Publications

Selected papers only. For a full list, and for citation statistics, please have a look at my INSPIRE-HEP page.

2026

  1. Imaging the vacuum fluctuations of a quantum field
    Yansheng Zhang, Feiyang Wang, Yi Jiang, Alexander C. Jenkins, Paul H. C. Wong, Christoph Eigen, Gehrig Carlse, and Zoran Hadzibabic
    Aug 2026
    arXiv
  2. Prospects for gravitational wave and ultralight dark matter detection with binary resonances beyond the secular approximation
    Joshua W. Foster, Diego Blas, Adrien Bourgoin, Aurelien Hees, Mı́riam Herrero-Valea, Alexander C. Jenkins, and Xiao Xue
    Phys. Rev. D, Aug 2026
    arXiv Journal
  3. Discovering µHz Gravitational Waves and Ultralight Dark Matter with Binary Resonances
    Joshua W. Foster, Diego Blas, Adrien Bourgoin, Aurelien Hees, Mı́riam Herrero-Valea, Alexander C. Jenkins, and Xiao Xue
    Phys. Rev. Lett., Aug 2026
    arXiv Journal
  4. GUEST: Gravitational Universe Exploration with Satellite Tracking. A passive satellite laser-ranging mission for the dark gravitational Universe
    Diego Blas et al.
    Jul 2026
    arXiv
  5. Evidence for renormalized instantons in real-time simulations of vacuum decay
    Emilie Hertig, Alexander C. Jenkins, Hiranya V. Peiris, Andrew Pontzen, and Matthew C. Johnson
    Jul 2026
    arXiv
  6. Unveiling the Microhertz Gravitational-Wave Sky with the Square Kilometre Array Observatory
    Alexander C. Jenkins, Diego Blas, and Joshua W. Foster
    Jun 2026
    arXiv
  7. Quantum Simulation of Massive Relativistic Fields in 2 + 1 Dimensions
    Yansheng Zhang, Feiyang Wang, Paul H. C. Wong, Alexander C. Jenkins, Konstantinos Konstantinou, Nishant Dogra, Joseph H. Thywissen, Christoph Eigen, and Zoran Hadzibabic
    Mar 2026
    arXiv
  8. The Science of the Einstein Telescope
    Adrian Abac et al.
    JCAP, Mar 2026
    arXiv Journal
  9. Popcorn in the sky: Identifying primordial black holes in the gravitational-wave background
    Eleni Bagui, Sébastien Clesse, Federico De Lillo, Alexander C. Jenkins, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Jan 2026
    arXiv

2025

  1. Bridging the micro-Hz gravitational wave gap via Doppler tracking with the Uranus Orbiter and Probe mission: Massive black hole binaries, early Universe signals, and ultralight dark matter
    Lorenz Zwick, Deniz Soyuer, Daniel J. D’Orazio, David O’Neill, Andrea Derdzinski, Prasenjit Saha, Diego Blas, Alexander C. Jenkins, and Luke Zoltan Kelley
    Phys. Rev. D, Oct 2025
    arXiv Journal
  2. Bubbles in a box: Eliminating edge nucleation in cold-atom simulators of vacuum decay
    Alexander C. Jenkins, Hiranya V. Peiris, and Andrew Pontzen
    Phys. Rev. A, Aug 2025
    arXiv Journal

2024

  1. Generalized cold-atom simulators for vacuum decay
    Alexander C. Jenkins, Ian G. Moss, Thomas P. Billam, Zoran Hadzibabic, Hiranya V. Peiris, and Andrew Pontzen
    Phys. Rev. A, Sep 2024
    arXiv Journal
  2. Unbiased estimation of gravitational-wave anisotropies from noisy data
    Nikolaos Kouvatsos, Alexander C. Jenkins, Arianna I. Renzini, Joseph D. Romano, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Phys. Rev. D, May 2024
    arXiv Journal
  3. Analog vacuum decay from vacuum initial conditions
    Alexander C. Jenkins, Jonathan Braden, Hiranya V. Peiris, Andrew Pontzen, Matthew C. Johnson, and Silke Weinfurtner
    Phys. Rev. D, Jan 2024
    arXiv Journal

2023

  1. Gravitational-wave event rates as a new probe for dark matter microphysics
    Markus R. Mosbech, Alexander C. Jenkins, Sownak Bose, Celine Boehm, Mairi Sakellariadou, and Yvonne Y. Y. Wong
    Phys. Rev. D, Aug 2023
    arXiv Journal
  2. Cosmology with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
    Pierre Auclair et al.
    Living Rev. Relativ., Aug 2023
    arXiv Journal
  3. Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs
    Marica Branchesi et al.
    JCAP, Jul 2023
    arXiv Journal
  4. Can gravitational-wave memory help constrain binary black-hole parameters? A LISA case study
    Silvia Gasparotto, Rodrigo Vicente, Diego Blas, Alexander C. Jenkins, and Enrico Barausse
    Phys. Rev. D, Jun 2023
    arXiv Journal

2022

  1. Probing anisotropies of the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background with LISA
    Nicola Bartolo et al.
    JCAP, Nov 2022
    arXiv Journal
  2. Targeted search for the kinematic dipole of the gravitational-wave background
    Adrian Ka-Wai Chung, Alexander C. Jenkins, Joseph D. Romano, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Phys. Rev. D, Oct 2022
    arXiv Journal
  3. CLASS_GWB: robust modeling of the astrophysical gravitational wave background anisotropies
    Nicola Bellomo, Daniele Bertacca, Alexander C. Jenkins, Sabino Matarrese, Alvise Raccanelli, Tania Regimbau, Angelo Ricciardone, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    JCAP, Jun 2022
    arXiv Journal
  4. Bridging the µHz Gap in the Gravitational-Wave Landscape with Binary Resonances
    Diego Blas, and Alexander C. Jenkins
    Phys. Rev. Lett., Mar 2022
    arXiv Journal
  5. Detecting stochastic gravitational waves with binary resonance
    Diego Blas, and Alexander C. Jenkins
    Phys. Rev. D, Mar 2022
    arXiv Journal
  6. Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Backgrounds: Current Detection Efforts and Future Prospects
    Arianna I. Renzini, Boris Goncharov, Alexander C. Jenkins, and Pat M. Meyers
    Galaxies, Feb 2022
    arXiv Journal
  7. Ability of LISA to detect a gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin: The cosmic string case
    Guillaume Boileau, Alexander C. Jenkins, Mairi Sakellariadou, Renate Meyer, and Nelson Christensen
    Phys. Rev. D, Jan 2022
    arXiv Journal

2021

  1. Nonlinear gravitational-wave memory from cusps and kinks on cosmic strings
    Alexander C. Jenkins, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Class. Quant. Grav., Jul 2021
    arXiv Journal

2020

  1. Primordial black holes from cusp collapse on cosmic strings
    Alexander C. Jenkins, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Jun 2020
    arXiv
  2. Projection effects on the observed angular spectrum of the astrophysical stochastic gravitational wave background
    Daniele Bertacca, Angelo Ricciardone, Nicola Bellomo, Alexander C. Jenkins, Sabino Matarrese, Alvise Raccanelli, Tania Regimbau, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Phys. Rev. D, May 2020
    arXiv Journal
  3. Probing the gravitational wave background from cosmic strings with LISA
    Pierre Auclair et al.
    JCAP, Apr 2020
    arXiv Journal

2019

  1. Estimating the angular power spectrum of the gravitational-wave background in the presence of shot noise
    Alexander C. Jenkins, Joseph D. Romano, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Phys. Rev. D, Oct 2019
    arXiv Journal
  2. Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO’s first two observing runs
    B. P. Abbott et al.
    Phys. Rev. D, Sep 2019
    arXiv Journal
  3. Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO’s second observing run
    B. P. Abbott et al.
    Phys. Rev. D, Sep 2019
    arXiv Journal
  4. Shot noise in the astrophysical gravitational-wave background
    Alexander C. Jenkins, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Phys. Rev. D, Sep 2019
    arXiv Journal
  5. Anisotropies in the astrophysical gravitational-wave background: The impact of black hole distributions
    Alexander C. Jenkins, Richard O’Shaughnessy, Mairi Sakellariadou, and Daniel Wysocki
    Phys. Rev. Lett., Mar 2019
    arXiv Journal

2018

  1. Can we detect quantum gravity with compact binary inspirals?
    Alexander C. Jenkins, Andreas G. A. Pithis, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Phys. Rev. D, Nov 2018
    arXiv Journal
  2. Anisotropies in the astrophysical gravitational-wave background: Predictions for the detection of compact binaries by LIGO and Virgo
    Alexander C. Jenkins, Mairi Sakellariadou, Tania Regimbau, and Eric Slezak
    Phys. Rev. D, Sep 2018
    arXiv Journal
  3. Anisotropies in the stochastic gravitational-wave background: Formalism and the cosmic string case
    Alexander C. Jenkins, and Mairi Sakellariadou
    Phys. Rev. D, Sep 2018
    arXiv Journal