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

M. I. Cohen, C. Cutler, M. Vallisneri, ``Searches for Cosmic-String Gravitational-Wave Bursts in Mock LISA Data,'' arxiv.org/1002.4153 (2010). cosmicstrings/high-resolution 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,'' arxiv.org/0912.0548 (2009).

Technical articles [+] [-]

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 [+] [-]

LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, ``All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run'' (2010). arXiv:1002.1036
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, ``Search for gravitational-wave inspiral signals associated with short Gamma-Ray Bursts during LIGO's fifth and Virgo's first science run'' (2010). arXiv:1001.0165
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, ``Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data'' (2009). arXiv:0909.3583
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, ``Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from LIGO Science Run 5 and Virgo Science Run 1'' (2009). arXiv:0908.3824
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, ``An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin,'' Nature 460, 990 (2009). Nature arXiv:0910.5772

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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 seminars and presentations [+] [-]

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)