My research interests include general relativity, relativistic astrophysics, cosmology, and quantum fields in curved spacetime. Currently, one focus of my group's research is understanding various sources of gravitational radiation, and developing analytical approximation methods to calculate the gravitational waves they emit. Gravitational waves will hopefully be detected in the next few years by LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory). Another focus is exploring string-theory inspired models of the Universe with extra-dimensions and branes, and their implications for cosmology and astrophysics.

1. Detection methods for non-Gaussian gravitational wave stochastic backgrounds

   S. Drasco and É. É. Flanagan, Phys. Rev. D 67, 082003 (2003). [gr-qc/0210032] [PRD Link]

    

2. Simple sufficient conditions for the generalized covariant entropy bound

   R. Bousso, É. É. Flanagan and D. Marolf, Phys. Rev. D 68, 064001 (2003). [hep-th/0305149] [ PRD link ]

    

3. Detector Description and Performance for the First Coincidence Observations between LIGO and GEO

   B. Abbott et. al. (LSC), Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A517, 154-179 (2004). [gr-qc/0308043] [ NASA ADS Link]

    

4. Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939 + 2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors

   B. Abbott et. al. (LSC), Phys. Rev. D 69, 082004 (2004). [gr-qc/0308050] [PRD Link]

    

5. Palatini form of 1/R gravity

   É. É. Flanagan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 071101 (2004). [astro-ph/0308111] [PRL Link]

    

6. Higher order gravity theories and scalar tensor theories

   É. É. Flanagan, Class. Quant. Grav. 21, 417-426 (2003). [gr-qc/0309015] [ CQG Link]

    

7. First upper limits from LIGO on gravitational wave bursts

   B. Abbott et. al. (LSC), Phys. Rev. D 69, 102001 (2004). [gr-qc/0312056] [ PRD Link]

    

8. Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars

   B. Abbott et. al. (LSC), Phys. Rev. D. 69, 122001 (2004). [gr-qc/0308069] [ PRD Link]

    

9. The conformal frame freedom in theories of gravitation

   É. É. Flanagan, Class. Quant. Grav. 21, 3817-3829 (2004). [Selected by the editors as one of the "Research Highlight" papers of 2004/2005] [gr-qc/0403063] [ CQG Link]

    

10. Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitaitonal waves

    B. Abbott et. al. (LSC), Phys. Rev. D. 69, 122004 (2004). [gr-qc/0312056] [ PRD Link]

     

11. Post-1-Newtonian equations of motion for systems of arbitrarily structured bodies

    É. Racine and É. É. Flanagan, Phys. Rev. D. 71, 044010 (2005). [gr-qc/0404101] [ PRD Link]

12. Quasi-local contribution to the gravitational self-force

    W. G. Anderson, É. É. Flanagan and A. C. Ottewill, Phys. Rev. D. 71, 024036 (2005). [gr-qc/0412009] [ PRD Link]

     

13. Gravitational radiation reaction in the adiabatic limit

    S. Drasco, É. É. Flanagan, J. Franklin and S.A. Hughes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 221101 (2005). [gr-qc/0504015] [ PRL Link]

     

14. Can superhorizon perturbations drive the acceleration of the Universe?

    É. É. Flanagan, Phys. Rev. D 71, 103521 (2005). [hep-th/0503202] [ PRD Link]

     

15. Computing inspirals in Kerr in the adiabatic regime. I. The scalar case

    S. Drasco, É. É. Flanagan and S.A. Hughes, Class. Quant. Grav. 22, S801 (2005). [gr-qc/0505075] [ CQG Link]

     

16. Mimicking Dark Energy with Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi Models: Weak Central Singularities and Critical Points

    R. A. Vanderveld, É. É. Flanagan and I. Wasserman, Phys. Rev. D 74, 023506 (2006). [astro-ph/0602476] [ PRD Link]

     

17. Fourth order Weyl gravity

    É. É. Flanagan, Phys. Rev. D 74, 023002 (2006). [astro-ph/0605504] [ PRD Link]

     

18. Gravitomagnetic resonant excitation of Rossby modes in coalescing neutron star binaries

    É. É. Flanagan and É. Racine, Phys. Rev. D 75, 044001 (2007). [gr-qc/0601029] [ PRD Link]

     

19. Evolution of the Carter constant for inspirals into a black hole: effect of the black hole quadrupole

    É. É. Flanagan and T. Hinderer, Phys. Rev. D 75, 124007 (2007). [arxiv:0704.0389 [gr-qc]] [ PRD Link]

     

20. Can gravity probe B usefully constrain torsion gravity theories?

    É. É. Flanagan and E. Rosenthal, Phys. Rev. D 75, 124016 (2007). [arxiv:0704.1447 [gr-qc]] [ PRD Link]

     

21. Systematic corrections to the measured cosmological constant as a result of local inhomogeneity

    R.A. Vanderveld, É. É. Flanagan and I. Wasserman, Phys. Rev. D 76, 083504 (2007). [arxiv:0706.1931 [gr-qc]] [ PRD Link]

     

22. The adiabatic instability on cosmology's dark side

    R. Bean, É. É. Flanagan and M. Trodden, New Journal of Physics 10, 033006 (2008). [arxiv:0709.1124 [astro-ph]] [ NJP Link]

     

23. Constraining neutron star tidal Love numbers with gravitational wave detectors

    É. É. Flanagan, T. Hinderer, Phys. Rev. D 77, 021502(R) (2008). [arxiv:0709.1915 [astro-ph]] [ PRD Link]

     

24. Adiabatic instability in coupled dark matter-dark energy models

    R. Bean, É. É. Flanagan and M. Trodden, Phys. Rev. D 78, 023009 (2008). [arxiv:0709.1128 [astro-ph]] [ PRD Link]

     

    Submitted
25. Detectability of Mode Resonances in Coalescing Neutron Star Binaries

    P. Balachandran and É. É. Flanagan, submitted to Phys. Rev. D (2007). [gr-qc/0701076]

     

26. Two timescale analysis of extreme mass ratio inspirals in Kerr. I. Orbital Motion

    T. Hinderer, É. É. Flanagan, submitted to Phys. Rev. D (2008). [arxiv:0805.3337 [gr-qc]]

     

27. Backreaction of superhorizon perturbations in scalar field cosmologies

    N. Kumar, É. É. Flanagan, submitted to Phys. Rev. D (2008). [arxiv:0808.1043 [astro-ph]]

     

28. Luminosity distance in Swiss cheese cosmology with randomized voids: I. Single void size

    R. A. Vanderveld, É. É. Flanagan and I. Wasserman, submitted to Phys. Rev. D (2008). [arxiv:0808.1080 [astro-ph]]

     

29. Constraining Interactions in Cosmology's Dark Sector

    R. Bean, É. É. Flanagan, I. Laszlo and M. Trodden, submitted to Phys. Rev. D (2008). [arxiv:0808.1105 [astro-ph]]

• Ph.D., 1993, California Institute of Technology.
• M.Sc., 1988, Mathematical Science, University College Dublin
• B.Sc., 1987, Mathematical Science, University College Dublin, Ireland