Dr Katy Clough
Senior Lecturer, STFC Ernest Rutherford Research Fellow
School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Fundamental fields, Black holes, Early Universe, Numerical relativity, General relativity, Gravitational waves
Interests
My research focusses on testing the limits of general relativity and the Standard Model of particle physics, in particular using numerical simulations of the early Universe and the interaction of fundamental fields and particles with black holes.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation2024
Self-interacting scalar dark matter around binary black holesAurrekoetxea JC, Marsden J, Clough K and Ferreira PG
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 110 (8)
02-10-2024
What no one has seen before: gravitational waveforms from warp drive collapseClough K, Dietrich T and Khan S
The Open Journal of Astrophysics, Maynooth University vol. 7
25-07-2024
Gravitational Magnus effect from scalar dark matterWang Z, Helfer T, Traykova D, Clough K and Berti E
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 110 (2)
08-07-2024
GRFolres: A code for modified gravity simulations in strong gravitySaló LA, Brady SE, Clough K, Doneva D, Evstafyeva T, Figueras P, França T, Rossi L and Yao S
The Journal of Open Source Software, The Open Journal vol. 9 (98)
01-06-2024
Effect of Wave Dark Matter on Equal Mass Black Hole MergersAurrekoetxea JC, Clough K, Bamber J and Ferreira PG
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 132 (21)
24-05-2024
2023
Relativistic drag forces on black holes from scalar dark matter clouds of all sizesTraykova D, Vicente R, Clough K, Helfer T, Berti E, Ferreira PG and Hui L
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 108 (12)
14-12-2023
Tunneling-induced cosmic bounce in the presence of anisotropiesAlexandre J, Clough K and Pla S
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 108 (10)
14-11-2023
Solving the initial conditions problem for modified gravity theoriesBrady SE, Saló LA, Clough K, Figueras P and Annamalai PS
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 108 (10)
13-11-2023
Puncture gauge formulation for Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity and four-derivative scalar-tensor theories in d+1 spacetime dimensionsAresté Saló L, Clough K and Figueras P
Physical Review D, American Physical Society vol. 108 (8)
15-10-2023
Testing the limits of scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity through nonlinear evolutions of spin-induced scalarizationDoneva DD, Saló LA, Clough K, Figueras P and Yazadjiev SS
Physical Review D, American Physical Society vol. 108 (8)
15-10-2023
Cosmology with the Laser Interferometer Space AntennaAuclair P, Bacon D, Baker T, Barreiro T, Bartolo N, Belgacem E, Bellomo N, Ben-Dayan I, Bertacca D, Besancon M, Blanco-Pillado JJ, Blas D, Boileau G, Calcagni G, Caldwell R, Caprini C, Carbone C, Chang CF, Chen HY, Christensen N, et al.
Living Reviews in Relativity, Springer vol. 26 (1)
28-08-2023
Oscillon formation during inflationary preheating with general relativityAurrekoetxea JC, Clough K and Muia F
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 108 (2)
05-07-2023
The gravitational afterglow of boson starsCroft R, Helfer T, Ge B-X, Radia M, Evstafyeva T, Lim EA, Sperhake U and Clough K
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Iop Publishing vol. 40 (6)
15-02-2023
CTTK: A new method to solve the initial data constraints in numerical relativityAurrekoetxea JC, Clough K and Lim EA
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Iop Publishing
02-02-2023
Black hole merger simulations in wave dark matter environmentsBamber J, Aurrekoetxea JC, Clough K and Ferreira PG
Physical Review D, American Physical Society vol. 107 (2)
26-01-2023
CQG focus issue editorial: bosonic starsClough K and Zilhão M
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Iop Publishing vol. 40 (3)
11-01-2023
2022
Well-Posedness of the Four-Derivative Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravity in Singularity Avoiding CoordinatesSaló LA, Clough K and Figueras P
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 129 (26)
23-12-2022
Where is the ringdown: Reconstructing quasinormal modes from dispersive wavesAurrekoetxea JC, Ferreira PG, Clough K, Lim EA and Tattersall OJ
Physical Review D, American Physical Society vol. 106 (10), 104002-104002.
02-11-2022
Ghost Instabilities in Self-Interacting Vector Fields: The Problem with Proca Fields.Clough K, Helfer T, Witek H and Berti E
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 129 (15), 151102-151102.
07-10-2022
New horizons for fundamental physics with LISAArun KG, Belgacem E, Benkel R, Bernard L, Berti E, Bertone G, Besancon M, Blas D, Böhmer CG, Brito R, Calcagni G, Cardenas-Avendaño A, Clough K, Crisostomi M, De Luca V, Doneva D, Escoffier S, Ezquiaga JM, Ferreira PG, Fleury P, et al.
Living Reviews in Relativity, Springer Nature vol. 25 (1)
30-06-2022
Lessons for adaptive mesh refinement in numerical relativityRadia M, Sperhake U, Drew A, Clough K, Figueras P, Lim EA, Ripley JL, Aurrekoetxea JC, França T and Helfer T
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Iop Publishing vol. 39 (13)
06-06-2022
Superradiance in massive vector fields with spatially varying massWang Z, Helfer T, Clough K and Berti E
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 105 (10)
15-05-2022
2021
GRChombo: An adaptable numerical relativity code for fundamental physicsAndrade T, Salo L, Aurrekoetxea J, Bamber J, Clough K, Croft R, de Jong E, Drew A, Duran A, Ferreira P, Figueras P, Finkel H, Frana T, Ge B-X, Gu C, Helfer T, Jäykkä J, Joana C, Kunesch M, Kornet K, et al.
The Journal of Open Source Software vol. 6 (68), 3703-3703.
10-12-2021
Dynamical friction from scalar dark matter in the relativistic regimeClough K, Traykova D, Ferreira P, Hui L, Helfer T and Berti E
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, American Physical Society
09-11-2021
Continuity equations for general matter: applications in numerical relativityClough K
Classical and Quantum Gravity vol. 38 (16)
01-08-2021
Quasinormal modes of growing dirty black holesBamber J, Tattersall OJ, Clough K and Ferreira PG
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 103 (12)
07-06-2021
Oscillon collapse to black holesNazari Z, Cicoli M, Clough K and Muia F
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 2021 (05)
01-05-2021
Growth of accretion driven scalar hair around Kerr black holesBamber J, Clough K, Ferreira PG, Hui L and Lagos M
Physical Review D vol. 103 (4)
25-02-2021
2020
Prospects for fundamental physics with LISABarausse E, Berti E, Hertog T, Hughes SA, Jetzer P, Pani P, Sotiriou TP, Tamanini N, Witek H, Yagi K, Yunes N, Abdelsalhin T, Achucarro A, van Aelst K, Afshordi N, Akcay S, Annulli L, Arun KG, Ayuso I, Baibhav V, et al.
General Relativity and Gravitation, Springer (Part of Springer Nature) vol. 52 (8)
31-08-2020
The effects of potential shape on inhomogeneous inflationAurrekoetxea JC, Clough K, Flauger R and Lim EA
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 2020 (05), 030-030.
01-05-2020
2019
Saving the universe with finite volume effectsAlexandre J and Clough K
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 100 (10)
15-11-2019
Cooling binary neutron star remnants via nucleon-nucleon-axion bremsstrahlungDietrich T and Clough K
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 100 (8)
10-10-2019
Growth of massive scalar hair around a Schwarzschild black holeClough K, Ferreira PG and Lagos M
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 100 (6)
15-09-2019
The fate of dense scalar starsMuia F, Cicoli M, Clough K, Pedro F, Quevedo F and Vacca GP
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 2019 (07), 044-044.
01-07-2019
2018
Full 3D numerical relativity simulations of neutron star–boson star collisions with BAMDietrich T, Ossokine S and Clough K
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Iop Publishing vol. 36 (2)
18-12-2018
Neutron star–axion star collisions in the light of multimessenger astronomyDietrich T, Day F, Clough K, Coughlin M and Niemeyer J
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 483 (1), 908-914.
22-11-2018
Axion star collisions with black holes and neutron stars in full 3D numerical relativityClough K, Dietrich T and Niemeyer JC
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 98 (8)
15-10-2018
On the difficulty of generating gravitational wave turbulence in the early universeClough K and Niemeyer JC
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Iop Publishing vol. 35 (18)
21-08-2018
Black hole interference patterns in flavor oscillationsAlexandre J and Clough K
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 98 (4)
06-08-2018
Robustness of inflation to large tensor perturbationsClough K, Flauger R and Lim EA
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 2018 (05), 065-065.
01-05-2018
2017
Robustness of inflation to inhomogeneous initial conditionsClough K, Lim EA, DiNunno BS, Fischler W, Flauger R and Paban S
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 2017 (09), 025-025.
01-09-2017
Black hole formation from axion starsHelfer T, Marsh DJE, Clough K, Fairbairn M, Lim EA and Becerril R
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 2017 (03), 055-055.
01-03-2017
2015
GRChombo: Numerical relativity with adaptive mesh refinementClough K, Figueras P, Finkel H, Kunesch M, Lim EA and Tunyasuvunakool S
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Iop Publishing vol. 32 (24)
04-12-2015
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation
Astronomy Research at Queen Mary 2023 - 2026Chris Clarkson, Richard Nelson, Timothy Clifton, William Sutherland, Edward Gillen, Karim Malik, Thomas Haworth, Sijme-Jan Paardekooper, Theresa Baker, David Mulryne, Philip Bull, Juan A. Valiente Kroon, Charalampos Markakis, Mohammad Mahdi Godazgar, Katy Clough, Pau Figueras and Arick Shao
£1,625,769 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
01-04-2023 - 30-09-2026
Ernest Rutherford Fellowship - Katy Clough: Solving cosmological questions in strong gravityKaty Clough
£584,718 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
01-10-2021 - 30-09-2026