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Dr David Ian Jones is Reader within Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton.

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

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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.

Research group

Applied Mathematics

Affiliate research group

Relativistic Astrophysics

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General Relativity

Gravitational Waves

Neutron Stars

Superfluidity

Director of Service Teaching

Articles

Lander, S. K., & Jones, D. I. (2017). Non-rigid precession of magnetic stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1-41.

Jones, D., Ashton, G., & Prix, R. (2017). On the occurrence of glitches in pulsar free precession candidates. Physical Review Letters.

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., Jones, D. I., & Ashton, G. (2016). Directly comparing GW150914 with numerical solutions of Einstein’s equations for binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review D, 94(64035), 1-30. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.064035

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Jones, D. I., & Ashton, G. (2016). First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors. Physical Review D, 94(102001), 1-25. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., & Jones, I. (2016). GW151226: Observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters, 1-14. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241103

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., & Jones, D. I. (2016). Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. Physical Review Letters, 116. 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., Jones, D. I., & Ashton, G. (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(L21), 1-17. 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., & Jones, D. I. (2015). Narrow-band search of continuous gravitational-wave signals from Crab and Vela pulsars in Virgo VSR4 data. Physical Review D, 9(22004), 1-15. 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., & Jones, D. I. (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., & Jones, D. I. (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., & Jones, D. I. (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., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ... Santostasi, G. (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., Jones, D. I., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2005). Limits on gravitational-wave emission from selected pulsars using LIGO data. Physical Review Letters, 94(18), 181103-[6pp]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.181103

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Jones, D. I., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2005). Search for gravitational waves associated with the gamma ray burst GRB030329 using the LIGO detectors. Physical Review D, 72(4), 042002-[17pp]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.042002

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Jones, D. I., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2005). Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars. Physical Review D, 72(8), 082001-[22pp]. 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., Jones, D. I., & LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2005). Upper limits on gravitational wave bursts in LIGO's second science run. Physical Review D, 72(6), 062001-[25pp]. 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

MATH1007 - Mathematical Methods for Physical Scientists

MATH6107 - Gravitational Waves

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