Ms Sophie Hollitt

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2013 - 2015	The University of Adelaide	Australia	Master of Philosophy
  —	University of Adelaide	Australia	B. Sc (Honours)
  —	University of Adelaide	Australia	B. Sc (Optics and Photonics)

• Research Interests

  Nuclear & Particles Physics Optical Physics Particle Physics

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2018	KAGRA Collaboration., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., . . . Zweizig, J. (2018). Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. Living Reviews in Relativity, 21(1), 3-1-3-57. DOI Scopus184 WoS179 Europe PMC6
  2017	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Zweizig, J. (2017). Calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914. Physical Review D, 95(6), 062003-1-062003-16. DOI Scopus40 WoS33
  2016	Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., . . . Bork, R. (2016). Search of the Orion spur for continuous gravitational waves using a loosely coherent algorithm on data from LIGO interferometers. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 93(4), 042006-1-042006-14. DOI Scopus10 WoS11
  2016	Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., . . . Bonnand, R. (2016). First low frequency all-sky search for continuous gravitational wave signals. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 93(4), 042007-1-042007-25. DOI Scopus20 WoS34
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Boer, M. (2016). All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients with initial LIGO. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 93(4), 042005-1-042005-19. DOI Scopus20 WoS21
  2016	LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abernathy, M., Adhikari, R., . . . Eichholz, J. (2016). Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Living Reviews in Relativity, 19(1), 1-39. DOI Scopus331 WoS307 Europe PMC24
  2016	Adrián-Martínez, S., ANTARES Collaboration., IceCube Collaboration., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Albert, A., . . . Michael, T. (2016). High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 93(12), 122010-1-122010-15. DOI Scopus74 WoS69
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2016). The rate of binary black hole mergers inferred from advanced LIGO observations surrounding GW150914. The Astrophysical Journal, 833(1), 1-8. DOI Scopus143 WoS57
  2016	Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., . . . Blackburn, J. (2016). Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. Physical Review Letters, 116(6), 061102-1-061102-16. DOI Scopus4220 WoS3626 Europe PMC175
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Blair, R. (2016). Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 826(1), L13-1-L13-8. DOI Scopus166 WoS147
  2016	Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., . . . Bloemen, S. (2016). GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 93(12), 122003-1-122003-21. DOI Scopus173 WoS153
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Blair, R. (2016). Astrophysical implications of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 818(2), L22-1-L22-15. DOI Scopus364 WoS339
  2016	Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., . . . Bloemen, S. (2016). GW150914: The advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries. Physical Review Letters, 116(13), 131103-1-131103-12. DOI Scopus239 WoS215 Europe PMC14
  2016	Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., . . . Bloemen, S. (2016). GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes. Physical Review Letters, 116(13), 131102-1-131102-12. DOI Scopus152 WoS140 Europe PMC12
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Blair, R. (2016). Supplement: "Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914" (2016, ApJL, 826, L13). Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 225(1), 8-1-8-15. DOI Scopus37 WoS33
  2016	Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., . . . Bloemen, S. (2016). Search for transient gravitational waves in coincidence with short-duration radio transients during 2007-2013. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 93(12), 122008-1-122008-14. DOI Scopus6 WoS7
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Blair, R. (2016). First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 94(10), 102001-1-102001-25. DOI Scopus17 WoS17
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Blair, R. (2016). Tests of General Relativity with GW150914. Physical Review Letters, 116(22), 221101-1-221101-19. DOI Scopus530 WoS493 Europe PMC24
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zuraw, S. (2016). Supplement: "The rate of binary black hole mergers inferred from advanced LIGO observations surrounding GW150914" (2016, ApJL, 833, L1). Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 227(2), 1-11. DOI Scopus34 WoS29
  2016	Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., . . . Blair, R. (2016). Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Physical Review Letters, 116(24), 241102-1-241102-19. DOI Scopus359 WoS606 Europe PMC19
  2016	Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Virgo Collaboration., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., . . . Blair, R. (2016). Observing gravitational-wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 93(12), 122004-1-122004-20. DOI Scopus72 WoS68
  2016	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Blair, C. (2016). Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 33(13), 134001-1-134001-34. DOI Scopus105 WoS87
  2015	Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., . . . Bogaert, G. (2015). Narrow-band search of continuous gravitational-wave signals from Crab and Vela pulsars in Virgo VSR4 data. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 91(2), 022004-1-022004-15. DOI Scopus25 WoS26
  2015	Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., . . . Zweizig, J. (2015). Directed search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with initial LIGO data. Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 91(6), 062008-1-062008-20. DOI Scopus30 WoS32
  2015	Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., . . . Bojtos, P. (2015). Searches for continuous gravitational waves from nine young supernova remnants. The Astrophysical Journal, 813(1), 39-1-39-16. DOI Scopus39 WoS40
  2015	LIGO Scientific Collaboration., Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., . . . Zweizig, J. (2015). Advanced LIGO. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32(7), 074001-1-074001-41. DOI Scopus711 WoS742
  2012	Hollitt, S., Simakov, N., Hemming, A., Haub, J., & Carter, A. (2012). A linearly polarised, pulsed Ho-doped fiber laser. Optics Express, 20(15), 16285-16290. DOI Scopus28 WoS24
  —	Aubin, C., Bali, G., Debbio, L. D., Detmold, W., Gülpers, V., Hollitt, S., . . . Ryan, S. M. (n.d.). Report on the 2019 Lattice Diversity and Inclusivity Survey. PoS(LATTICE2019)295.
  —	Collaboration, B. I. I., Abudinén, F., Adachi, I., Ahlburg, P., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., . . . Zupanc, A. (n.d.). Measurement of the integrated luminosity of the Phase 2 data of the Belle II experiment.
  —	Keck, T., Abudinen, F., Bernlochner, F. U., Cheaib, R., Cunliffe, S., Feindt, M., . . . Zupanc, A. (n.d.). The Full Event Interpretation -- An exclusive tagging algorithm for the Belle II experiment. DOI
  —	Kou, E., Urquijo, P., Altmannshofer, W., Beaujean, F., Bell, G., Beneke, M., . . . Zupanc, A. (n.d.). The Belle II Physics Book. Prog Theor Exp Phys (2019). DOI

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2017	Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Blackburn, J. (2017). Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. In C. Vasconcellos (Ed.), Centennial of General Relativity: A Celebration (pp. 291-311). Online: Singapore Hackensack, NJ World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. DOI

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2018	Hollitt, S., Horsley, R., Jackson, P., Nakamura, Y., Perlt, H., Rakow, P., . . . Zanotti, J. (2018). Control of SU(3) symmetry breaking effects in calculations of B meson decay constant. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 334 (pp. 7 pages). Online: Sissa Medialab Srl.
  2016	Hollitt, S., Jackson, P., Young, R., & Zanotti, J. (2016). The role of SU(3)-flavour symmetry breaking in B-meson decay constants from Lattice QCD. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 2016-September (pp. 1-7). Online: PoS.

• Theses

  Year	Citation
  2015	Hollitt, S. E. (2015). Investigation of cryogenic Er:YAG lasers for Gravitational Wave Interferometry. (Master's Thesis, The University of Adelaide).
  2012	Hollitt, S. E. (2012). Construction and Characterisation of Erbium-Ytterbium Co-Doped Fibre Amplifiers. (Undergraduate Dissertation).

Sophie is actively involved with teaching computer programming to students, demonstrating in workshops for Computational Physics III and The MATLAB component in BSc Advanced.

You might also recognise Sophie as a former tutor of Physics 1A/1B, Electromagnetism II, or Optics III.

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2015 - ongoing	Member	AIP Women in Physics Committee	—	Australia
  2015 - ongoing	Member	AIP Constitution Committee	Australian Institute of Physics	Australia
  2014 - 2015	Treasurer	UofA OSA/SPIE Student Chapter Organising Committee	Optical Society of America	Australia
  2013 - 2014	Member	IONS-KOALA 2014 Organising Committee	—	Australia

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2014 - ongoing	Member	Australian Institute of Physics	Australia
  2014 - 2016	Member	SPIE	Australia
  2013 - 2016	Member	Optical Society of America	Australia

• Position: Postgraduate Student
• Phone: 83134380
• Email: sophie.hollitt@adelaide.edu.au
• Fax: 8313 4380
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Physics, floor 1
• Room: 1 23a
• Org Unit: Physics