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Professor David Ian Jones

Professor of Mathematical Physics, Director of Service Teaching

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Professor David Ian Jones is Professor of Mathematical Physics within Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Background

MA Physics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

Certificate for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Cambridge

PhD, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Cardiff

Post-doctoral researcher, Mathematics, University of Southampton

Post-doctoral researcher, Center for Gravitational Wave Physics, Pennsylvania State University

Reader, Mathematics, University of Southampton

Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Southampton

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My research is focused on the astrophysics of compact objects, specifically neutron stars. These are ultra-dense stars, with a mass exceeding that of the Sun squeezed into a sphere of radius of about the size of a city. They have densities in excess of an atomic nucleus, they can rotate hundreds of times a second, have fantastically strong magnetic fields, and probably contains superfluid and superconducting components. In short, they provide ready-made laboratories for probing all sorts of extreme physics inaccessible to terrestrial experimenters. More detail can be found on my personal web page.

My research lies in figuring out how measurements of these objects made by astronomers can be used to shed light on all these exotic pieces of physics. I'm interested in observations from the radio, optical, X-ray and gamma ray bands, but am currently most excited about the prospect of detecting neutron stars using gravitational waves. I am a member of the world-wide gravitational wave detection effort that analyses data from the LIGO, VIRGO and GEO600 gravitational wave detectors, with the first ever detection of a gravitational wave hopefully coming soon.

In addition, I collaborate with theorists both here in Southampton and overseas, and am the UK representative on the Steering Committee of CompStar, a body funded by the European-Science Foundation to encourage collaboration between particles physicists, astronomers and the gravitational wave community.

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Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Affiliate research group

Relativistic Astrophysics

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Abbott, B. P., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2018). All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in the first Advanced LIGO observing run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 35(6), 1-26. [065009]. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aaab76
Abbott, B. P., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2018). Effects of data quality vetoes on a search for compact binary coalescences in Advanced LIGO's first observing run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 35(6), 1-26. [065010]. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aaaafa
Woan, G., Pitkin, M. D., Haskell, B., Jones, D. I., & Lasky, P. D. (2018). Evidence for a minimum ellipticity in millisecond pulsars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 863(2), 1-6. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aad86a
Abbott, B. P., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2018). First search for nontensorial gravitational waves from known pulsars. Physical Review Letters, 120(3), 1-13. [031104]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.031104
Abbott, B. P., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2018). GW170817: implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from compact binary coalescences. Physical Review Letters, 120(9), 1-12. [091101]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.091101
Lander, S. K., & Jones, D. I. (2018). Neutron-star spindown and magnetic inclination-angle evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(3), 4169-4193. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty2553
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2017). All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 96(6), [062002]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.062002
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2017). First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data. Physical Review D, 96(12), [122006]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122006
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2017). First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with Advanced LIGO. The Astrophysical Journal, 839(1), [12]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa677f
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2017). GW170814: a three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters, 119(14), [141101].
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2017). GW170817: Observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. Physical Review Letters, 119(16), [161101]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101
Jones, D., Ashton, G., & Prix, R. (2017). Implications of the Occurrence of Glitches in Pulsar Free Precession Candidates. Physical Review Letters. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.261101
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2017). Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848(2), [L12]. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9
Lander, S. K., & Jones, D. I. (2017). Non-rigid precession of magnetic stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1-41.
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2017). Search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in globular cluster NGC 6544. Physical Review D, 95(8), [082005].
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2017). Search for post-merger gravitational waves from the remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 851(1). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa9a35
Ashton, G., Prix, R., & Jones, D. I. (2017). Statistical characterization of pulsar glitches and their potential impact on searches for continuous gravitational waves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 96, [063004]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.063004
Ashton, G., Jones, D. I., & Prix, R. (2016). Comparing models of the periodic variations in spin-down and beamwidth for PSR B1828-11. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(1), 881-899. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw334
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2016). Directly comparing GW150914 with numerical solutions of Einstein’s equations for binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review D, 94(6), 1-30. [064035]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.064035
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2016). First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors. Physical Review D, 94(10), 1-25. [102001]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2016). GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters, 116(24), 1-14. [241103]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241103
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2016). Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. Physical Review Letters, 116(6), 1-16. [061102]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102
Ashton, G., Jones, D. I., & Prix, R. (2016). On the free-precession candidate PSR B1828-11: Evidence for increasing deformation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1-15.
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2016). Upper limits on the rates of binary neutron star and neutron star-black hole mergers from advanced LIGO’s first observing run. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 832(2), 1-15. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8205/832/2/L21
Keer, L., & Jones, D. I. (2015). Developing a model for neutron star oscillations following starquakes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(1), 865-891. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu2123
Ashton, G., Jones, D. I., & Prix, R. (2015). Effect of timing noise on targeted and narrow-band coherent searches for continuous gravitational waves from pulsars. Physical Review D, 91(6). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.062009
Pitkin, M., Gill, C., Jones, D. I., Woan, G., & Davies, G. S. (2015). First results and future prospects for dual-harmonic searches for gravitational waves from spinning neutron stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(4), 4399-4420. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1931
Aasi, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2015). Narrow-band search of continuous gravitational-wave signals from Crab and Vela pulsars in Virgo VSR4 data. Physical Review D, 9(2), 1-15. [022004]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.022004
Jones, I. (2015). Parameter choices and ranges for continuous gravitational wave searches for steadily spinning neutron stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(1), 53-66. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1584
Idrisy, A., Owen, B. J., & Jones, D. I. (2015). R-mode frequencies of slowly rotating relativistic neutron stars with realistic equations of state. Physical Review D, 91(24001), 1-14. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.024001
Aasi, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (2015). Searches for continuous gravitational waves from nine young supernova remnants. Astrophysical Journal, 813(1), 1-16. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/813/1/39
Aasi, J., Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2014). Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 785(119), 1-18. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/119
Andersson, N., Jones, D. I., & Ho, W. C. G. (2014). Implications of an r-mode in XTE J1751-305: Mass, radius and spin evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(2), 1786-1793. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu870
Glampedakis, K., & Jones, D. I. (2014). Three evolutionary paths for magnetar oscillations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(2), 1522-1535. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu017
Aasi, J., Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., & LIGO-Virgo Scientific Collaboration (2013). Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network. Physical Review D, 88(6), 1-24. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.062001
Lander, S., & Jones, I. (2012). Are there any stable magnetic fields in barotropic stars? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 424(1), 482-494. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21213.x
Penner, A. J., Andersson, N., Jones, D. I., Samuelsson, L., & Hawke, I. (2012). Crustal failure during binary inspiral. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 749(2), L36. DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/749/2/L36
Glampedakis, K., Jones, D. I., & Samuelsson, L. (2012). Gravitational waves from color-magnetic “mountains” in neutron stars. Physical Review Letters, 109(81103), 1-5. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.081103
Santiago-Prieto, I., Heng, I. S., Jones, D. . I., & Clark, J. (2012). Prospects for transient gravitational waves atr-mode frequencies associated with pulsar glitches. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 363(1), 12042. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/363/1/012042
Jones, D. I. (2012). Pulsar state switching, timing noise and free precession. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 420(3), 2325-2338. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20238.x
Glampedakis, K., Jones, D. I., & Samuelsson, L. (2011). Ambipolar diffusion in superfluid neutron stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 413(3), 2021-2030. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18278.x
Penner, A., Andersson, N., Samuelsson, L., Hawke, I., & Jones, D. (2011). Tidal deformations of neutron stars: the role of stratification and elasticity. Physical Review D, 84(10), 103006-[14 pages]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.103006
Andersson, N., Ferrari, V., Jones, D., Kokkotas, K. D., Krishnan, B., Read, J., ... Zink, B. (2010). Gravitational waves from neutron stars: promises and challenges. General Relativity and Gravitation, 43(2), 409-436. DOI: 10.1007/s10714-010-1059-4
Glampedakis, K., & Jones, D. I. (2010). Implications of magnetar non-precession. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 405, 6. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00846.x
Lander, S. K., & Jones, D. I. (2010). Instabilities in neutron stars with toroidal magnetic fields. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 412(2), 1394-1400. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17998.x
Lander, S. K., & Jones, D. I. (2010). Oscillations and instabilities in neutron stars with poloidal magnetic fields. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 412(3), 1730-1740. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18009.x
Lander, S. K., Jones, D. I., & Passamonti, A. (2010). Oscillations of rotating magnetized neutron stars with purely toroidal magnetic fields. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16435.x
Glampedakis, K., Andersson, N., & Jones, D. I. (2009). Do superfluid instabilities prevent neutron star precession? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 394(4), 1908-1924. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13995.x
Jones, D. I. (2009). Gravitational wave emission from rotating superfluid neutron stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 402, 2503-2519. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16059.x
Lander, S. K., & Jones, D. I. (2009). Magnetic fields in axisymmetric neutron stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 395(4), 2162-2176. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14667.x
Passamonti, A., Haskell, B., Andersson, N., Jones, D. I., & Hawke, I. (2009). Oscillations of rapidly rotating stratified neutron stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 394(2), 730-741. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14408.x
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., & The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2008). Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 683(1), L45-L49. DOI: 10.1086/591526
Glampedakis, K., Andersson, N., & Jones, D. I. (2008). Stability of precessing superfluid neutron stars. Physical Review Letters, 100, 081101-[4pp]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.081101
Haskell, B., Andersson, N., Jones, D. I., & Samuelsson, L. (2007). Are neutron stars with crystalline color-superconducting cores relevant for the LIGO experiment? Physical Review Letters, 99(231101). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.231101
Jones, D. I. (2007). Astrophysical input for gravitational wave searches. Astrophysics and Space Science, 308, 125. DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9324-z
Haskell, B., Jones, D. I., & Andersson, N. (2006). Mountains on neutron stars: accreted versus non-accreted crusts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 373(4), 1423-1439. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10998.x
Jones, D. I. (2005). Bounding the mass of the graviton using eccentric binaries. Astrophysical Journal, 618(2, part 2), L115-L118. DOI: 10.1086/427773
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2005). Limits on gravitational-wave emission from selected pulsars using LIGO data. Physical Review Letters, 94(18), 1-6. [181103]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.181103
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2005). Search for gravitational waves associated with the gamma ray burst GRB030329 using the LIGO detectors. Physical Review D, 72(4), 1-17. [042002]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.042002
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2005). Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars. Physical Review D, 72(8), 1-22. [082001]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.082001
Watts, A. L., Andersson, N., & Jones, D. I. (2005). The nature of low T/|W| dynamical instabilities in differentially rotating stars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 618(1), L37-L40.
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2005). Upper limits on gravitational wave bursts in LIGO's second science run. Physical Review D, 72(6), 1-25. [062001]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.062001
Jones, D. I. (2004). Is timing noise important in the gravitational wave detection of neutron stars? Physical Review D, 70(4), 042002-[9pp]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.042002
Jones, D. I., & Andersson, N. (2002). Gravitational waves from freely precessing neutron stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 331(1), 203-220. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05180.x
Jones, D. I. (2002). Gravitational waves from rotating strained neutron stars. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 19(7), 1255-1265. DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/304
Andersson, N., Jones, D. I., & Kokkotas, K. D. (2002). Strange stars as persistent sources of gravitational waves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 337(4), 1224-1232. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05837.x
Jones, D. I., Andersson, N., & Stergioulas, N. (2002). Time evolution of the linear perturbations of a rotating Newtonian polytrope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 334, 933-940. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05566.x
Jones, D. I., & Andersson, N. A. (2001). Freely precessing neutron stars: model and observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 324(4), 811-824. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04251.x
Cutler, C., & Jones, D. I. (2001). Gravitational wave damping of neutron star wobble. Physical Review D, 63(2), 024002-[9pp]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.63.024002

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