Aaron Jones | Publications

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Total Publications: 85, Last Updated: Oct. 2023

Theses

  1. Doctoral Thesis: Impact and Mitigation of Wavefront Distortions in Precision Interferometry
  2. Masters Thesis: Highly Stable Compact Digital Temperature Controller for use with Ultrastable Atomic Systems

Short Author List Papers

  1. Aaron W. Goodwin-Jones and Haochen Zhu and Carl Blair and Daniel D. Brown and Joris van Heijningen and Li Ju and Chunnong Zhao (2023). Single and coupled cavity mode sensing schemes using a diagnostic field. Optics Express, ADS, arXiv.

    I led the project, initiated the collaboration, designed the study, developed the simulations, derived the mathematics and drafted the manuscript
  2. Jones, Aaron W. and Wang, Mengyao and Zhang, Xuecai and Cooper, Samuel J. and Chen, Shumei and Mow-Lowry, Conor M. and Freise, Andreas (2022). Metasurface-enhanced spatial mode decomposition. Phys. Rev. A, arXiv.

    I designed the study and developed the phase pattern. I designed, assembled and operated the optical testing apparatus. I designed the analog signal processing and data analysis. I drafted the manuscript. See Chapter 4 in my doctoral thesis.
  3. Pan, Juntao and Zhang, Jue and Blair, Carl and Jones, Aaron W. and Zhao, Chunnong and Ju, Li (2022). Parametric instability in the neutron star extreme matter observatory. Classical and Quantum Gravity, ADS.

    I contributed to the writing of the manuscript and some interpration of the results.
  4. Utina, A. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). ETpathfinder: a cryogenic testbed for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity, ADS, arXiv.

    I contributed to optical design. Specifically, I led a small study on the Etalon effect investigating the effects of AR wedges and AR curvature in the cryogenic Silicon Test mass. This led into an invetigation on frequency noise requirements. I also co-supervised a masters student working on the mode matching.
  5. Schiworski, Mitchell and Bossilkov, Vladimir and Blair, Carl and Brown, Daniel and Jones, Aaron and Ottaway, David and Zhao, Chunnong (2022). Observing the optical modes of parametric instability. Optics Letters, ADS, arXiv.

    I contributed to the electrical demodulation circuit, operation of the optical appatratus and interprattion of the data.
  6. Cooper, S. J. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). An interactive gravitational-wave detector model for museums and fairs. American Journal of Physics, ADS, arXiv.

    I designed, built and tested the analogue signal processing subsystems for the RSSE. I also managed some of the logistics and participated in both presenting & data collection at the RSSE. See my write up.
  7. Rowlinson, Samuel and Dmitriev, Artemiy and Jones, Aaron W. and Zhang, Teng and Freise, Andreas (2021). Feasibility study of beam-expanding telescopes in the interferometer arms for the Einstein Telescope. Physical Review D, ADS, arXiv.

    I contributed to the simulation, writing and interpretation of the results
  8. A. W. Jones and M. Wang and C. M. Mow-Lowry and A. Freise (2020). High dynamic range spatial mode decomposition. Opt. Express, ADS, arXiv.

    I led the project, designed the study, derived the mathematics, developed the phase pattern, built the apparatus and verified its operation, analysed the data, and drafted the manuscript. See my write up or Chapter 3 in my doctoral thesis.
  9. A. W. Jones and A. Freise (2020). Increased sensitivity of higher-order laser beams to mode mismatches. Opt. Lett., ADS, arXiv.

    I led the project, designed the study, derived the mathematics, and drafted the manuscript. See Chapter 5 of my doctoral thesis for additional details.
  10. Miguel Dovale-Álvarez and Daniel Brown and Aaron Jones and Conor Maw-Lowry and Haixing Miao and Andreas Freise (2018). Challenges of gravitational wave detection using long-baseline cavity-assisted large momentum transfer atom interferometry. Proceedings of Science, ADS.

    I developed the custom quantum light-atom simulation package, which was used in this paper. See my write up or Chapter 7 in my doctoral thesis.
  11. Miguel Dovale-Álvarez and Daniel Brown and Aaron Jones and Conor Maw-Lowry and Haixing Miao and Andreas Freise (2017). Fundamental Limitations of Cavity-assisted Atom Interferometry. Phys. Rev. A, ADS, arXiv.

    I developed the custom quantum light-atom simulation package, which was used in this paper. See my write up or Chapter 7 in my doctoral thesis.

Papers In Preparation

  1. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2023). Search for gravitational-lensing signatures in the full third observing run of the LIGO-Virgo network. arXiv e-prints, ADS, arXiv.
  2. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2023). Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo. arXiv e-prints, ADS, arXiv.
  3. Fletcher, C. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2023). A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-Wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run. arXiv e-prints, ADS, arXiv.
  4. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search for gravitational-wave transients associated with magnetar bursts in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo data from the third observing run. arXiv e-prints, ADS, arXiv.
  5. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Fast Radio Bursts Detected by CHIME/FRB During the LIGO--Virgo Observing Run O3a. arXiv e-prints.
  6. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Tests of General Relativity with GWTC-3. arXiv e-prints.
  7. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC-3. arXiv e-prints.
  8. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). The population of merging compact binaries inferred using gravitational waves through GWTC-3. arXiv e-prints.
  9. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). GWTC-2.1: Deep Extended Catalog of Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run. arXiv e-prints.
  10. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. arXiv e-prints, ADS, arXiv.

LVK Collaboration Papers

My contributions to the LVK include:
  • 3 month LIGO Fellow Jun '22 - Sep '22
  • Optical Simulations
  • Development of experimental techniques relevant to Gravitational Wave detection.
I am an active participant of the: Lasers and Auxiliary (LAWG), Interferometer Simulation (IFOSIM) and Advanced Interferometer Configurations (AIC) working groups and have produced several technical notes available on the LIGO Document Control Center. I have made historical contributions to the Education and Public Outreach working group. My recent interests center on the technology required for the A#, Voyager and Einstein Telescope.
  1. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2023). Search for subsolar-mass black hole binaries in the second part of Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ADS, arXiv.
  2. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2023). Open Data from the Third Observing Run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO. \apjs, ADS, arXiv.
  3. R. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D.
  4. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search for continuous gravitational wave emission from the Milky Way center in O3 LIGO-Virgo data. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  5. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search for Subsolar-Mass Binaries in the First Half of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's Third Observing Run. Physical Review Letters.
  6. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in the Second and Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Runs. The Astrophysical Journal.
  7. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). All-sky, all-frequency directional search for persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's first three observing runs. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  8. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). First joint observation by the underground gravitational-wave detector KAGRA with GEO 600. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics.
  9. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Narrowband Searches for Continuous and Long-duration Transient Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars in the LIGO-Virgo Third Observing Run. The Astrophysical Journal.
  10. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  11. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search of the early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves from the Cassiopeia A and Vela Jr. supernova remnants. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  12. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo Run O3b. The Astrophysical Journal.
  13. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  14. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Model-based Cross-correlation Search for Gravitational Waves from the Low-mass X-Ray Binary Scorpius X-1 in LIGO O3 Data. \apjl, ADS, arXiv.
  15. R. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search for intermediate-mass black hole binaries in the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astronomy & Astrophysics.
  16. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2022). Search for continuous gravitational waves from 20 accreting millisecond x-ray pulsars in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  17. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  18. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Search for Lensing Signatures in the Gravitational-Wave Observations from the First Half of LIGO-Virgo's Third Observing Run. The Astrophysical Journal.
  19. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Constraints from LIGO O3 Data on Gravitational-wave Emission Due to R-modes in the Glitching Pulsar PSR J0537-6910. The Astrophysical Journal.
  20. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  21. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Searches for continuous gravitational waves from young supernova remnants in the early third observing run of advanced LIGO and Virgo. The Astrophysical Journal.
  22. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars in the early O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  23. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Search for anisotropic gravitational-wave backgrounds using data from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's first three observing runs. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  24. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's third observing run. \prd, ADS, arXiv.
  25. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo Run O3a. \apj, ADS, arXiv.
  26. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Observation of Gravitational Waves from Two Neutron Star-Black Hole Coalescences. The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
  27. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Constraints on Cosmic Strings Using Data from the Third Advanced LIGO-Virgo Observing Run. Physical Review Letters.
  28. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Tests of general relativity with binary black holes from the second LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog. \prd, ADS, arXiv.
  29. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Diving below the Spin-down Limit: Constraints on Gravitational Waves from the Energetic Young Pulsar PSR J0537-6910. The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
  30. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. \apjl, ADS, arXiv.
  31. R. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First Half of the Third Observing Run. Physical Review X.
  32. LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology.
  33. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2021). Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. SoftwareX, ADS, arXiv.
  34. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). Gravitational-wave Constraints on the Equatorial Ellipticity of Millisecond Pulsars. Astrophysical Journal, Letters, ADS, arXiv.
  35. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M$_ødot$. Physical Review Letters, ADS, arXiv.
  36. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). Properties and Astrophysical Implications of the 150 M$_ødot$ Binary Black Hole Merger GW190521. Astrophysical Journal, Letters, ADS, arXiv.
  37. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). GW190412: Observation of a Binary-Black-Hole Coalescence with Asymmetric Masses. Phys. Rev. D, ADS, arXiv.
  38. Abbott, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object. Astrophysical Journal, Letters, ADS, arXiv.
  39. Hamburg, R. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). A Joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo Analysis of Compact Binary Mergers from the First and Second Gravitational-wave Observing Runs. Astrophysical Journal, ADS, arXiv.
  40. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). Optically targeted search for gravitational waves emitted by core-collapse supernovae during the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. Physical Review D, ADS, arXiv.
  41. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). A guide to LIGO-Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals. Classical and Quantum Gravity, ADS, arXiv.
  42. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass \ensuremath∼ 3.4 M$_ødot$. Astrophysical Journal, Letters, ADS, arXiv.
  43. B P Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2020). Model comparison from LIGO–Virgo data on GW170817's binary components and consequences for the merger remnant. Classical and Quantum Gravity.
  44. B. P. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Search for Gravitational-wave Signals Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during the Second Observing Run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. The Astrophysical Journal.
  45. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1. Physical Review D, ADS, arXiv.
  46. B. P. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. The Astrophysical Journal.
  47. B. P. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Search for Eccentric Binary Black Hole Mergers with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during Their First and Second Observing Runs. The Astrophysical Journal.
  48. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo. Submitted to ApJ, ADS, arXiv.
  49. M. Soares-Santos ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). First Measurement of the Hubble Constant from a Dark Standard Siren using the Dark Energy Survey Galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo Binary–Black-hole Merger GW170814. The Astrophysical Journal.
  50. B. P. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Low-latency Gravitational-wave Alerts for Multimessenger Astronomy during the Second Advanced LIGO and Virgo Observing Run. The Astrophysical Journal.
  51. B. P. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Search for Transient Gravitational-wave Signals Associated with Magnetar Bursts during Advanced LIGO's Second Observing Run. The Astrophysical Journal.
  52. B. P. Abbott ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO. The Astrophysical Journal.
  53. A. Albert ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Search for Multimessenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during Its First Observing Run, ANTARES, and IceCube. The Astrophysical Journal.
  54. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data. Phys. Rev. D, ADS, arXiv.
  55. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the second Advanced LIGO observing run. Phys. Rev. D.
  56. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Phys. Rev. D.
  57. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO's first two observing runs. Phys. Rev. D.
  58. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs. Phys. Rev. X.
  59. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Narrow-band search for gravitational waves from known pulsars using the second LIGO observing run. Phys. Rev. D, ADS.
  60. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Search for Subsolar Mass Ultracompact Binaries in Advanced LIGO's Second Observing Run. Phys. Rev. Lett..
  61. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with an improved hidden Markov model. Phys. Rev. D.
  62. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network. Phys. Rev. D.
  63. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run. Phys. Rev. D.
  64. Abbott, B. P. ... Jones, A. W. et. al. (2019). Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in 2015---2017 LIGO Data. The Astrophysical Journal, ADS, arXiv.