Sheila Rowan

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sheila Rowan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheila Rowan has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 52 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 44 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sheila Rowan's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (57 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (44 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (36 papers). Sheila Rowan is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (57 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (44 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (36 papers). Sheila Rowan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Sheila Rowan's co-authors include J. Hough, M. M. Fejer, D. R. M. Crooks, I. W. Martin, R. K. Route, G. Hammond, G. Cagnoli, S. Penn, Richard Middlemiss and Douglas J. Paul and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Sheila Rowan

110 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Measurement of the Earth tides with a MEMS gravimeter

2016 261 citations Richard Middlemiss, Antonio Samarelli et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Temperature Dependence of the Mechanical Dissipation of Gallium Bonds for Use in Gravitational Wave Detectors 2024 ·Physical Review Letters ·K. Haughian, P. G. Murray, (unknown), J. Hough, (unknown), I. W. Martin, Sheila Rowan, S. C. Tait, R. Bassiri, M. M. Fejer, (unknown), A.S. Markosyan	0
2	Optical properties of germania and titania at 1064 nm and at 1550 nm 2024 ·Classical and Quantum Gravity ·(unknown), A. Amato, V. Spagnuolo, G. I. McGhee, M. Chicoine, Caspar Clark, (unknown), J. Hough, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), S. Reid, Sheila Rowan, (unknown), F. Schiettekatte, S. C. Tait, I. W. Martin, J. Steinlechner	1
3	Non-stoichiometric silicon nitride for future gravitational wave detectors 2024 ·Classical and Quantum Gravity ·G. S. Wallace, M. BenYaala, S. C. Tait, G. Vajente, T. McCanny, Caspar Clark, Des Gibson, J. Hough, I. W. Martin, Sheila Rowan, S. Reid	4
4	Temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of hydroxide catalysis bonds between silicon substrates 2023 ·Classical and Quantum Gravity ·(unknown), K. Haughian, A. Cumming, J. E. Faller, G. Hammond, J. Hough, A. A. van Veggel, Sheila Rowan	0
5	Quasi-monocrystalline silicon for low-noise end mirrors in cryogenic gravitational-wave detectors 2022 ·Physical Review Research ·F.M. Kießling, P. G. Murray, M. Kinley-Hanlon, (unknown), Torunn Ervik, V. Graham, J. Hough, (unknown), Mike Pietsch, Sheila Rowan, Roman Schnabel, S. C. Tait, J. Steinlechner, I. W. Martin	1
6	Demonstration of the Multimaterial Coating Concept to Reduce Thermal Noise in Gravitational-Wave Detectors 2020 ·Physical Review Letters ·S. C. Tait, J. Steinlechner, M. Kinley-Hanlon, P. G. Murray, J. Hough, G. I. McGhee, (unknown), Sheila Rowan, Roman Schnabel, C.J.M. Smith, L. Terkowski, I. W. Martin	18
7	Microelectromechanical system gravimeters as a new tool for gravity imaging 2018 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Richard Middlemiss, (unknown), (unknown), S. Hild, J. Hough, Douglas J. Paul, Antonio Samarelli, Sheila Rowan, G. Hammond	13
8	Silicon-Based Optical Mirror Coatings for Ultrahigh Precision Metrology and Sensing 2018 ·Physical Review Letters ·J. Steinlechner, I. W. Martin, A. S. Bell, J. Hough, M. Fletcher, P. G. Murray, R. Robie, Sheila Rowan, Roman Schnabel	45
9	Field Tests of a Portable MEMS Gravimeter 2017 ·Sensors ·Richard Middlemiss, (unknown), (unknown), J. Hough, Douglas J. Paul, Sheila Rowan, G. Hammond	27
10	Measurement of the Earth tides with a MEMS gravimeter breakdown → 2016 ·Nature ·Richard Middlemiss, Antonio Samarelli, Douglas J. Paul, J. Hough, Sheila Rowan, G. Hammond	261
11	Order within disorder: The atomic structure of ion-beam sputtered amorphous tantala (a-Ta2O5) 2015 ·APL Materials ·R. Bassiri, Franklin Liou, M. R. Abernathy, A. C. Lin, Namjun Kim, Apurva Mehta, Badri Shyam, Robert L. Byer, E. K. Gustafson, M. J. Hart, Ian MacLaren, I. W. Martin, R. K. Route, Sheila Rowan, Jonathan F. Stebbins, M. M. Fejer	21
12	Publisher’s Note: Thermal noise reduction and absorption optimization via multimaterial coatings [Phys. Rev. D91, 042001 (2015)] 2015 ·Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·J. Steinlechner, I. W. Martin, J. Hough, Christoph Krüger, Sheila Rowan, Roman Schnabel	2
13	Development of a torsion balance for measuring charging noise 2012 ·Journal of Physics Conference Series ·Paul Campsie, G. Hammond, J. Hough, Sheila Rowan	1
14	Probing the atomic structure of amorphous Ta2O5 coatings 2011 ·Applied Physics Letters ·R. Bassiri, Konstantin B. Borisenko, D. J. H. Cockayne, J. Hough, Ian MacLaren, Sheila Rowan	49
15	Acoustic losses in a thick quartz plate at low temperatures 2010 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·(unknown), D. Heinert, R. Nawrodt, Christian Schwarz, (unknown), P. Seidel, I. W. Martin, Sheila Rowan, J. Hough	6
16	Thermal noise from optical coatings in gravitational wave detectors 2006 ·Applied Optics ·Gregory Harry, H. Armandula, Eric Black, D. R. M. Crooks, G. Cagnoli, J. Hough, P. G. Murray, S. Reid, Sheila Rowan, P. Sneddon, M. M. Fejer, R. K. Route, S. Penn	93
17	Low mechanical loss coatings for LIGO optics: progress report 2005 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·R. P. Netterfield, Mark Gross, Fred N. Baynes, (unknown), Gregory M Harry, H. Armandula, Sheila Rowan, J. Hough, D. R. M. Crooks, M. M. Fejer, R. K. Route, S. Penn	13
18	Optical coatings for gravitational wave detection 2004 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Gregory M Harry, H. Armandula, Eric Black, D. R. M. Crooks, G. Cagnoli, M. M. Fejer, J. Hough, S. Penn, Sheila Rowan, R. K. Route, P. Sneddon	3
19	Mechanical quality factor measurements of monolithically suspended fused silica test masses of the GEO 600 gravitational wave detector 2004 ·Classical and Quantum Gravity ·J. R. Smith, G. Cagnoli, D. R. M. Crooks, M. M. Fejer, S. Goßler, H. Lück, Sheila Rowan, J. Hough, K. Danzmann	15
20	Design of Suspension System for GEO 600 1999 ·M. V. Plissi, K. A. Strain, D. I. Robertson, J. Hough, C. I. Torrie, Sheila Rowan, (unknown), S. Killbourn	1

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