Ms Sophie Hollitt
Sophie is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide in the CSSM and CoEPP groups, studying B-mesons in lattice QCD, and contributing to research of B-decay reconstructions as part of the Belle II Collaboration.
In her previous research she investigated cryogenic Er:YAG lasers for future LIGO extensions.
Sophie is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide in the CSSM and CoEPP groups, studying B-mesons in lattice QCD, and contributing to research of B-decay reconstructions as part of the Belle II Collaboration. In her previous research she investigated cryogenic lasers for future LIGO extensions.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Ackley, K., Adams, C. ... Ashton, G. (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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062003 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. ... Anderson, S. (2016). Observing gravitational-wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 93, 12, 122004-1-122004-20. 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122004 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Arai, K. (2016). Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 826, 1, L13-1-L13-8. 10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Arai, K. (2016). The rate of binary black hole mergers inferred from advanced LIGO observations surrounding GW150914. The Astrophysical Journal, 833, 1, 1-8. 10.3847/2041-8205/833/1/L1 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Anderson, W. (2016). Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 33, 13, 134001-1-134001-34. 10.1088/0264-9381/33/13/134001 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. ... Anderson, S. (2016). Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. Physical Review Letters, 116, 6, 061102-1-061102-16. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102 |
| 2016 | Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F. ... Anderson, W. (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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042007 |
| 2016 | Adrián-Martínez, S., ANTARES Collaboration, , IceCube Collaboration, , LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Albert, A. ... Carr, J. (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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122010 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Arai, K. (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. 10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/8 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. ... Anderson, S. (2016). GW150914: The advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries. Physical Review Letters, 116, 13, 131103-1-131103-12. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.131103 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. ... Anderson, 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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122003 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. ... Anderson, S. (2016). Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Physical Review Letters, 116, 24, 241102-1-241102-19. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241102 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Araya, 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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042005 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. ... Anderson, S. (2016). GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes. Physical Review Letters, 116, 13, 131102-1-131102-12. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.131102 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Arai, K. (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. 10.3847/0067-0049/227/2/14 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Arai, K. (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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001 |
| 2016 | LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abernathy, M., Adhikari, R. ... Drever, R. (2016). Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Living Reviews in Relativity, 19, 1, 1-39. 10.1007/lrr-2016-1 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Virgo Collaboration, , Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. ... Anderson, 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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122008 |
| 2016 | Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F. ... Anderson, W. (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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042006 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Arai, K. (2016). Tests of General Relativity with GW150914. Physical Review Letters, 116, 22, 221101-1-221101-19. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.221101 |
| 2016 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Arai, K. (2016). Astrophysical implications of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 818, 2, L22-1-L22-15. 10.3847/2041-8205/818/2/L22 |
| 2015 | Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F. ... Anderson, W. (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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.062008 |
| 2015 | LIGO Scientific Collaboration, , Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. ... Arceneaux, C. (2015). Advanced LIGO. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32, 7, 074001-1-074001-41. 10.1088/0264-9381/32/7/074001 |
| 2015 | Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F. ... Anderson, W. (2015). Searches for continuous gravitational waves from nine young supernova remnants. The Astrophysical Journal, 813, 1, 39-1-39-16. 10.1088/0004-637X/813/1/39 |
| 2015 | Aasi, J., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F. ... Anderson, S. (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. 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.022004 |
| 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. 10.1364/OE.20.016285 |
Book Chapters
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K. ... Arai, K. (2017). Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. In C. Vasconcellos (Ed.), Centennial of General Relativity: A Celebration (pp. 291-311). 10.1142/9789814699662_0011 |
Theses
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Hollitt, S. E.; (2015); Investigation of cryogenic Er:YAG lasers for Gravitational Wave Interferometry; |
| 2012 | Hollitt, S. E.; (2012); Construction and Characterisation of Erbium-Ytterbium Co-Doped Fibre Amplifiers; |
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 or Optics.
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 |
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 |
Position
Postgraduate Student
Phone
83134380
Fax
8313 4380
Campus
North Terrace
Building
Physics Building
Room Number
1 23a
Org Unit
Physics