Dr. Maria Alessandra Papa

  • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
    Albert Einstein Institute
    Leibniz Universität Hannover
    Callinstr. 38, D-30167 Hannover

    Phone: (+49) (511) 762-17160
    Fax: (+49) (511) 762-2784
  • Email papa(at)aei.mpg.de

 

Major Research Interests concerning QUEST:

Gravitational waves, data analysis

 

10 most relevant publications:

  • LIGO Scientific Collaboration (A. Abbot, M.A. Papa, et al.)
    First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic graviational waves using the Hough transform
    Phys. Rev D 72 (10): Art. No., 102004 Nov. 2005
  • LIGO Scientific Collaboration (A. Abbot, M.A. Papa, et al.)
    Limits on gravitational-wave emission from selected pulsars using LIGO data
    Phys. Rev. Lett 94 (18): Art. No. 181103 May 2005
  • Y. Ithoh, M.A. Papa, B. Krishnan, X. Siemens
    Chi-square test on candidate events from CW signal coherent searches
    Class. Quant. Grav. 21, S 1667–S1678m 2004
  • B. Krishnan, A.M. Sintes, M.A. Papa, B.F. Schutz, S, Frasca,
    C. Palomba
    The Hough transform search for continous gravitational waves
    Phys, Rev. D 70, 082001, 2004
  • LIGO Scientific Collaboration (A. Abbot, M.A. Papa et al.)
    Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 using thefirst science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors
    Phys Rev D 69, Art. No. 082004 APR 2004
  • B. Allen, M.A. Papa, B.F. Schutz
    Optial strategies for sinusoidal signal detection
    Phys. Rev. D 66, 102002, 2002
  • The Geo Collaboration (K. Kotter, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, M.A. Papa, et al.)
    Data acquisition and detector characterization of GEO 600
    Class. Quant. Grav. 19 (7), 1399–147, 2002
  • B. Allen, E. Flanagan and M.A. Papa
    Is the squeezing of relic gravitational waves produced by inflation detectable?
    Phys. Rev. D, 61, (2000), 024024
  • P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, V. Fafone,
    S. D’Antonio, S. Frasca, A. Marini, E. Mauceli, G. Mazzitelli, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, G. V. Pallottino,
    M.A. Papa, G. Pizzella, F. Ronga, R. Terenzi, M. Visco and L. Votano
    Cosmic Rays Observed by the Resonant Gravitational Wave Detector NAUTILUS
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, 1, (2000), 14–17
  • S. Frasca and M.A. Papa
    Networks of gravitational wave antenna
    International Journal of Modern Physics D, Vol. 4 N. 1, (1995), 1–50