gravitational Wave Detection, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, WA, USA, pp. 258-269.
- Slagmolen, B, Shaddock, D, Gray, M et al 2002, 'Laser Stabilisation for the interferometric measurement of the thermal noise of suspended test masses', in Gurzadyan, V.G; Jantzen R.T; Ruffini, R. (ed.), Proceedings of the 9th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, World Scientific Publishing Company, New Jersey, pp. 1866-1867.
- Cusack, B, Shaddock, D, Slagmolen, B et al. 2002, 'Double pass locking and spatial mode locking for gravitational wave detectors', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 19, pp. 1819 - 1824.
- Slagmolen, B, Brokmann, X, Shaddock, D et al. 2002, 'High dynamic range flexure transfer function measurement', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 19, pp. 1683 - 1687.
- Robins, N, Slagmolen, B, Shaddock, D et al. 2002, 'Interferometric, modulation-free laser stabilization', Optics Letters, vol. 27, no. 21, pp. 1905 - 1907.
- Winterflood, J, Blair, D & Slagmolen, B 2002, 'High performance vibration isolation using springs in Euler column buckling mode', Physics Letters A, vol. 300, pp. 122-130.
- Slagmolen, B, Shaddock, D, Gray, M et al 2002, 'Frequency Stability of Spatial Mode Interference (Tilt) locking', IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 1521 - 1528.
- McClelland, D, Scott, S, Gray, M et al 2001, 'Second-generation laser interferometry for gravitational wave detection: ACIGA progress', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 18, pp. 4121-4126.
- Gray, M, Slagmolen, B, Baigent, K et al. 2000, 'The ANU Thermal Noise Experiment', in Meshkov, Sydney (ed.), Third Edoardo Amaldi Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Melville, USA, pp. 439-440.
- Slagmolen, B, Gray, M, Baigent, K et al 2000, 'Phase-sensitive reflection technique for characterization of a Fabry-Perot interferometer', Applied Optics, vol. 39, no. 21, pp. 3638-3643.
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Projects and Grants
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Gravitational wave Discovery (Secondary Investigator)
- Australian Partnership in Advanced LIGO (Secondary Investigator)
- Equipment for international collaboration in next generation GW detectors (Secondary Investigator)
- Ultra-sensitive third-generation gravitational wave detectors (Secondary Investigator)
- Building and commissioning Gravitational Force Sensors (Primary Investigator)
- Australian partnership in Advanced LIGO - continuation (Secondary Investigator)
- Equipment and Instrumentation for Breaking the Quantum Measurement Barrier (Secondary Investigator)
- Australian Partnership in Advanced LIGO (Secondary Investigator)
- Pushing the frontiers of gravitational wave science: from technology to astrophysics (Secondary Investigator)
