László Gondán

PhD student

Biography:

László Gondán received his MSc in Astronomy at ELTE (2011) and he started his PhD in the Particle Physics and Astronomy program of the Doctoral School of Physics in 2012. His research focuses on the investigations of the dynamics and waveforms of excentric binary systems and also investigates the possibility of astrophysical applications of gravitational waves.

Research interest:
- gravitational wave astrophysics
- expected measurement accuracy for eccentric mergers
- astrophysical parameter distribution
- gravitational wave echo phenomenon

Studies:
2005 - 2011, BSc and MSc in Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
2012 - now, PhD in Astrophysics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Scolarships:
- 2018 - 2019, New National Excellence Program (ÚNKP)

Awards (received as a member of the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration for participation in the detection of gravitational waves):
- Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award 'A'
- Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
- Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize
- Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Prizes:
- 2012, Ortvay International College Competition in Physics, II. Prize
- 2011, Ortvay International College Competition in Physics, I. Prize
- 2010, Ortvay International College Competition in Physics, Honorable Mention
- 2008, Ortvay International College Competition in Physics, III. Prize
- 2007, Ortvay International College Competition in Physics, III. Prize
- 2005, Ortvay International College Competition in Physics, Honorable Mention

Links to associated scientific database profiles:

• Publications in MTMT
• Publications in ORCID
• Publications in ResearcherID
• Publications in Scopus
• Publications in Google Scholar
• Publications in ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
• Publications in www.researchgate.net

Selected publications of recent years:

1. Gondán, L., Kocsis, B.; "Measurement Accuracy of Inspiraling Eccentric Neutron Star and Black Hole Binaries Using Gravitational Waves", The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 871,Issue 2, article id. 178, 23 pp (2019)
2. Gondán, L., Kocsis, B., Raffai, P., Frei, Z.; "Eccentric Black Hole Gravitational-Wave Capture Sources in Galactic Nuclei: Distribution of Binary Parameters", he AstrophysicalJournal, Vol. 860, Issue 1, article id. 5, 31 pp (2018)
3. Gondán, L., Kocsis, B., Raffai, P., Frei, Z.; "Accuracy of Estimating Highly EccentricBinary Black Hole Parameters with Gravitational-Wave Detections", The AstrophysicalJournal, Vol. 855, Issue 1, article id. 34, 26 pp (2018)
4. Szölgyén, Á., Dálya, G., Gondán, L., Raffai, P.; "Target-Based Optimization of Advanced Gravitational-Wave Detector Network Operations", Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 34, Issue 7, article id. 075011 (2017)
5. Abbott, B. P., ..., Gondán, L., et al.; "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger", Physical Review Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 6, id. 061102 (2016)
6. Aasi, J., ..., Gondán, L., et al.; "Advanced LIGO", Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 32, Issue 7, article id. 074001 (2015)
7. Hu, Y., Raffai, P., Gondán, L., (+5 authors); "Global Optimization for Future Gravitational Wave Detectors' Sites", Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 32, Issue 10, article id. 105010 (2015)