Primary Publications (9)

Corresponding Author: 6 / First Author: 9

Connected Network Model for the Mechanical Loss of Amorphous Materials

Steven Blaber*, Daniel Bruns, and Jörg Rottler

Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, x, xxx (2026)

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Optimal control in stochastic thermodynamics

Steven Blaber* and David A. Sivak

J. Phys. Commun., 7, 033001 (2023)

Optimal control with a strong harmonic trap

Steven Blaber* and David A. Sivak

Phys. Rev. E (Letter) 106, L022103 (2022)

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Efficient two-dimensional control of barrier crossing

Steven Blaber* and David A. Sivak

Europhys. Lett. 139, 17001 (2022)

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Steps minimize dissipation in rapidly driven stochastic systems

Steven Blaber*, Miranda D. Louwerse, and David A. Sivak

Phys. Rev. E (Letter) 104, L022101 (2021)

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Skewed thermodynamic geometry and optimal free energy estimation

Steven Blaber* and David A. Sivak

J. Chem. Phys. 153, 244119 (2020)

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Optimal control of protein copy number

Steven Blaber and David A. Sivak

Phys. Rev. E 10, 2, 022118 (2020)

Spontaneous tilting transition in liquid-crystalline polymer brushes

Steven Blaber, Nasser M. Abukhdeir, and Mark W. Matsen

Macromolecules 52, 18, 6988-6997 (2019)

Effect of chain stiffness on the entropic segregation of chain ends to the surface of a polymer melt

Steven Blaber, Pendar Mahmoudi, Russel K. W. Spencer, and Mark W. Matsen

J. Chem. Phys. 150, 014904 (2019)

* Asterisks denote primary corresponding author

Underlines denote selected significant publications

LIGO-VIRGO-KAGRA Publications (17)

I have earned authorship in the following as a member of the LVK collaboration since 2023 contributing to research and development of the LIGO mirror coatings and internal review of the articles

Search for planetary-mass ultra-compact binaries in the fourth observing run of Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo, and KAGRA

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2511.19911 (2025)

All-sky search for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2511.16863 (2025)

Direct multi-model dark-matter search with gravitational-wave interferometers using data from the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2510.27022 (2025)

GW241011 and GW241110: Exploring Binary Formation and Fundamental Physics with Asymmetric, High-Spin Black Hole Coalescence

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

Astrophys. J. Lett. 993, L21 (2025)

Cosmological and High Energy Physics implications from gravitational-wave background searches in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's O1-O4a runs

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2510.26848 (2025)

Directional Search for Persistent Gravitational Waves: Results from the First Part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's Fourth Observing Run

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2510.17487 (2025)

GW250114: testing Hawking's area law and the Kerr nature of black holes

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 111403 (2025)

Directed searches for gravitational waves from ultralight vector boson clouds around merger remnant and galactic black holes during the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2509.07352 (2025)

GWTC-4.0: Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion Rate and Modified Gravitational-wave Propagation

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2509.04348 (2025)

Upper Limits on the Isotropic Gravitational-Wave Background from the first part of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA's fourth Observing Run

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2508.20721 (2025)

GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2508.18083 (2025)

GWTC-4.0: Updating the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog with Observations from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2508.18082 (2025)

GWTC-4.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2508.18081 (2025)

GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2508.18080 (2025)

Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2508.18079 (2025)

All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing run

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

arXiv:2507.12282 (2025)

GW231123: a Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190-265 M

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration

Astrophys. J. Lett. 993, L25 (2025)