vallis.org: Michele's Publications

Theses

M. Vallisneri, Modeling and Detecting Gravitational Waves from Compact Stellar Objects, thesis, Ph.D. in physics (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 2002), 145 pp. abs pdf ps.gz Caltech ETD
M. Vallisneri, Relativity and Acceleration, thesis, doctorate in physics (University of Parma, Italy, 2000), 96 pp. abs pdf ps.gz
M. Vallisneri, Mutamenti nella Nozione di Vuoto: Elettrodinamica dei Sistemi Accelerati, Radiazione di Unruh--Hawking e Termodinamica dei Buchi Neri, thesis, laurea in physics (University of Parma, Italy, 1997), 223 pp., in Italian. abs pdf ps.gz

Latest

S. Nissanke, M. Vallisneri, G. Nelemans, T. A. Prince, ``Gravitational-wave emission from compact Galactic binaries'' (2012). arxiv.org/1201.4613
M. Vallisneri and C. R. Galley, ``Non-sky-averaged sensitivity curves for space-based gravitational-wave observatories'' (2012). arxiv.org/1201.3684 Mathematica code
Pau Amaro-Seoane, Sofiane Aoudia, Stanislav Babak, Pierre Binétruy, Emanuele Berti, Alejandro Bohé, Chiara Caprini, Monica Colpi, Neil J. Cornish, Karsten Danzmann, Jean-François Dufaux, Jonathan Gair, Oliver Jennrich, Philippe Jetzer, Antoine Klein, Ryan N. Lang, Alberto Lobo, Tyson Littenberg, Sean T. McWilliams, Gijs Nelemans, Antoine Petiteau, Edward K. Porter, Bernard F. Schutz, Alberto Sesana, Robin Stebbins, Tim Sumner, Michele Vallisneri, Stefano Vitale, Marta Volonteri, Henry Ward, ``eLISA: Astrophysics and cosmology in the millihertz regime'' (2012). arxiv.org/1201.3621

Technical articles [+] [-]

M. Vallisneri, ``Beyond Fisher: exact sampling distributions of the maximum-likelihood estimator in gravitational-wave parameter estimation,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191104 (2011). PRL arxiv.org/1108.1158
M. I. Cohen, C. Cutler, and M. Vallisneri, ``Searches for Cosmic-String Gravitational-Wave Bursts in Mock LISA Data,'' Class. Quantum Grav. 27, 185012 (2010). CQG arxiv.org/1002.4153 high-res-PDF
Stanislav Babak, John G. Baker, Matthew J. Benacquista, Neil J. Cornish, Shane L. Larson, Ilya Mandel, Antoine Petiteau, Edward K. Porter, Emma L. Robinson, Michele Vallisneri, Alberto Vecchio (the Mock LISA Data Challenge Task Force), Matt Adams, Keith A. Arnaud, Arkadiusz Błaut, Michael Bridges, Michael Cohen, Curt Cutler, Farhan Feroz, Jonathan R. Gair, Philip Graff, Mike Hobson, Joey Shapiro Key, Andrzej Królak, Anthony Lasenby, Reinhard Prix, Yu Shang, Miquel Trias, John Veitch, John T. Whelan (the MLDC 3 participants), ``The Mock LISA Data Challenges: from Challenge 3 to Challenge 4,'' Class. Quantum Grav. 27, 084009 (2010). CQG arxiv.org/0912.0548
G. M. Manca and M. Vallisneri, ``Cover art: issues in the metric-guided and metric-less placement of random and stochastic template banks,'' Phys. Rev. D 81, 024004 (2010). PRD arxiv.org/0909.0563

M. Vallisneri, ``A LISA Data-Analysis Primer,'' Class. Quantum Grav. 26, 094024 (2009). CQG arxiv.org/0812.0751
Stanislav Babak, John G. Baker, Matthew J. Benacquista, Neil J. Cornish, Jeff Crowder, Shane L. Larson, Eric Plagnol, Edward K. Porter, Michele Vallisneri, Alberto Vecchio (the Mock LISA Data Challenge Task Force), Keith Arnaud, Leor Barack, Arkadiusz Błaut, Curt Cutler, Stephen Fairhurst, Jonathan Gair, Xuefei Gong, Ian Harry, Deepak Khurana, Andrzej Królak, Ilya Mandel, Reinhard Prix, B. S. Sathyaprakash, Pavlin Savov, Yu Shang, Miquel Trias, John Veitch, Yan Wang, Linqing Wen, John T. Whelan (the Challenge 1B participants), ``The Mock LISA Data Challenges: from Challenge 1B to Challenge 3,'' Class. Quantum Grav. 25, 184026 (2008). CQG arxiv.org/0806.2110
S. Babak, J. G. Baker, M. J. Benacquista, N. J. Cornish, J. Crowder, C. Cutler, S. L. Larson, T. B. Littenberg, E. K. Porter, M. Vallisneri, A. Vecchio (the Mock LISA Data Challenge task force), G. Auger, L. Barack, A. Błaut, E. Bloomer, D. A. Brown, N. Christensen, J. Clark, S. Fairhurst, J. R. Gair, H. Halloin, M. Hendry, A. Jimenez, A. Królak, I. Mandel, C. Messenger, R. Meyer, S. Mohanty, R. Nayak, A. Petiteau, M. Pitkin, E. Plagnol, R. Prix, E. L. Robinson, C. Roever, P. Savov, A. Stroeer, J. Toher, J. Veitch, J.-Y. Vinet, L. Wen, J. T. Whelan, G. Woan (the Challenge 2 participants), ``Report on the second Mock LISA Data Challenge,'' Class. Quant. Gravity 25, 114037 (2008). CQG arxiv.org/0711.2667
M. Vallisneri, J. Crowder, and M. Tinto, ``Sensitivity and parameter-estimation precision for alternate LISA configurations,'' Class. Quant. Gravity 25, 065005 (2008). CQG arxiv.org/0710.4369
M. Vallisneri, ``Use and Abuse of the Fisher Information Matrix in the Assessment of Gravitational-Wave Parameter-Estimation Prospects'', Phys. Rev. D 77, 042001 (2008). PRD gr-qc/0703086
M. Vallisneri and S. Babak, ``Python and XML for agile scientific computing: the Mock LISA Data Challenges,'' Computing in Science and Engineering 10(1), 80-87 (2008). PDF
C. Cutler and M. Vallisneri, ``LISA detections of massive black hole inspirals: parameter extraction errors due to inaccurate template waveforms'', Phys. Rev. D 76, 104018 (2007). PRD arxiv.org/0707.2982
D. A. Brown, J. Crowder, C. Cutler, I. Mandel, and M. Vallisneri, ``A three-stage search for supermassive black-hole binaries in LISA data'', Class. Quant. Grav. 24, S595-S605 (2007). CQG arXiv/0704.2447
K. A. Arnaud, G. Auger, S. Babak, J. G. Baker, M. J. Benacquista, E. Bloomer, D. A. Brown, J. B. Camp, J. K. Cannizzo, N. Christensen, J. Clark, N. J. Cornish, J. Crowder, C. Cutler, L. S. Finn, H. Halloin, K. Hayama, M. Hendry, O. Jeannin, A. Królak, S. L. Larson, I. Mandel, C. Messenger, R. Meyer, S. Mohanty, R. Nayak, K. Numata, A. Petiteau, M. Pitkin, E. Plagnol, E. K. Porter, R. Prix, C. Roever, B. S. Sathyaprakash, A. Stroeer, R. Thirumalainambi, D. E. Thompson, J. Toher, R. Umstaetter, M. Vallisneri, A. Vecchio, J. Veitch, J.-Y. Vinet, J. T. Whelan, and G. Woan (the LISA Mock Data Challenge Task Force and Challenge 1 participants), ``Report on the first round of the Mock LISA Data Challenges'', Class. Quant. Grav. 24, S529-S539 (2007). CQG gr-qc/0701139
K. A. Arnaud, S. Babak, J. G. Baker, M. J. Benacquista, N. J. Cornish, C. Cutler, L. S. Finn, S. L. Larson, T. Littenberg, E. K. Porter, B. S. Sathyaprakash, M. Vallisneri, A. Vecchio, and J.-Y. Vinet (the LISA Mock Data Challenge Task Force) ``An overview of the second round of the Mock LISA Data Challenges'', Class. Quant. Grav. 24, S551-S564 (2007). CQG gr-qc/0701170
A. Buonanno, Y. Chen, Y. Pan, H. Tagoshi, and M. Vallisneri, ``Detecting gravitational waves from precessing binaries of spinning compact objects: II. Search implementation for low-mass binaries'', Phys. Rev. D 72, 084027 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0508064
M. Vallisneri, ``Geometric Time Delay Interferometry'', Phys. Rev. D 72, 042003 (2005). Erratum: PRD 76, 109903(E) (2007). PRD(E) gr-qc/0504145
M. Tinto, M. Vallisneri, and J. W. Armstrong, ``TDIR: Time-Delay Interferometric Ranging for space-borne gravitational-wave detectors'', Phys. Rev. D 71, 041101(R) (2005). PRD gr-qc/0410122
M. Vallisneri, ``Synthetic LISA: Simulating Time Delay Interferometry in a Model LISA'', Phys. Rev. D 71, 022001 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0407102
D. A. Shaddock, B. Ware, R. E. Spero, and M. Vallisneri, ``Post-processed time-delay interferometry for LISA'', Phys. Rev. D 70, 081101(R) (2004). PRD gr-qc/0406106
A. Buonanno, Y. Chen, Y. Pan, and M. Vallisneri, ``Quasiphysical family of gravity-wave templates for precessing binaries of spinning compact objects: Application to double-spin precessing binaries'', Phys. Rev. D 70, 104003 (2004). Erratum: PRD 74, 029902(E) (2006). PRD(E) gr-qc/0405090
J. R. Gair, L. Barack, T. Creighton, C. Cutler, L. Larson, E. S. Phinney, and M. Vallisneri, ``Event rate estimates for LISA extreme mass ratio capture sources'', Class. Quant. Grav. 21, S1595 (2004). CQG gr-qc/0405137
A. Królak, M. Tinto, and M. Vallisneri, ``Optimal filtering of the LISA data'', Phys. Rev. D 70, 022003 (2004). Erratum: PRD 76, 069901(E) (2007). PRD(E) gr-qc/0401108
Y. Pan, A. Buonanno, Y. Chen, and M. Vallisneri, ``Physical template family for gravitational waves from precessing binaries of spinning compact objects: Application to single-spin binaries'', Phys. Rev D 69, 104017 (2004). Erratum: PRD 74, 029905(E) (2006). PRD(E) gr-qc/0310034
A. Buonanno, Y. Chen, and M. Vallisneri, ``Detecting gravitational waves from precessing binaries of spinning compact objects: Adiabatic limit'', Phys. Rev. D 67, 104025 (2003). Erratum: PRD 74, 029904(E) (2006). PRD(E) gr-qc/0211087
A. Buonanno, Y. Chen, and M. Vallisneri, ``Detection template families for gravitational waves from the final stages of binary--black-hole inspirals: Nonspinning case'', Phys. Rev. D 67, 024016 (2003). Erratum: PRD 74, 029903(E) (2006). PRD(E) gr-qc/0205122
M. Pauri and M. Vallisneri, ``Ephemeral point-events: is there a last remnant of physical objectivity?'', in the Roberto Torretti festschrift, Diálogos 79, 263-303 (2002). gr-qc/0203014 PITT-PHIL-SCI00000578
L. Lindblom, J. Tohline, and M. Vallisneri, ``Numerical evolutions of nonlinear r-modes in neutron stars'', Phys. Rev. D 65, 084039 (2002). PRD astro-ph/0109352
L. Lindblom, J. Tohline, and M. Vallisneri, ``Non-linear evolution of the r-modes in neutron stars'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1152-1155 (2001). PRL astro-ph/0010653
M. Pauri and M. Vallisneri, ``Maerzke-Wheeler coordinates for accelerated observers in special relativity'', Found. Phys. Lett. 13, 401-425 (2000). FPL gr-qc/0006095
M. Vallisneri, ``Prospects for gravity-wave observations of neutron-star tidal disruption in neutron-star/black-hole binaries'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3519-3522 (2000). PRL gr-qc/9912026
M. Pauri and M. Vallisneri, ``Classical roots of the Unruh and Hawking effects'', Foundations of Physics 29, 1499-1520 (1999). FP gr-qc/9903052

Papers authored with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration [+] [-]

(Starting with those with MV's close involvement; automatically generated from the LSC PP list.)

low-mass search in S5: LSC, ``Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Compact Binary Coalescence in 186 Days of LIGO's fifth Science Run,'' Phys. Rev. D 80, 047101 (2009). PRD arXiv:0905.3710 (LSC PP 43)
BCV search in S3-S4: LSC, ``Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data,'' Phys. Rev. D 77, 062002 (2008). PRD arXiv:0704.3368 (LSC PP 24)
BCV2 search in S3: LSC, ``Search of S3 LIGO data for gravitational wave signals from spinning black hole and neutron star binary inspirals,'' Phys. Rev. D 78, 042002 (2008). PRD arXiv:0712.2050 (LSC PP 18)
BCV search in S2: LSC, ``Search for gravitational waves from binary black-hole inspirals in LIGO data,'' Phys. Rev. D 73, 062001 (2006). PRD gr-qc/0509129 (LSC PP 11)
LSC, Virgo, ``First Low-Latency LIGO+Virgo Search for Binary Inspirals and their Electromagnetic Counterparts,'' (to be submitted for publication, 2011). arXiv:1112.6005 (LSC PP 65)

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LSC, Virgo, ``Upper limits on a stochastic gravitational-wave background using LIGO and Virgo interferometers at 600-1000 Hz,'' (to be submitted for publication, 2011). arXiv:1112.5004 (LSC PP 64)
LSC, Virgo, ``Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Compact Binary Coalescence in LIGO's Sixth Science Run and Virgo's Science Runs 2 and 3,'' (to be submitted, 2011). arXiv:1111.7314 (LSC PP 63)
LSC, Virgo, ``All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the full S5 LIGO data,'' Phys. Rev D85 (2012) 022001. PRD arXiv:1110.0208 (LSC PP 62)
LSC, Virgo, ``Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts,'' (to appear in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011). arXiv:1109.3498 (LSC PP 61)
LSC, Virgo, ``Directional limits on gravitational waves using LIGO S5 science data,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 271102 (2011). PRD arXiv:1109.1809 (LSC PP 60)
LSC, ``A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit,'' Nature Physics 7, 962 (2011). PRD (LSC PP 59)
LSC, Virgo, ``Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Vela pulsar,'' Astrophys. J. 737, 93 (2011). ApJ arXiv:1104.2712 (LSC PP 58)
LSC, Virgo, ``Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger and ringdown,'' Phys. Rev. D83 (2011) 122005. PRD arXiv:1102.3781 (LSC PP 57)
LSC, Virgo, external, ``Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts from Six Magnetars,'' Astrophys. J. 734, L35 (2011). ApJ arXiv:1011.4079 (LSC PP 56)
LSC, ``A search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar,'' Phys. Rev. D83 (2011) 042001. PRD arXiv:1011.1357 (LSC PP 55)
LSC, ``Calibration of the LIGO Gravitational Wave Detectors in the Fifth Science Run,'' Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A624 (2010) 223. PDF arXiv:1007.3973 (LSC PP 54)
LSC, ``First search for gravitational waves from the youngest known neutron star,'' Astrophys. J. 722, 1504 (2010). ApJ arXiv:1006.2535 (LSC PP 53)
LSC, Virgo, ``Search for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescence in LIGO and Virgo Data from S5 and VSR1,'' Phys. Rev. D 82, 102001 (2010). PRD arXiv:1005.4655 (LSC PP 52)
LSC, Virgo, ``Sensitivity to Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences Achieved during LIGO's Fifth and Virgo's First Science Run,'' (non-journal companion to rates paper, 2010). arXiv:1003.2481 (LSC PP 51)
LSC, Virgo, ``Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors,'' Class. Quantum Grav. 27, 173001 (2010). CQG arXiv:1003.2480 (LSC PP 50)
LSC, Virgo, ``All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run,'' Phys. Rev. D 81, 102001 (2010). PRD arXiv:1002.1036 (LSC PP 49)
LSC, Virgo, ``Search for gravitational-wave inspiral signals associated with short Gamma-Ray Bursts during LIGO's fifth and Virgo's first science run,'' Astrophys. J. 715, 1453 (2010). ApJ arXiv:1001.0165 (LSC PP 48)
LSC, Virgo, ``Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data,'' Astrophys. J. 713, 671 (2010). ApJ arXiv:0909.3583 (LSC PP 47)
LSC, Virgo, ``Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from LIGO Science Run 5 and Virgo Science Run 1,'' Astrophys. J. 715, 1438 (2010). ApJ arXiv:0908.3824 (LSC PP 46)
LSC, Virgo, ``An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin,'' Nature 460, 990 (2009). PDF arXiv:0910:5772 (LSC PP 45)
LSC, ``Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state,'' New J. Phys. 11, 073032 (2009). PRD (LSC PP 44)
LSC, Anderson, ``Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data,'' Phys. Rev. D 80, 042003 (2009). PRD arXiv:0905.1705 (LSC PP 42)
LSC, ``Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data,'' Phys. Rev. D 80, 062001 (2009). PRD arXiv:0905.1654 (LSC PP 41)
LSC, ``Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run,'' Phys Rev D 80, 102001 (2009). PRD arXiv:0905.0020 (LSC PP 40)
LSC, ``Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm,'' Astrophys. J. 701, L68-L74 (2009). ApJ arXiv:0905.0005 (LSC PP 39)
LSC, ``Search for High Frequency Gravitational Wave Bursts in the First Calendar Year of LIGO's Fifth Science Run,'' Phys Rev D 80, 102002 (2009). PRD arXiv:0904.4910 (LSC PP 38)
LSC, ``First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings,'' Phys Rev D 80, 062002 (2009). PRD arXiv:0904.4718 (LSC PP 37)
LSC, ``Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Binary Coalescences in the First Year of LIGO's S5 Data,'' Phys. Rev. D 79, 122001 (2009). PRD arXiv:0901.0302 (LSC PP 36)
LSC, ``LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory,'' Rep. Prog. Phys. 72, 076901 (2009). PRD arXiv:0711.3041 (LSC PP 34)
LSC, Hurley, ``Implications for the Origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO Observations,'' Astrophys. J. 681, 1419 (2008). ApJ arXiv:0711.1163 (LSC PP 31)
LSC, ALLEGRO, ``First Cross-Correlation Analysis of Interferometric and Resonant-Bar Gravitational-Wave Data for Stochastic Backgrounds,'' Phys. Rev. D 76, 022001 (2007). PRD gr-qc/0703068 (LSC PP 30)
LSC, ``Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves,'' Phys. Rev. D 76, 082003 (2007). PRD astro-ph/0703234 (LSC PP 29)
LSC, ``Searching for Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves with LIGO,'' Astrophys. J. 659, 918 (2007). ApJ astro-ph/0608606 (LSC PP 28)
LSC, ``All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data,'' Phys. Rev. D 77, 022001 (2008). PRD arXiv:0708.3818 (LSC PP 26)
LSC, Kramer, Lyne, ``Upper Limits on Gravitational Wave Emission from 78 Radio Pulsars,'' Phys. Rev. D 76, 042001 (2007). PRD gr-qc/0702039 (LSC PP 25)
LSC, ``Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with 39 Gamma-Ray Bursts Using data from the Second, Third, and Fourth LIGO Runs,'' Phys. Rev. D 77, 062004 (2008). PRD arXiv:0709.0766 (LSC PP 22)
LSC, ``Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run,'' Class. Quantum Grav. 24, 5343-5369 (2007). CQG arXiv:0704.0943 (LSC PP 21)
LSC, ``Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806-20 hyperflare of December 27, 2004 using LIGO,'' Phys. Rev. D 76, 062003 (2007). PRD astro-ph/0703419 (LSC PP 20)
LSC, ``Upper limits on a stochastic background of gravitational waves,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 221101 (2005). PRD astro-ph/0507254 (LSC PP 19)
LSC, AURIGA, ``A Joint Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts with AURIGA and LIGO,'' Class. Quantum Grav. 25, 095004 (2008). CQG arXiv:0710.0497 (LSC PP 17)
LSC, ``Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO's third science run,'' Class. Quant. Grav. 23, S29-S39 (2006). CQG gr-qc/0511146 (LSC PP 16)
LSC, ``Coherent searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: results from the second LIGO science run,'' Phys. Rev. D 76, 082001 (2007). PRD gr-qc/0605028 (LSC PP 15)
LSC, Kramer, Lyne, ``Limits on gravitational wave emission from selected pulsars using LIGO data,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181103 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0410007 (LSC PP 14)
LSC, ``First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform,'' Phys. Rev. D 72, 102004 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0508065 (LSC PP 13)
LSC, TAMA, ``Joint LIGO and TAMA300 Search for Gravitational Waves from Inspiralling Neutron Star Binaries,'' Phys. Rev. D 73, 102002 (2006). PRD gr-qc/0512078 (LSC PP 12)
LSC, ``Search for gravitational waves from primordial black hole binary coalescences in the galactic halo,'' Phys. Rev. D 72, 082002 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0505042 (LSC PP 10)
LSC, ``Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars,'' Phys. Rev. D 72, 082001 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0505041 (LSC PP 9)
LSC, TAMA, ``Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts,'' Phys. Rev. D 72, 122004 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0507081 (LSC PP 8)
LSC, ``Upper limits on gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO's second science run,'' Phys. Rev. D 72, 062001 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0505029 (LSC PP 7)
LSC, ``A search for gravitational waves associated with the gamma ray burst GRB030329 using the LIGO detectors,'' Phys. Rev. D 72, 042002 (2005). PRD gr-qc/0501068 (LSC PP 6)
LSC, ``Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves,'' Phys. Rev. D 69, 122004 (2004). PRD gr-qc/0312088 (LSC PP 5)
LSC, ``Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors,'' Phys. Rev. D 69, 082004 (2004). PRD gr-qc/0308050 (LSC PP 4)
LSC, ``Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars,'' Phys. Rev. D 69, 122001 (2004). PRD gr-qc/0308069 (LSC PP 3)
LSC, ``First upper limits from LIGO on gravitational-wave bursts,'' Phys. Rev. D 69, 102001 (2004). PRD gr-qc/0312056 (LSC PP 2)
LSC, ``Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO,'' Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 517, 154-179 (2004). PDF gr-qc/0308043 (LSC PP 1)

Other technical papers and publications

T. A. Prince, B. L. Schumaker, and M. Vallisneri, ``Analysis Methods for Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observations from Space (AMIGOS): NASA Development Plan for the LISA Mission,'' v. 0.2 (December 2005). pdf
M. Tinto, M. Vallisneri, and J. W. Armstrong, ``TDIR: Time-Delay Interferometric Ranging for Space-Borne Gravitational-Wave Detectors,'' whitepaper for the LISA Mission Science Office, v. 1.0 (Jul 2005). A slightly expanded version of Phys. Rev. D 71, 041101(R) (2005). pdf
LIST WG1 EMRI taskforce, ``Estimates of detection rates for LISA captures sources,'' technical report for the LISA Science Team Working Group I (Dec 2003). pdf
M. Vallisneri and J. Armstrong, ``Synthetic LISA: simulating Time Delay Interferometry in a model LISA'', whitepaper for the LISA Mission Science Office, v. 1.0 (Oct 2003). pdf available on request
M. Vallisneri, ``Whitepaper on the event rates and detectability of extreme-mass-ratio inspirals with LISA'', whitepaper for the LISA Mission Science Office, v. 1.2 (Jun 2003). pdf available on request

Conference proceedings [+] [-]

M. Vallisneri, ``The excitement and challenge of low-frequency gravitational-wave detection,'' special-session talk at 2009 AAS meeting (Long Beach, CA, 4-8 Jan 2009), abs. in Bull. AAS 41(1), 473 (2009).
M. Cavaglia, M. Hendry, D. Ingram, S. Milde, D. Reitze, K. Riles, B. Schutz, A. L. Stuver, T. Summerscales, J. Thacker, C. V. Torres, D. Ugolini, M. Vallisneri, A. Zermeno, ``Gravitational-wave Astronomy: Opening a New Window on the Universe for Students, Educators and the Public,'' in Preparing for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy: A Hands-on Symposium, M. G. Gibbs et al., eds., Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Ser. 400, 328 (2008). arXiv:0806.3764
M. Vallisneri (for the Mock LISA Data Challenge Taskforce), ``The Mock LISA Data Challenges: Status, Achievements, and Prospects,'' talk at the 2008 APS April meeting (St. Louis, MO, 11-15 Apr 2008), abs. in Bull. APS 53(5), 202 (2008).
M. Vallisneri (for the Mock LISA Data Challenge Taskforce), ``The Mock LISA Data Challenges: Status, Achievements, and Prospects,'' talk at the 2008 AAS HEAD meeting (Los Angeles, CA, 31 Mar-3 Apr 2008), abs. in Bull. AAS 40(1), 57 (2008).

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M. Vallisneri (for the Mock LISA Data Challenge Taskforce), ``The Mock LISA Data Challenges: First Results and Future Prospects,'' poster at the 2007 AAS/AAPT joint meeting (Seattle, WA, 5-10 Jan 2007), abs. in Bull. AAS 38(4), 992 (2007). Poster available on request
K. A. Arnaud, S. Babak, J. G. Baker, M. J. Benacquista, N. J. Cornish, C. Cutler, S. L. Larson, B. S. Sathyaprakash, M. Vallisneri, A. Vecchio, and J.-Y. Vinet (the LISA Mock Data Challenge Task Force), ``The Mock LISA Data Challenges: An overview'', in Laser Interferometer Space Antenna: 6th International LISA Symposium (Greenbelt, MD, 19-23 Jun 2006), S. M. Merkowitz and J. C. Livas, eds. (AIP, Melville, NY, 2006), p. 619. gr-qc/0609105 AIP
K. A. Arnaud, S. Babak, J. G. Baker, M. J. Benacquista, N. J. Cornish, C. Cutler, S. L. Larson, B. S. Sathyaprakash, M. Vallisneri, A. Vecchio, and J.-Y. Vinet (the LISA Mock Data Challenge Task Force), ``A how-to for the Mock LISA Data Challenges'', in Laser Interferometer Space Antenna: 6th International LISA Symposium (Greenbelt, MD, 19-23 Jun 2006), S. M. Merkowitz and J. C. Livas, eds. (AIP, Melville, NY, 2006), p. 625. gr-qc/0609106 AIP
M. Vallisneri, ``Catching the wildest waves: detection template families for precessing binaries of compact objects'', in Proceedings of the Tenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (Rio de Janeiro, 20-26 July 2003), M. Novello, S. Perez-Bergliaffa, and R. Ruffini, eds. (World Scientific, Singapore, 2005). pdf ps conf
M. Vallisneri, ``Computational and theoretical challenges in gravitational-wave data analysis from Earth to space'', in Proceedings of the Tenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (Rio de Janeiro, 20-26 July 2003), M. Novello, S. Perez-Bergliaffa, and R. Ruffini, eds. (World Scientific, Singapore, 2005). pdf ps conf
M. Vallisneri, ``What can we learn about neutron stars from gravity-wave observations?'', in 2001: A Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey. Experiments and Theoretical Viewpoints on General Relativity and Quantum Gravity, proceedings of the 25th J. Hopkins Workshop on Current Problems in Particle Theory (Florence, 3-5 September 2001), I. Ciufolini, D. Dominici, and L. Lusanna, eds. (World Scientific, Singapore, 2002). gr-qc/0202037 conf
M. Vallisneri, ``Prospects for gravity-wave observations of neutron-star tidal disruption in neutron-star/black-hole binaries'' (abstract), in Proceedings of the Ninth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (Rome, 2-8 July 2000), R. T. Jantzen, V. Gurzadyan and R. Ruffini, eds. (World Scientific, Singapore, 2002). pdf ps.gz MG9 conf

Selected presentations [+] [-]

(Those with video, audio, online bibliographies, or about unpublished work.)

M. Vallisneri, ``The Mock LISA Data Challenges'', invited talk at the Miniprogram on the Interplay between Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Jan 7-18, 2008. slides and video
M. Vallisneri, ``Einstein's legacy: from rods and clocks to gravitational waves'', seminar at the Fall 2005 Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Southern California Section, South Pasadena, Nov 19, 2005. pdf and useful links
M. Vallisneri, ``Onde gravitazionali: rivelatori e analisi dei dati'', lezioni al XIII Seminario Nazionale di Fisica Teorica, University of Parma, Italy, Aug 31--Sep 4, 2004. pdf e bibliografia (in Italian)