Joseph Giaime
Professor
Physics & Astronomy
Louisiana State University
United States of America
Biography
Prof. Joseph A. Giaime completed his PhD at MIT in 1995, where his research focused on laser interferometer design and vibration isolation systems for interferometric gravitational wave detectors. He worked for three years at JILA/University of Colorado before going back to MIT to spend a year working on initial Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) installation. He then joined the faculty of Louisiana State University in 1999, where he now holds the position professor of physics and astronomy. With Caltech, he is currently the observatory head of LIGO Livingston. Giaime was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2009 for his contributions to gravitational wave physics, in particular key aspects of LIGO.
Research Interest
Observatory Head, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in Livingston, Louisiana - this is through an agreement with the California Institute of Technology and Louisiana State University. Observations of gravitational waves from astrophysical sources using the Advanced LIGO detector that began operation in fall 2015.
Publications
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Abbott, B., J. A. Giaime, et al.(LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration). Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. Physical Review Letters, 116(6):061102, Feb 2016.
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Abbott, B., J. A. Giaime, et al.(LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration). G W150914: the Advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries. Physical Review Letters, 116(13):131103, Mar 2016. ISSN 0031-9007.
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D. V. Martynov, E. D. Hall, B. P. Abbott, J. A. Giaime, et. al. Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors at the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy. Physical Review D, 93(11):112004, Jun 2016. ISSN 2470-0010. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.112004.
