Research theme 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

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Papers on this theme 70

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2026
Accurate and scalable inference for binary neutron stars in next-generation gravitational-wave detectors

Guttman (group member), Baker, Lasky & Thrane
- PRD 114, 063035
- arXiv:2606.14197
2026
Realistic equations of state informing neutron star post-merger gravitational-wave frequencies

Magnall, Barman, Chatterjee, Lasky & Goode
- MNRAS 550, stag1184
- arXiv:2602.23646
2026
Frequency- and phase-resolved polarimetry of millisecond pulsars and its application to timing

Curyło, Zic, Wang, Thrane, Lasky et al.
- MNRAS 549, stag835
- arXiv:2512.09220
2026
Searching for gravitational waves from compact binary mergers powering long gamma-ray bursts during LIGO─Virgo─KAGRA's O3 run

Sinha (group member), Clarke, Zhang, Sarin, Thrane & Lasky
- MNRAS 549, stag834
- arXiv:2602.05169
2026
Sub-threshold post-merger gravitational waves can constrain the hot nuclear equation of state

Panther & Lasky
- MNRAS 548, stag750
- arXiv:2512.08497
2025
Directly inferring cosmology and the neutron-star equation of state from gravitational-wave mergers

Magnall, Goode, Sarin & Lasky
- MNRAS 543, 3673
- arXiv:2410.07754
2025
Inferring Jet Physics from Neutron Star─Black Hole Mergers with Gravitational Waves

Clarke, Lasky & Thrane
- ApJ 984, 27
- arXiv:2411.07035
2025
Quantifying the coincidence between gravitational waves and fast radio bursts from neutron star-black hole mergers

Clarke, Sarin, Howell, Lasky & Thrane
- PRD 111, 083023
- arXiv:2408.02534
2025
Determination of the birth-mass function of neutron stars from observations

You, Zhu, Liu, Müller, Lasky et al.
- Nature Astronomy 9, 552
- arXiv:2412.05524
2024
The Origin of the Coherent Radio Flash Potentially Associated with GRB 201006A

Sarin, Clarke, Magnall, Lasky, Metzger, Berger & Sridhar
- ApJ Letters 973, L20
- arXiv:2404.08048
2024
Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 2.5─4.5 M ⊙ Compact Object and a Neutron Star

Abac, Abbott, Abouelfettouh, Acernese, Lasky et al.
- ApJ Letters 970, L34
- arXiv:2404.04248
2024
Search for Gravitational-wave Transients Associated with Magnetar Bursts in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo Data from the Third Observing Run

Abbott, Abe, Acernese, Ackley, Lasky et al.
- ApJ 966, 137
- arXiv:2210.10931

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2023
The effect of noise artefacts on gravitational-wave searches for neutron star post-merger remnants

Panther & Lasky
- MNRAS 523, 2928
- arXiv:2303.10847
2023
Improving pulsar-timing solutions through dynamic pulse fitting

Nathan, Miles, Ashton, Lasky, Thrane, Reardon, Shannon & Cameron
- MNRAS 523, 4405
- arXiv:2304.02793
2023
Nuclear Physics with Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars Disrupted by Black Holes

Clarke, Chastain, Lasky & Thrane
- ApJ Letters 949, L6
- arXiv:2302.09711
2023
Magnetic Dynamo Caused by Axions in Neutron Stars

Anzuini, Pons, Gómez-Bañón, Lasky, Bianchini & Melatos
- PRL 130, 071001
- arXiv:2211.10863
2023
Missed opportunities: GRB 211211A and the case for continual gravitational-wave coverage with a single observatory

Sarin, Lasky & Nathan
- MNRAS 518, 5483
- arXiv:2210.14938
2023
Colliding neutron stars ring in a clue to puzzle of extreme matter

Lasky
- Nature 613, 245
2022
Detectability of the gravitational-wave background produced by magnetar giant flares

Kouvatsos, Lasky, Quitzow-James & Sakellariadou
- PRD 106, 063007
- arXiv:2203.07905
2022
Low-efficiency long gamma-ray bursts: a case study with AT2020blt

Sarin, Hamburg, Burns, Ashton, Lasky & Lamb
- MNRAS 512, 1391
- arXiv:2106.01556
2022
Linking the rates of neutron star binaries and short gamma-ray bursts

Sarin, Lasky, Vivanco, Stevenson, Chattopadhyay, Smith & Thrane
- PRD 105, 083004
- arXiv:2201.08491
2021
Inferring properties of neutron stars born in short gamma-ray bursts with a plerion-like X-ray plateau

Strang, Melatos, Sarin & Lasky
- MNRAS 507, 2843
- arXiv:2107.13787
2021
Bayesian Inference for Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Star Mergers in Third Generation Observatories

Smith, Borhanian, Sathyaprakash, Hernandez Vivanco, Lasky et al.
- PRL 127, 081102
- arXiv:2103.12274
2021
The evolution of binary neutron star post-merger remnants: a review

Sarin & Lasky
- Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 53, 59
- arXiv:2012.08172
2021
Can we measure the collapse time of a post-merger remnant for a future GW170817-like event?

Easter, Lasky & Casey
- arXiv preprint
- arXiv:2106.04064
2021
CDF-S XT1: The off-axis afterglow of a neutron star merger at z=2.23

Sarin, Ashton, Lasky, Ackley, Mong & Galloway
- arXiv preprint
- arXiv:2105.10108
2021
Temperature dependent appearance of exotic matter makes nascent neutron stars spin faster

Hernandez-Vivanco, Lasky, Thrane, Smith, Chatterjee, Banik, Motta & Thomas
- arXiv preprint
- arXiv:2101.04782
2020
A scalable random forest regressor for combining neutron-star equation of state measurements: a case study with GW170817 and GW190425

Hernandez Vivanco, Smith, Thrane & Lasky
- MNRAS 499, 5972
- arXiv:2008.05627
2020
Interpreting the X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts with radiative losses and millisecond magnetars

Sarin, Lasky & Ashton
- MNRAS 499, 5986
- arXiv:2008.05745
2020
Flickering of the Vela pulsar during its 2016 glitch

Ashton, Lasky, Nathan & Palfreyman
- arXiv preprint
- arXiv:2011.07927
2020
Detection and parameter estimation of binary neutron star merger remnants

Easter, Ghonge, Lasky, Casey, Clark, Hernandez Vivanco & Chatziioannou
- PRD 102, 043011
- arXiv:2006.04396
2020
Ultrarelativistic astrophysics using multimessenger observations of double neutron stars with LISA and the SKA

Thrane, Osłowski & Lasky
- MNRAS 493, 5408
- arXiv:1910.12330
2020
Gravitational waves or deconfined quarks: What causes the premature collapse of neutron stars born in short gamma-ray bursts?

Sarin, Lasky & Ashton
- PRD 101, 063021
- arXiv:2001.06102
2020
Constraining the gravitational-wave afterglow from a binary neutron star coalescence

Banagiri (group member), Coughlin, Clark, Lasky, Bizouard, Talbot, Thrane & Mandic
- MNRAS 492, 4945
- arXiv:1909.01934
2019
Measuring the neutron star equation of state with gravitational waves: The first forty binary neutron star merger observations

Hernandez Vivanco, Smith, Thrane, Lasky, Talbot & Raymond
- PRD 100, 103009
- arXiv:1909.02698
2019
Rotational evolution of the Vela pulsar during the 2016 glitch

Ashton, Lasky, Graber & Palfreyman
- Nature Astronomy 3, 1143
- arXiv:1907.01124
2019
Accelerated detection of the binary neutron star gravitational-wave background

Hernandez Vivanco, Smith, Thrane & Lasky
- PRD 100, 043023
- arXiv:1903.05778
2019
Computing fast and reliable gravitational waveforms of binary neutron star merger remnants

Easter, Lasky, Casey, Rezzolla & Takami
- PRD 100, 043005
- arXiv:1811.11183
2019
Tracking continuous gravitational waves from a neutron star at once and twice the spin frequency with a hidden Markov model

Sun, Melatos & Lasky
- PRD 99, 123010
- arXiv:1903.03866
2019
Exploring the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors to neutron star physics

Martynov, Miao, Yang, Vivanco, Lasky et al.
- PRD 99, 102004
- arXiv:1901.03885
2019
Search for Gravitational Waves from a Long-lived Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

Abbott, Abbott, Abbott, Acernese, Lasky et al.
- ApJ 875, 160
- arXiv:1810.02581
2019
X-Ray Afterglows of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts: Magnetar or Fireball?

Sarin, Lasky & Ashton
- ApJ 872, 114
- arXiv:1812.08176
2018
Inferring the population properties of binary neutron stars with gravitational-wave measurements of spin

Zhu, Thrane, Osłowski, Levin & Lasky
- PRD 98, 043002
- arXiv:1711.09226
2018
X-ray guided gravitational-wave search for binary neutron star merger remnants

Sarin, Lasky, Sammut & Ashton
- PRD 98, 043011
- arXiv:1805.01481
2018
Evidence for a Minimum Ellipticity in Millisecond Pulsars

Woan, Pitkin, Haskell, Jones & Lasky
- ApJ Letters 863, L40
- arXiv:1806.02822
2017
Search for Post-merger Gravitational Waves from the Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

Abbott, Abbott, Abbott, Acernese, Lasky et al.
- ApJ Letters 851, L16
- arXiv:1710.09320
2017
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

Abbott, Abbott, Abbott, Acernese, Lasky et al.
- PRL 119, 161101
- arXiv:1710.05832
2017
Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

Abbott, Abbott, Abbott, Acernese, Lasky et al.
- ApJ Letters 848, L13
- arXiv:1710.05834
2017
The Braking Index of Millisecond Magnetars

Lasky, Leris, Rowlinson & Glampedakis
- ApJ Letters 843, L1
- arXiv:1705.10005
2016
The freedom to choose neutron star magnetic field equilibria: Table 1.

Glampedakis & Lasky
- MNRAS 463, 2542
- arXiv:1607.05576
2016
Cross-correlation search for continuous gravitational waves from a compact object in SNR 1987A in LIGO Science run 5

Sun, Melatos, Lasky, Chung & Darman
- PRD 94, 082004
- arXiv:1610.00059
2016
Observationally constraining gravitational wave emission from short gamma-ray burst remnants

Lasky & Glampedakis
- MNRAS 458, 1660
- arXiv:1512.05368
2016
A neutron star progenitor for FRBs? Insights from polarisation measurements

Ravi & Lasky
- arXiv preprint
- arXiv:1601.06131
2015
Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars: A Review

Lasky
- PASA 32, e034
- arXiv:1508.06643
2015
Gravitational waves from binary supermassive black holes missing in pulsar observations

Shannon, Ravi, Lentati, Lasky et al.
- Science 349, 1522
- arXiv:1509.07320
2015
Detecting gravitational waves from mountains on neutron stars in the advanced detector era

Haskell, Priymak, Patruno, Oppenoorth, Melatos & Lasky
- MNRAS 450, 2393
- arXiv:1501.06039
2015
Persistent crust-core spin lag in neutron stars

Glampedakis & Lasky
- MNRAS 450, 1638
- arXiv:1501.05473
2015
The Millisecond Magnetar Central Engine in Short GRBs

Lü, Zhang, Lei, Li & Lasky
- ApJ 805, 89
- arXiv:1501.02589
2014
The detection efficiency of on-axis short gamma-ray burst optical afterglows triggered by aLIGO/Virgo

Coward, Branchesi, Howell, Lasky & Böer
- MNRAS 445, 3575
- arXiv:1409.2600
2014
Cyclotron line signatures of thermal and magnetic mountains from accreting neutron stars

Priymak, Melatos & Lasky
- MNRAS 445, 2710
- arXiv:1409.3327
2014
The birth of black holes: neutron star collapse times, gamma-ray bursts and fast radio bursts

Ravi & Lasky
- MNRAS 441, 2433
- arXiv:1403.6327
2014
Nuclear equation of state from observations of short gamma-ray burst remnants

Lasky, Haskell, Ravi, Howell & Coward
- PRD 89, 047302
- arXiv:1311.1352
2013
Tilted torus magnetic fields in neutron stars and their gravitational wave signatures

Lasky & Melatos
- PRD 88, 103005
- arXiv:1310.7633
2013
Neutron star deformation due to multipolar magnetic fields

Mastrano, Lasky & Melatos
- MNRAS 434, 1658
- arXiv:1306.4503
2013
Stochastic gravitational wave background from hydrodynamic turbulence in differentially rotating neutron stars

Lasky, Bennett & Melatos
- PRD 87, 063004
- arXiv:1302.6033
2012
Gravitational Waves and Hydromagnetic Instabilities in Rotating Magnetized Neutron Stars

Lasky, Zink & Kokkotas
- arXiv preprint
- arXiv:1203.3590
2012
Are gravitational waves from giant magnetar flares observable?

Zink, Lasky & Kokkotas
- PRD 85, 024030
- arXiv:1107.1689
2011
Hydromagnetic Instabilities in Relativistic Neutron Stars

Lasky, Zink, Kokkotas & Glampedakis
- ApJ Letters 735, L20
- arXiv:1105.1895
2009
Black holes and neutron stars in the generalized tensor-vector-scalar theory

Lasky
- PRD 80, 081501
- arXiv:0910.0240
2008
Structure of neutron stars in tensor-vector-scalar theory

Lasky, Sotani & Giannios
- PRD 78, 104019
- arXiv:0811.2006