Publications
24. M. Kim, P. Kim, R. Bassiri, K. Prasai, M. M. Fejer, and K. H. Lee, ePDFpy: A Python-based interactive GUI tool for electron pair distribution function analysis of amorphous materials, Computer Physics Communications, 299, 109137 (2024).
22. K. Prasai, K. Lee, B. Baloukas, H-P. Cheng, M. Fazio, L. Martinu, A. Mehta, C. S. Menoni, F. Schiettekatte, R. Shink, B. Shyam, G. Vajente, M. M. Fejer, and R. Bassiri, Effects of elevated temperature deposition on the atomic structure of amorphous Ta2O5 films, APL Materials, 11(12), 2024.
21. S. Khadka, A. Markosyan, K. Prasai, A. Dana, L. Yang, S Tait, I.W. Martin, C. Menoni, M.M. Fejer, and R. Bassiri, Cryogenic mechanical loss of amorphous germania and titania-doped germania thin films, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 40 205002 (2023).
20. K. Prasai, R. Bassiri, H. P. Cheng, M. M. Fejer, Glass transition temperatures of binary oxides from ab-initio simulations, APL Materials, 11.8, (2023).
19. A. Mishkin, J. Jiang, R. Zhang, H. P. Cheng, K. Prasai, R. Bassiri, M. Fejer, Hidden structure in the medium-range order of amorphous zirconia-tantala films, Physical Review B, 108, 054103 (2023).
18. R. Thapa, K. Prasai, R. Bassiri, M. M. Fejer, D. A. Drabold, Realistic computer models of ZrO2-doped Ta2O5: structural, optical, and vibrational properties, Physical Review B 105, 224207 (2022).
17. G. Vajente, L. Yang, A. Davenport, M. Fazio, A. Ananyeva, L. Zhang, G. Billingsley, K. Prasai, A. Markosyan, R. Bassiri, and M. M. Fejer, Low mechanical loss TiO2: GeO2 coatings for reduced thermal noise in gravitational wave interferometers, Physical Review Letters 127 (2021).
16. L. Yang, G. Vajente, M. Fazio, A. Ananyeva, G. Billingsley, A. Markosyan, R. Bassiri, K. Prasai, M. M. Fejer, and C. S. Menoni, Enhanced medium range order in vapor deposited germania glasses at elevated temperatures, Science Advances, 7 eabh1117 (2021).
15. M. Abernathy, A. Amato, …… K. Prasai, …. et al., Exploration of co-sputtered Ta2O5–ZrO2 thin films for gravitational-wave detectors, Classical and Quantum Gravity 38 195021 (2021).
14. J. Jiang, A. S. Mishkin, K. Prasai, R. Zhang, M. Yazback, R. Bassiri, M. M. Fejer, and H. P. Cheng, Analysis of two-level systems and mechanical loss in amorphous ZrO2-doped Ta2O5 by non-cage-breaking and cage-breaking transitions, The Journal of Chemical Physics 154, 17 (2021).
13. K. Prasai, R. Bassiri, H. P. Cheng, M. M. Fejer, Annealing-induced changes in the atomic structure of amorphous silica, germania and tantala using accelerated molecular dynamics, physica status solidi (b), 258, 2021.
12. K. N. Subedi, K. Prasai, and D. A. Drabold, Modeling of glasses: electronic conduction mechanisms in GeSe3:Ag and Al2O3:Cu, Book chapter in: Structure, Properties, Modeling and Applications of Amorphous Chalcogenides, pp. 79-105 (2021)
11. K. N. Subedi, K. Prasai, and D. A. Drabold, Space‐projected conductivity and spectral properties of the conduction matrix, physica status solidi (b), 2000438 (2020).
10. K. Prasai, J. Jiang, A. Mishkin, B. Shyam, S. Angelova, R. Birney, D. A. Drabold, M. Fazio, E. K. Gustafson, G. Harry, S. Hoback, J. Hough, C. Lévesque, I. MacLaren, A. Markosyan, I. W. Martin, C. S. Menoni, P. G. Murray, S. Penn, S. Reid, R. Robie, S. Rowan, F. Schiettekatte, R. Shink, A. Turner, G. Vajente, H. P. Cheng, M. M. Fejer, A. Mehta and R. Bassiri, High precision detection of change in intermediate range order of amorphous zirconia-doped tantala thin films due to annealing, Physical Review Letters 123 045501 (2019).
9. K. N. Subedi, K. Prasai, M. N. Kozicki and D. A. Drabold, Structural origins of electronic conduction in amorphous copper-doped alumina, Physical Review Materials 3 065605 (2019).
8. K. Prasai, K. N. Subedi, K. Ferris, P. Biswas and D. A. Drabold, Spatial projection of electronic conductivity: the example of conducting bridge memory materials, Physica Status Solidi RRL 12 1800238 (2018)
7. K. Prasai, G. Chen, and D. A. Drabold, Amorphous to amorphous insulator-metal transition in GeSe3Ag glass, Physical Review Materials 1 015603 (2017).
6. K. Prasai, P. Biswas and D. A. Drabold, Electrons and phonons in amorphous semiconductors, Semiconductor Science and Technology 31 073002 (2016).
5. K. Prasai, P. Biswas, and D. A. Drabold, Electronically designed amorphous carbon and silicon, Physica Status Solidi A 213 1653-1660 (2016).
4. K. Prasai, P. Biswas, D. A. Drabold, Sculpting the band gap: a computational approach, Scientific Reports 5 15522 (2015).
3. R. Sharma, K. Prasai, D. A. Drabold, and K. V. Adarsh, Ultrafast defect dynamics: a new approach to all optical broadband switching employing
amorphous selenium thin films, AIP Advances 5 077164 (2015).
2. K. Prasai and D. A. Drabold, Simulations of silver doped germanium selenide glasses and their response to radiation, Nanoscale Research Letters, 9 594 (2014).
1. B. J. Haycock, G. Lander, M. K. Rice, K. Prasai, B. Prasai, D. A. Drabold, and J. P. Lewis, High throughput evaluation in nitrogen doping of amorphous titanium dioxide, Physica Status Solidi B 251 1225-1230 (2014).
Astrophysical Collaboration Papers
39. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run, arXiv:2111.03606 (2021)
38. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run, Physical Review D 104 (2), 022004 (2021)
37. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star–black hole coalescences, Astrophysical Journal Letters 915 (1) L5 (2021)
36. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the third Advanced LIGO–Virgo observing run, Physical Review Letters 126 (24), 241102 (2021)
35. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Tests of general relativity with binary black holes from the second LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog, Physical Review D 103 (12), 122002 (2021)
34. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., GWTC-2: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run, Physical Review X 11 (2), 021053 (2021)
33. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Population properties of compact objects from the second LIGO–Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog, The Astrophysical journal letters 913 (1), L7 (2021)
32. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo, The Astrophysical Journal 909 (2), 218 (2021)
31. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo, SoftwareX 13, 100658 (2021)
30. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA, Living reviews in relativity 23 (1), 1-69 (2020)
29. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Gravitational-wave constraints on the equatorial ellipticity of millisecond pulsars, The Astrophysical journal letters, 902 (1), L21 (2020)
28. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., GW190521: A binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150 solar masses, Physical review letters 125 (10), 101102 (2020)
27. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 solar masses binary black hole merger GW190521, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 900 (1), L13 (2020)
26. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., GW190412: Observation of a binary-black-hole coalescence with asymmetric masses, Physical Review D 102 (4), 043015 (2020)
25. R. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., GW190814: Gravitational waves from the coalescence of a 23 solar mass black hole with a 2.6 solar mass compact object, Astrophysical Journal Letters 896 L44 (2020)
24. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., GW190425: Observation of compact binary coalescence with total mass ~3.4 solar masses, Astrophysical Journal Letters 892 L3 (2020)
23. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Optically targeted search for gravitational waves emitted by core-collapse supernovae during the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo, Physical Review D 101 084002 (2020)
22. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., A guide to LIGO-Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals, Classical and Quantum Gravity 37 055002 (2020)
21. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Model comparison from LIGO-Virgo data on GW170817's binary components and consequences for the merger remnant, Classical and Quantum Gravity 37 045006 (2020)
20. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with an improved hidden Markov model, Physical Review D 100 122002 (2019)
19. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Search for Gravitational-wave Signals Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during the Second Observing Run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo, Astrophysical Journal 886 75 (2019)
18. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1, Physical Review D 100 104036 (2019)
17. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Search for Subsolar Mass Ultracompact Binaries in Advanced LIGO's Second Observing Run, Physical Review Letters 123 161102 (2019)
16. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Search for Eccentric Binary Black Hole Mergers with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during Their First and Second Observing Runs, Astrophysical Journal 883 149 (2019)
15. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network, Physical Review D 100 064064 (2019)
14. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 882 L24 (2019)
13. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs, Physical Review X 9 031040 (2019)
12. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run, Physical Review D 100 061101 (2019)
11. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO's first two observing runs, Physical Review D 100 062001 (2019)
10. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in 2015-2017 LIGO Data, Astrophysical Journal 879 10 (2019)
9. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run, Physical Review D 100 024017 (2019)
8. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data, Physical Review D 100 024004 (2019)
7. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Narrow-band search for gravitational waves from known pulsars using the second LIGO observing run, Physical Review D 99 122002 (2019)
6. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the second Advanced LIGO observing run, Physical Review D 100 104033 (2019)
5. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., First Measurement of the Hubble Constant from a Dark Standard Siren using the Dark Energy Survey Galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo Binary-Black-hole Merger GW170814, Astrophysical Journal Letters 876 L7 (2019)
4. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Low-latency Gravitational-wave Alerts for Multimessenger Astronomy during the Second Advanced LIGO and Virgo Observing Run, Astrophysical Journal 875 161 (2019)
3. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO, Astrophysical Journal 875 122 (2019)
2. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Search for Transient Gravitational-wave Signals Associated with Magnetar Bursts during Advanced LIGO's Second Observing Run, Astrophysical Journal 874 163 (2019)
1. B. P. Abbott … K. Prasai … et al., Search for Multimessenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during Its First Observing Run, ANTARES, and IceCube, Astrophysical Journal 870 134 (2019)
