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M. (Melissa) Lopez MSc

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Natuurkunde
Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP)
Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP)

M. (Melissa) Lopez MSc

Onderzoeker
Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP)
Profiel Publicaties
Profiel Publicaties

Publicaties

2025

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Lopez, M. (2025). Exploring the Frontier of Transient Gravitational Wave Detection: Unleashing the Power of Machine Learning. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/2661

2024

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration (2024). A Search Using GEO600 for Gravitational Waves Coincident with Fast Radio Bursts from SGR 1935+2154. Astrophysical Journal, 977(2), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8de0
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/250855644/Abac_2024_ApJ_977_255.pdf
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, & The KAGRA Collaboration (2024). The first joint observation by KAGRA with GEO 600. Proceedings of Science, 444, Article 1579. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.1579
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/249011919/ICRC2023_1579.pdf
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration (2024). Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 973(2), Article ad65ce. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad65ce
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/248183645/Abac_2024_ApJ_973_132.pdf
(The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration) (2024). GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run. Physical Review D, 109(2), Article 022001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.022001
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/241598220/PhysRevD.109.022001.pdf
Meijer, Q., Lopez, M., Tsuna, D., & Caudill, S. (2024). Gravitational-wave searches for cosmic string cusps in Einstein Telescope data using deep learning. Physical Review D, 109(2), Article 022006. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.022006
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/241248546/PhysRevD.109.022006.pdf
Laguarta, P., van der Laag, R., Lopez, M., Dooney, T., Miller, A. L., Schmidt, S., Cavaglia, M., Caudill, S., Driessens, K., Karel, J., Lenders, R., & Van Den Broeck, C. (2024). Detection of anomalies amongst LIGO’s glitch populations with autoencoders. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 41(5), Article 055004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ad1f26
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/240864142/Laguarta_2024_Class._Quantum_Grav._41_055004.pdf
LIGO Scientific, Virgo, and KAGRA Collaborations (2024). Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run. Physical Review D, 110(4), Article 042001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.042001
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/239625155/PhysRevD.110.042001.pdf
Dooney, T., Curier, R. L., Tan, D. S., Lopez, M., Van Den Broeck, C., & Bromuri, S. (2024). One flexible model for multiclass gravitational wave signal and glitch generation. Physical Review D, 110(2), Article 022004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.022004
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/238944186/PhysRevD.110.022004.pdf
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration the Virgo Collaboration and the KAGRA Collaboration (2024). Search for Gravitational-lensing Signatures in the Full Third Observing Run of the LIGO-Virgo Network. Astrophysical Journal, 970(2), Article 191. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad3e83
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/236826870/Abbott_2024_ApJ_970_191.pdf
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, & KAGRA Collaboration (2024). Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 2.5–4.5Me Compact Object and a Neutron Star. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 970(2), 1-39. Article L34. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad5beb
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/235627307/Abac_2024_ApJL_970_L34.pdf
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration (2024). Search for Gravitational-wave Transients Associated with Magnetar Bursts in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo Data from the Third Observing Run. Astrophysical Journal, 966(1), Article 137. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad27d3
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452804/Abbott_2024_ApJ_966_137.pdf?sequence=1
Collaboration, KAGRA Collaboration, Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Team, & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2024). A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run. Astrophysical Journal, 964(2), Article 149. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1eed
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/438465/Fletcher_2024_ApJ_964_149.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2023). GWTC-3: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the Second Part of the Third Observing Run. Physical Review X, 13(4), Article 041039. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.13.041039
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435705/PhysRevX.13.041039.pdf?sequence=1
Lopez, M., Bonizzi, P., Driessens, K., Koekoek, G., de Vries, J. A., & Westra, R. (2023). Searching for ring-like structures in the cosmic microwave background. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(1), 922-930. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3485
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427015/stac3485.pdf?sequence=1

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). Search for intermediate-mass black hole binaries in the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 659, 1-25. Article A84. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141452
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427021/aa41452_21.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). Model-based Cross-correlation Search for Gravitational Waves from the Low-mass X-Ray Binary Scorpius X-1 in LIGO O3 Data. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 941(2), 1-19. Article L30. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aca1b0
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427020/Abbott_2022_ApJL_941_L30.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2022). Search for Subsolar-Mass Binaries in the First Half of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's Third Observing Run. Physical Review Letters, 129(6), 1-16. Article 061104. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.061104
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427019/Abbott_et_al_2022_Search_for_Subsolar_Mass_Binaries_in_the_First_Half_of_Advanced_LIGO_s_and_Advanced_Virgo_s_Third_Observing_Run.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). All-sky, all-frequency directional search for persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's first three observing runs. Physical Review D, 105(12), 1-23. Article 122001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.122001
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426936/PhysRevD.105.122001.pdf?sequence=1
Virgo Collaboration (2022). Calibration of advanced Virgo and reconstruction of the detector strain h( t) during the observing run O3. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 39(4), 1-50. Article 045006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ac3c8e
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427014/Acernese_2022_Class._Quantum_Grav._39_045006.pdf?sequence=1
Virgo Collaboration (2022). The Virgo O3 run and the impact of the environment. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 39(23), 1-41. Article 235009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ac776a
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426930/Acernese_2022_Class._Quantum_Grav._39_235009.pdf?sequence=1
Baltus, G., Janquart, J., Lopez, M., Narola, H., & Cudell, J. R. (2022). Convolutional neural network for gravitational-wave early alert: Going down in frequency. Physical Review D, 106(4), 1-10. Article 042002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.042002
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426805/PhysRevD.106.042002.pdf?sequence=1
Lopez, M., Boudart, V., Buijsman, K., Reza, A., & Caudill, S. (2022). Simulating transient noise bursts in LIGO with generative adversarial networks. Physical Review D, 106(2), 1-17. Article 023027. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.023027
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426803/PhysRevD.106.023027.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 106(6), Article 062002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.062002
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426928/PhysRevD.106.062002.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data. Physical Review D, 106(10), 1-37. Article 102008. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.102008
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426801/PhysRevD.106.102008.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). Search for continuous gravitational wave emission from the Milky Way center in O3 LIGO-Virgo data. Physical Review D, 106(4), 1-24. Article 042003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.042003
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/424226/PhysRevD.106.042003.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in the Second and Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Runs. Astrophysical Journal, 935(1), 1-29. Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6acf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423506/Abbott_2022_ApJ_935_1.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). Narrowband Searches for Continuous and Long-duration Transient Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars in the LIGO-Virgo Third Observing Run. Astrophysical Journal, 932(2), 1-27. Article 133. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6ad0
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423505/Abbott_2022_ApJ_932_133.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run. Physical Review D, 105(6), 1-20. Article 063030. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063030
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423504/PhysRevD.105.063030.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, & Virgo Collaboration (2022). First joint observation by the underground gravitational-wave detector KAGRA with GEO 600. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2022(6), 1-37. Article 063F01. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptac073
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426784/ptac073.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2022). Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo Run O3b. Astrophysical Journal, 928(2), 1-20. Article 186. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac532b
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422158/Abbott_2022_ApJ_928_186.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2022). All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data. Physical Review D, 105(10), 1-28. Article 102001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.102001
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422157/PhysRevD.105.102001.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2022). Search of the early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves from the Cassiopeia A and Vela Jr. supernova remnants. Physical Review D, 105(8), 1-25. Article 082005. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.082005
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421119/PhysRevD.105.082005.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2022). Search for continuous gravitational waves from 20 accreting millisecond x-ray pulsars in O3 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 105(2), 1-42. Article 022002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.022002
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419700/PhysRevD.105.022002.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2021). All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D, 104(12), 1-24. Article 122004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.122004
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419368/PhysRevD.104.122004.pdf?sequence=1
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration (2021). All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run. Physical Review D, 104(10), 1-16. Article 102001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.102001
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419286/2107.13796.pdf?sequence=1
Lopez, M., Drago, M., Di Palma, I., Ricci, F., & Cerda-Duran, P. (2021). Deep learning algorithms for gravitational waves core-collapse supernova detection. In 2021 International Conference on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI) Article 9461885 (Proceedings - International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing; Vol. 2021-June). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBMI50038.2021.9461885
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233898354/Deep_learning_algorithms_for_gravitational_waves_core-collapse_supernova_detection.pdf
López, M., Di Palma, I., Drago, M., Cerdá-Durán, P., & Ricci, F. (2021). Deep learning for core-collapse supernova detection. Physical Review D, 103(6), 1-15. Article 063011. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.063011
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414153/PhysRevD.103.063011.pdf?sequence=1
Baltus, G., Janquart, J., Lopez, M., Reza, A., Caudill, S., & Cudell, J. R. (2021). Convolutional neural networks for the detection of the early inspiral of a gravitational-wave signal. Physical Review D, 103(10), 1-11. Article 102003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.102003
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412415/PhysRevD.103.102003.pdf?sequence=1

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