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Bayesian inference
Turning noisy detector data into astrophysics: Bayesian inference, model selection, transdimensional inference, and neural posterior estimation.
17 papers
Research
Gravitational astrophysics
I work on a number of topics under the broad heading of gravitational astrophysics. Below are the themes I’m actively researching, followed by earlier topics I have published in. Please get in touch if you’re interested in details about any of them.
01Themes
Current research themes
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Black-hole populations
What gravitational-wave catalogues reveal about how binary black holes form, including distinct subpopulations at different masses.
27 papers
03
Neutron stars & dense matter
Post-merger signals, equations of state, magnetars behind short gamma-ray bursts, and continuous waves from spinning neutron stars.
70 papers
04
Gravitational-wave memory
The permanent deformation of spacetime left behind by a passing wave, and how LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA can detect it.
8 papers
05
Testing general relativity
Probing Einstein’s theory in the strong-field regime, from tests of the no-hair theorem to extra polarisations and modified gravity.
12 papers
06
Pulsar timing arrays
Nanohertz gravitational waves from supermassive black-hole binaries, and phase-coherent maps of the gravitational-wave sky.
3 papers
02Earlier work
Earlier work
Other topics I have published in over the years.
- Dynamics of strongly magnetised neutron stars
- Superfluid turbulence, neutron-star rotational dynamics and observational consequences
- Gravitational collapse in general relativity
- Gravitational lensing: flexion
- Inhomogeneous cosmological models
- Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies