Summary paper for the plerionic model of sGRB remnants
This recent publication in the proceedings of 16th Marcel Grossman Meeting was based on my presentation in the parallel session on Gamma-Ray Burst Correlations: Observational Challenges and Theoretical Interpretation.
Using a plerion-like model to infer neutron star properties of short gamma-ray bursts with an X-ray plateau
In Strang & Melatos (2019), we developed a simple model for a millisecond magnetar central engine to drive X-ray afterglows from short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs) based on early models of young supernova remnants. In this work, we use the afterglows of six sGRBs to infer the properties of the source neutron star.
Searches for continuous gravitational waves from fifteen young supernova remnants in the first half of the third observing run of advanced LIGO and Virgo
Transient gravitational waves from compact binary coalesences have been directly observed by the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), but there are other kinds of gravitational wave signals yet to be found. Continuous gravitational waves are one such source. Triaxial neutron stars are likely candidates for continuous, quasi-monochromatic gravitational waves. A recent paper from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration searches for continuous waves from fifteen young supernova remnants.
Search for gravitational waves from 12 young supernova remnants with a hidden Markov model in Advanced LIGO’s second observing run
LIGO observations from 2016 – 2017 (Observing Run 2, or O2) are publically available for all astronomers. A team of researchers at the University of Melbourne use specialized signal processing techniques to search the data for continuous waves, an as-yet-undiscovered form of gravitational waves.
A simple model to describe X-ray plateaux as observed following some short Gamma-Ray Bursts
Central-engine models for sGRBs have a lot of similarities to early models of young supernova remnants (such as the Crab nebula, pictured). How much of our knowledge of supernova remnants can we leverage to explain observations of sGRBs and their afterglows?
