Items where Research Group Name is "LIGO"

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Anand, Shreya (2024) Cosmic Gold Mining: Hunting for the Astrophysical Sites of r-Process Nucleosynthesis. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/145k-w841. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042024-064008692

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Cahillane, Craig Russell (2021) Controlling and Calibrating Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/76jj-mr73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05102021-070729581

Callister, Thomas Alfred, III (2020) Searching for the Astrophysical Gravitational-Wave Background and Prompt Radio Emission from Compact Binaries. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/xthf-1p70. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262020-184547015

Chen, Yanbei (2003) Topics of LIGO Physics: Quantum Noise in Advanced Interferometers and Template Banks for Compact-Binary Inspirals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VQH0-QA78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05302003-044325

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Driggers, Jennifer Clair (2015) Noise Cancellation for Gravitational Wave Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z94F1NNP. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052015-123753277

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Evans, Matthew John (2002) Lock Acquisition in Resonant Optical Interferometers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N1J2-M098. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12062004-115632

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Golomb, Jacob Matthew (2025) Probing Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Nuclear Physics with Gravitational Waves from Black Holes and Neutron Stars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/txde-0h55. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012025-190154036

Gupta, Anchal (2023) Next-Generation Technologies for Gravitational Wave Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cg5p-kr27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012023-001004673

Gossan, Sarah Elizabeth (2019) Core-Collapse Supernova Physics in the Multi-Messenger Era. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZF1A-6394. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01312019-123521450

Goggin, Lisa Maria (2008) A Search for Gravitational Waves from Perturbed Black Hole Ringdowns in LIGO Data. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VKN2-K456. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05232008-125947

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Hourihane, Sophie Rose (2025) A Glitch and the Matrix: Advances in Gravitational-Wave Glitch Mitigation and Acceleration of Pulsar Timing Analyses. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/q6k7-hv53. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04292025-174229134

Hall, Evan Drew (2017) Long-Baseline Laser Interferometry for the Detection of Binary Black-Hole Mergers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9PG1PQ9. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01302017-113507797

Handmer, Casey John (2015) Gauge Invariant Spectral Cauchy Characteristic Extraction of Gravitational Waves in Computational General Relativity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9NP22DZ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282015-131606315

Hodge, Kari Alison (2014) The Search for Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of Black Hole Binary Systems in Data from the LIGO and Virgo Detectors. Or: A Dark Walk through a Random Forest. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/HY26-2059. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022014-104457554

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Isi Bañales, Maximiliano (2019) Fundamental Physics in the Era of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: The Direct Measurement of Gravitational-Wave Polarizations and Other Topics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/S15R-3495. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11042018-161928279

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Korth, William Zachary (2019) Mitigating Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4H7V-W213. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292019-020613259

Keppel, Drew Garvin (2009) Signatures and Dynamics of Compact Binary Coalescences and a Search in LIGO’s S5 Data. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/03MS-2W96. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05202009-115750

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Legred, Isaac Norman (2025) Neutron Stars: Robust Constraints on Dense Matter from Astrophysics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/fzdw-w868. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022025-165440282

Lo, Ka Lok (Rico) (2024) Gravitational Wave Exotica - Advancing the Search for Signatures of Exotic Compact Objects and Gravitational Lensing from Data-Analysis and Theoretical Perspectives. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/gycj-ch63. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08312023-190727801

Li, Ka Yue Alvin (2024) Probing the Higher Redshift Universe by Studying Strong Lensing of Gravitational Waves and Enhancing Search Sensitivity of the GstLAL Search Pipeline. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/hc11-h960. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242024-202843732

Li, Xiang (2023) Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Quantum Theory for Detector Improvement and High-Precision Modeling of Binary Black Hole Ringdown Waveform. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ks5c-zn93. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11022022-054918241

Lovelace, Geoffrey Mark (2007) Topics in Gravitational-Wave Physics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/94TE-3B59. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05232007-115433

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Markowitz, Aaron Gregory (2024) Interferometric Precision Measurement with Macroscopic Silicon Optomechanics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/wnm8-nb48. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022024-152003367

Martynov, Denis V. (2015) Lock Acquisition and Sensitivity Analysis of Advanced LIGO Interferometers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9Q81B1F. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282015-142013480

Mason, James Edward (2001) Signal Extraction and Optical Design for an Advanced Gravitational Wave Interferometer. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/amrv-a028. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04302012-152752095

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O'Shaughnessy, Richard William (2004) Topics in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4C1K-VZ17. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08052003-161044

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Privitera, Stephen M. (2014) The Importance of Spin for Observing Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Compact Binaries with LIGO and Virgo. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Q6KC-1957. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282014-160218103

Patel, Pinkesh Kiritbhai (2011) Search for Gravitational Waves from a Nearby Neutron Star Using Barycentric Resampling. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/00AG-ZF69. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09142010-170958877

Pan, Yi (2006) Topics of LIGO Physics: Template Banks for the Inspiral of Precessing, Compact Binaries, and Design of the Signal-Recycling Cavity for Advanced LIGO. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TJB1-PQ24. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05242006-025220

Purdue, Patricia Marie (2003) Topics in LIGO-Related Physics: Interferometric Speed Meters and Tidal Work. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0YKJ-SW34. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03062014-090212906

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Quintero, Eric Antonio (2018) Improving the Performance and Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9DZ06HS. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10162017-190056286

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Rao, Shanti Raja (2003) Mirror Thermal Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5W0V-QB90. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05092003-153759

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Seymour, Brian Christopher (2025) Future Prospects in Gravitational Waves: From Testing Fundamental Physics to Instruments beyond LIGO. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ask9-zk26. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032025-041244872

Suter, Bethany Anne (2020) Using Graviton EFT and Massive Gravity to Compute Gravitational Potentials for Black Hole Inspirals. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/jh6b-bt24. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10212021-181920642

Singer, Leo Pound (2015) The Needle in the 100 deg² Haystack: The Hunt for Binary Neutron Star Mergers with LIGO and Palomar Transient Factory. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9ZP442V. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12102014-223122387

Savov, Pavlin (2008) Topics in Gravitational-Wave Physics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/72z7-n083. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07152021-205059459

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Udall, Rhiannon Pollard (2025) Robust Gravitational Wave Analysis at the Catalog Scale. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312025-230908742

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Venugopalan, Gautam (2022) Prototype Interferometry in the Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ttwp-1h12. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06242021-042731868

Vallisneri, Michele (2002) Modeling and Detecting Gravitational Waves from Compact Stellar Objects. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JN6M-BW40. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05292002-113750

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Ward, Robert Lawrence (2010) Length Sensing and Control of a Prototype Advanced Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/20SX-2935. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252010-134621351

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Xiao, Liting (2023) Searching for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences and Stochastic Backgrounds in the LIGO–Virgo Detector Network. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/zgtx-0582. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10202022-200320341

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Zucker, Michael Edward (1989) Experiments with a Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Antenna. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/T5D0-4N31. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10252013-143448203