Career
- 2019-now : Senior Kavli Research Fellow, KICC/DAMTP - University of Cambridge
- 2018-2019: Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Jena
- 2016-2018: Rubicon post-doctoral research fellow, DAMTP - University of Cambridge
- 2011-2016: PhD in gravitational wave physics, Nikhef Amsterdam
- 2007-2011: Master in Theoretical Physics, Master in Mathematics, Utrecht University
Research
Michalis is a member of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology in Cambridge and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, in the Relativity and Gravitation research group. He is also an active member of the LIGO - Virgo Collaboration. His current research is focused on the study of gravitational waves, the nature of spacetime, gravity and matter.
Selected Publications
- M. Agathos, et al., "Inferring Prompt Black-Hole Formation in Neutron Star Mergers from Gravitational-Wave Data", Phys.Rev.D, 101(4), 044006, 2020
- M. Breschi, et al., "kiloHertz gravitational waves from binary neutron star remnants: time-domain model and constraints on extreme matter", Phys.Rev.D, 100(10) 104029, 2019
- B. P. Abbott, et al., "Tests of General Relativity with the Binary Black Hole Signals from the LIGO-Virgo Catalog GWTC-1", Phys.Rev.D, 100(10), 104036, 2019
- B. P. Abbott, et. al., "Tests of general relativity with GW150914", Phys. Rev. Lett., 116(22), 221101, 2016
- M. Agathos, et al., "Constraining the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars", Phys. Rev. D, 92(2), 023012, 2015
- M. Agathos, et al., "TIGER: A data analysis pipeline for testing the strong-field dynamics of general relativity with gravitational wave signals from coalescing compact binaries", Phys. Rev. D, 89(8), 082001, 2014
Publications
GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object
– The Astrophysical Journal Letters
(2020)
896,
l44
(doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab960f)
A Joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo Analysis of Compact Binary Mergers from the First and Second Gravitational-wave Observing Runs
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2020)
893,
100
(doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7d3e)
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
(2020)
101,
084002
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.084002)
GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass ∼ 3.4 M o
– Astrophysical Journal Letters
(2020)
892,
l3
(doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab75f5)
A morphology-independent search for gravitational wave echoes in data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
– Physical Review D
(2020)
101,
064012
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.064012)
The advanced Virgo longitudinal control system for the O2 observing run
– Astroparticle Physics
(2020)
116,
102386
A guide to LIGO-Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals
– Classical and Quantum Gravity
(2020)
37,
055002
(doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ab685e)
Inferring prompt black-hole formation in neutron star mergers from gravitational-wave data
– Physical Review D
(2020)
101,
044006
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.101.044006)
Model comparison from LIGOVirgo data on GW170817s binary components and consequences for the merger remnant
– Classical and Quantum Gravity
(2020)
37,
045006
(doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ab5f7c)
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