Peter Raffai’s publication list:
Last update: 8th November 2011.
1. Refereed publications:
[1] L. Matone, P. Raffai, S. Márka, R. Grossman, P. Kalmus, Z. Márka, J. Rollins and V. Sannibale; „Benefits of Artificially Generated Gravity Gradients for Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors”, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 24, p. 2217-2229, 2007. Impact factor: 2.846
[2] A. Takamori, P. Raffai, S. Márka, R. DeSalvo, V. Sannibale, H. Tariq, A. Bertolini, G. Cella, N. Viboud, K. Numata, R. Takahashi and M. Fukushima; „Inverted Pendulum as Low Frequency Pre-Isolation for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors”, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, Vol. 582, Issue 2, p. 683-692, 2007. Impact factor: 1.019
[3] P. Raffai, Z. Frei, Z. Márka and S. Márka; „How to find long narrow-band gravitational wave transients with unknown frequency evolution?”, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 24, p. S457-S468, 2007. Impact factor: 2.846
[4] Thrane, E., S. Kandhasamy, C. D. Ott, W. G. Anderson, N. L. Christensen, M. W. Coughlin, S. Dorsher, S. Giampanis, V. Mandic, A. Mytidis, T. Prestegard, P. Raffai and B. Whiting; „Long gravitational-wave transients and associated detection strategies for a network of terrestrial interferometers”, Physical Review D, Vol. 83, Issue 8, p. 083004, 2011. Impact factor: 4.922
[5] Baret, B., I. Bartos, B. Bouhoua, A. Corsic, I. Di Palma, C. Donzauda, V. Van Elewyck, C. Finley, G. Jones, A. Kouchnera, S. Márka, Z. Márka, L. Moscoso, E. Chassande-Mottin, M. A. Papa, T. Pradier, P. Raffai, J. Rollins and P. Sutton; „Bounding the time delay between high-energy neutrinos and gravitational-wave transients from gamma-ray bursts”, Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 35, Issue 1, p. 1-7, 2011. Impact factor: 4.136
[6] Raffai, P., G. Szeifert, L. Matone, Y. Aso, I. Bartos, Z. Márka, F. Ricci and S. Márka; „Opportunity to Test non-Newtonian Gravity Using Interferometric Sensors with Dynamic Gravity Field Generators”, Physical Review D, Vol. 84, Issue 8, p. 082002, 2011. Impact factor: 4.922
2. As member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration:
[1] B. Abbott et al, „All-sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early S5 Data”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, 111102, 2009. Impact factor: 7.328
[2] B. Abbott et al, „Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Binary Coalescences in the First Year of LIGO's S5 Data”, Physical Review D, Vol. 79, p. 122001, 2009. Impact factor: 4.922
[3] LIGO Scientific Collaboration, „Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Compact Binary Coalescence in 186 Days of LIGO's fifth Science Run”, Physical Review D, Vol. 80, p. 047101, 2009. Impact factor: 4.922
[4] LIGO Scientific Collaboration, „Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data”, Physical Review D, Vol. 80, p. 042003, 2009. Impact factor: 4.922
[5] LIGO Scientific Collaboration, „Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 701, p. L68-L74, 2009. Impact factor: 7.364
[6] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration, „An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin”, Nature, Vol. 460, p. 990-994, 2009. Impact factor: 31.434
[7] B. Abbott et al, „First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings”, Physical Review D, Vol. 80, p. 062002, 2009. Impact factor: 4.922
[8] B. Abbott et al, „Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run”, Physical Review D, Vol. 80, p. 102001, 2009. Impact factor: 4.922
[9] B. Abbott et al, „Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data”, Physical Review D, Vol. 80, p. 062001, 2009. Impact factor: 4.922
[10] B. Abbott et al, „Search for High Frequency Gravitational Wave Bursts in the First Calendar Year of LIGO's Fifth Science Run”, Physical Review D, Vol. 80, p. 102002, 2009. Impact factor: 4.922
[11] B. Abbott et al, „LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory“, Reports on Progress in Physics, Vol. 72, p. 076901, 2009. Impact factor: 12.090
[12] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration, „Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data“, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 713, p. 671, 2010. Impact factor: 7.364
[13] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration, „Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from LIGO Science Run 5 and Virgo Science Run 1“, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 715, p. 1438, 2010. Impact factor: 7.364
[14] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration, “Search for gravitational-wave inspiral signals associated with short Gamma-Ray Bursts during LIGO’s fifth and Virgo’s first science run”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 715, p. 1453, 2010. Impact factor: 7.364
[15] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration, “All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run”, Physical Review D, Vol. 81, p. 102001, 2010. Impact factor: 4.922
[16] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration, “Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors”, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 27, p. 173001, 2010. Impact factor: 3.029
[17] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration, “Sensitivity to Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences Achieved during LIGO's Fifth and Virgo's First Science Run”. Non-journal companion to paper [16]. arXiv:1003.2481
[18] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration, “Search for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescence in LIGO and Virgo Data from S5 and VSR1”, Physical Review D, Vol. 82, p. 102001, 2010. Impact factor: 4.922
[19] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, „First search for gravitational waves from the youngest known neutron star”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 722, p. 1504, 2010. Impact factor: 7.364
[20] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, „Calibration of the LIGO Gravitational Wave Detectors in the Fifth Science Run”, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, Vol. 624, p. 223, 2010. Impact factor: 1.317
[21] The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, “Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar”, Physical Review D, Vol. 83, p. 042001, 2011. Impact factor: 4.922
[22] J. Abadie et al, „Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts from Six Magnetars”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 734, p. L35, 2011. Impact factor: 7.364
[23] J. Abadie et al, „ Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger and ringdown”, Physical Review D, Vol. 83, p. 122005, 2011. Impact factor: 4.922
[24] J. Abadie et al, „Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Vela pulsar”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 737, p. 93, 2011. Impact factor: 7.364
3. Conference proceedings:
[1] P. Raffai, S. Márka, L. Matone and Z. Márka; „Concept Study of Yukawa-like Potential Tests Using Dynamic Gravity Gradients with Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors“, Proceedings of the Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, edited by H. Kleinert, R.T. Jantzen and R. Ruffini, World Scientific, Singapore, p. 2382-2385, 2008.
[2] L. Veréb, Z. Keresztes, P. Raffai, S. Mészáros, L. Á. Gergely; „Recovering a spinning inspiralling compact binary waveform immersed in LIGO-like noise with spinning templates”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 228, p. 012003, 2010.
[3] L. Veréb, Z. Keresztes, P. Raffai, Zs. Udvari, M. Tápai, L. Á. Gergely; “Compact binary waveform recovery from the cross-correlated data of two detectors by matched filtering with spinning templates”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 243, p. 012008, 2010.
4. LIGO documents:
[1] P. Raffai, P. Handbauer; „An X-ray source catalog for joint gravitational wave and X-ray observations“, LIGO Document T1000305, 2010.
[2] G. Gelencsér, G. Szeifert, P. Raffai, L. Kanász-Nagy, G. Szokoly, S. Hopp; „User’s manual for the Infrasonic Microphone System developed by the Eötvös Gravity Research Group”, LIGO Document E1000282, 2010.
[3] P. Raffai; “LUMIN Expert Shifter Manual”, LIGO Document M1000224, 2010.
5. Diploma thesis:
[1] Raffai Péter, „Kvázi-monokromatikus gravitációs hullámok keresése idő-frekvencia térben”, diploma thesis, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 2006.
6. Scientific outreach papers:
[1] Raffai Péter, Bartos Imre; „Gravitációs hullámok kutatása”, Középiskolai Matematikai és Fizikai Lapok, 2006.
7. Seminars and presentations:
[1] „Yukawa-like Potential Tests Using Dynamic Gravity Gradients in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors”, 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Berlin, 25 July 2006.
[2] „Yukawa-típusú Gravitációs Perturbációk Dinamikai Mérése Interferometrikus Gravitációshullám-detektorok Segítségével”, Elméleti Fizika Iskola, Gyöngyöstarján, 30 August 2006.
[3] „New Astrophysics and Search Techniques in Gravitational-Wave Observation”, Astroparticle Physics: Current Issues, Budapest, 22 June 2007.
[4] „Nem-newtoni gravitációs perturbációk dinamikai mérése interferometrikus gravitációshullám-detektorokkal”, Fizikus Vándorgyűlés, Eger, 23 August 2007.
[5] „Gravitációs hullámok”, TDK Hétvége, Pécs, 13 October 2007.
[6] „Gravitációs hullámok”, Bolyai Fizikus Szeminárium, Budapest, 24 October 2007.
[7] „Einstein szimfóniája – a gravitációs hullámok”, Bolyai Konferencia, 19 April 2008. („Award for Best Presentation” based on audience’s votes)
[8] „Overview on the student research activity of the Eötvös Gravity Research Group”, 3rd VESF School on Gravitational Waves, Cascina, 2008. május 6. („Award for Best Presentation” based on choice of a professional jury headed by Francesco Fidecaro, spokesperson of the Virgo Collaboration)
[9] „A gravitációs lencsézés és asztrofizikai alkalmazásai”, Bolyai Fizikus Szeminárium, Budapest, 26. November 2008.
[10] „A gyenge gravitációs lencsézés alkalmazása a kozmológiai kutatásban”, Sötét Energia Szeminárium, Budapest, 2 December 2008.
[11] „Einstein szimfóniája – a gravitációs hullámok”, Kis Esti Fizika, Pécs, 13 January 2009.
[12] „Search techniques for narrow-band burst signals in gravitational wave detector data”, KFKI RMKI szeminárium, Budapest, 29 April 2009.
[13] „Einstein’s Symphony – the Gravitational Waves”, Balaton Summer School in Physics, Balatongyörök, 6 July 2009.
[14] „Searching for poorly modeled signals with limited duration in gravitational wave detector data”, 5th Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Budapest, 2 September 2009.
[15] „Time-frequency methods for long duration burst searches”, LSC-Virgo September 2009 Meeting, Budapest, 20 September 2009.
[16] „Time-frequency methods in gravitational wave burst searches”, ELTE Astro Pizza Lunch, Budapest, 30 September 2009.
[17] „Gravitációs hullám kitörések keresése idő-frekvencia térben”, Bolyai Fizikus Szeminárium, Budapest, 30 September 2009.
[18] „Using the Locust and Hough methods in IMP long durational signal searches”, LSC Stochastic Group Meeting, teleconference, 2 December 2009.
[19] „Tudományos Műszakfelügyelet a LIGO livingstoni állomásán”, Atomfizika Tanszék, Budapest, 11 December 2009.
[20] “Signal model for Locust and Hough search based on Piro&Pfahl 2006”, LSC Intermediate Pipeline Group Meeting, EVO conference, 29 March 2010.
[21] “Searching for narrowband gravitational-wave signals with the IM Pipeline”, From Planets to Galaxies Workshop, Budapest, 3 July 2010.
[22] “XGWC: an X-ray source catalog for joint GW and X-ray observations”, LSC Burst Group Meeting, teleconference, 21 July 2010.
[23] „Long GRB searches with STAMP supported by the Gravitational-wave Galaxy Catalog”, LSC STAMP Group Meeting, EVO conference, 4 October 2010.
[24] „LIGO participation in Hungary: The Budapest-Szeged-Debrecen Collaboration”, ASPERA Hungarian National Day, 15 October 2010.
[25] „Einstein szimfóniája – A gravitációs hullámok”, Kömal Ankét, Budapest, 7 November 2010.
[26] „Search for long GW transients from S5 and S6 GRBs”, ExtTrig Meeting, teleconference, 22 February 2011.
[27] „Search for long GW transients from S5 and S6 GRBs”, Burst Meeting, teleconference, 23 February 2011.
8. Media appearance:
[1] “Aktív Szemeszter”, interview in the monthly magazine, December 2009.
[2] “Hullámvadászok/Wave hunters“, documentary on the Hungarian public television channel, August 2010.
[3] “Tudástár 2010”, television programme on the Hungarian public television channel, September 2010.
[4] “Fizika 11.”, appearance of my researcher portrait in a high school physics book, Mozaik Kiadó, September 2011.