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Selected Publications

• THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2018. Detecting Lorentz Violations with Gravitational Waves from Black Hole Binaries Physical Review Letters. 120(4), 041104
• ANDREW COATES, MICHAEL W. HORBATSCH and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2017. Gravitational Higgs Mechanism in Neutron Star Interiors Physical Review D. 95, 084003
• JISHNU BHATTACHARYYA, MATTIA COLOMBO and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2016. Causality and black holes in spacetimes with a preferred foliation Class. Quant. Grav. 33(23), 235003
• THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2015. Black Holes and Scalar Fields Classical and Quantum Gravity. 32(21), 214002

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• THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2018. Detecting Lorentz Violations with Gravitational Waves from Black Hole Binaries Physical Review Letters. 120(4), 041104
• NICOLA FRANCHINI, ANDREW COATES and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2018. Constructing Neutron Stars with a Gravitational Higgs Mechanism Physical Review D. (In Press.)
• A. EMIR GUMRUKCUOGLU, MEHDI SARAVANI and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2018. Hořava gravity after GW170817 Physical review D. 97(2), 024032
• HECTOR O. SILVA, JEREMY SAKSTEIN, LEONARDO GUALTIERI, THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU and EMANUELE BERTI, 2018. Spontaneous scalarization of black holes and compact stars from a Gauss-Bonnet coupling Physical Review Letters. (In Press.)
• ANDREW COATES, MICHAEL W. HORBATSCH and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2017. Gravitational Higgs Mechanism in Neutron Star Interiors Physical Review D. 95, 084003
• ROBERT BENKEL, THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU and HELVI WITEK, 2017. Black hole hair formation in shift-symmetric generalised scalar-tensor gravity Class. Quant. Grav. 34(6), 064001
• NICOLA FRANCHINI, MEHDI SARAVANI and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2017. Black hole horizons at the extremal limit in Lorentz-violating gravity Physical Review D. 96(10), 104044
• JISHNU BHATTACHARYYA, ANDREW COATES, MATTIA COLOMBO and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2016. Evolution and spherical collapse in Einstein-aether theory and Horava gravity Physical Review D. 93, 064056
• ENRICO BARAUSSE, THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU and IAN VEGA, 2016. Slowly rotating black holes in Einstein-æther theory Physical Review D. 93(4), 044044
• JISHNU BHATTACHARYYA, MATTIA COLOMBO and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2016. Causality and black holes in spacetimes with a preferred foliation Class. Quant. Grav. 33(23), 235003
• ANDREW COATES, MATTIA COLOMBO, A. EMIR GUMRUKCUOGLU and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2016. The uninvited guest in mixed derivative Hořava Gravity Phys.Rev. D. 94(8), 084014
• LISA GLASER, THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU and SILKE WEINFURTNER, 2016. Extrinsic curvature in 2-dimensional Causal Dynamical Triangulation Phys.Rev. D. 94(6), 064014
• A. EMIR GUMRUKCUOGLU, SHINJI MUKOHYAMA and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2016. Low energy ghosts and the Jeans’ instability Phys.Rev. D. 94(6), 064001
• ROBERT BENKEL, THOMAS SOTIRIOU and HELVI WITEK, 2016. Dynamical scalar hair formation around a Schwarzschild black hole Phys.Rev. D. 94(12), 121503
• GEORGE PAPPAS and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2015. Multipole moments in scalar-tensor theory of gravity Physical Review D. 91, 044011
• THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2015. Gravity and scalar fields Lect.Notes Phys.. 892, 3-24
• MATTIA COLOMBO, A. EMIR GUMRUKCUOGLU and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2015. Horava gravity with mixed derivative terms Physical Review D. 91, 044021
• MATTIA COLOMBO, A. EMIR GUMRUKCUOGLU and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2015. Hořava gravity with mixed derivative terms: Power counting renormalizability with lower order dispersions Physical Review D. 92, 064037
• THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2015. Black Holes and Scalar Fields Classical and Quantum Gravity. 32(21), 214002
• GEORGE PAPPAS and THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU, 2015. Geodesic properties in terms of multipole moments in scalar–tensor theories of gravity Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 453(3), 2862-2876
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., VEGA, IAN and VERNIERI, DANIELE, 2014. Rotating black holes in three-dimensional Horava gravity PHYSICAL REVIEW D. 90(4),
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and ZHOU, SHUANG-YONG, 2014. Black Hole Hair in Generalized Scalar-Tensor Gravity PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 112(25),
• THOMAS P. SOTIRIOU and SHOUNG-YONG ZHOU, 2014. Black hole hair in generalized scalar-tensor gravity: An explicit example Phys.Rev. D. 90, 124063
• BARAUSSE, ENRICO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2013. Slowly rotating black holes in Horava-Lifshitz gravity Phys.Rev.. D87, 087504
• VITAGLIANO, VINCENZO, FARAONI, VALERIO, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2013. Apparent horizons in Clifton-Mota-Barrow inhomogeneous universe
• FARAONI, VALERIO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2013. Absence of scalar hair in scalar-tensor gravity
• VERNIERI, DANIELE and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2013. Horava-Lifshitz gravity with detailed balance J.Phys.Conf.Ser.. 453, 012022
• FRUSCIANTE, NOEMI, ZHOU, SHUANG-YONG and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2013. Gradient expansion of superhorizon perturbations in G-inflation JCAP. 1307, 020
• CARDOSO, VITOR, CARUCCI, ISABELLA P., PANI, PAOLO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2013. Matter around Kerr black holes in scalar-tensor theories: scalarization and superradiant instability Phys. Rev. D. 88, 044056
• PANI, PAOLO, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and VERNIERI, DANIELE, 2013. Gravity with Auxiliary Fields Phys. Rev. D. 88, 121502
• BARAUSSE, ENRICO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2013. Black holes in Lorentz-violating gravity theories Class. Quantum Grav.. 30, 244010
• CARDOSO, VITOR, CARUCCI, ISABELLA P., PANI, PAOLO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2013. Black holes with surrounding matter in scalar-tensor theories Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 111101. 111, 111101
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and FARAONI, VALERIO, 2012. Black holes in scalar-tensor gravity Phys.Rev.Lett.. 108, 081103
• VERNIERI, DANIELE and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2012. Horava-Lifshitz Gravity: Detailed Balance Revisited Phys.Rev.. D85, 064003
• FARAONI, VALERIO, VITAGLIANO, VINCENZO, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2012. Dynamical Apparent Horizons in Inhomogeneous Brans-Dicke Universes Phys.Rev.. D86, 064040
• LIBERATI, STEFANO, MACCIONE, LUCA and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2012. Scale hierarchy in Horava-Lifshitz gravity: a strong constraint from synchrotron radiation in the Crab nebula Phys.Rev.Lett.. 109, 151602
• BARAUSSE, ENRICO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2012. A no-go theorem for slowly rotating black holes in Horava-Lifshitz gravity Phys.Rev.Lett.. 109, 181101
• PANI, PAOLO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2012. Surface singularities in Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity Phys.Rev.Lett.. 109, 251102
• VITAGLIANO, VINCENZO, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2011. The dynamics of metric-affine gravity Annals Phys.. 326, 1259-1273
• LI, B., SOTIRIOU, T.P. and BARROW, J.D., 2011. f(T) gravity and local Lorentz invariance Physical Review D. 83(6), 064035
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2011. Horava-Lifshitz gravity: a status report J.Phys.Conf.Ser.. 283, 012034
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., LI, BAOJIU and BARROW, JOHN D., 2011. Generalizations of teleparallel gravity and local Lorentz symmetry Phys.Rev.. D83, 104030
• LI, BAOJIU, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and BARROW, JOHN D., 2011. Large-scale Structure in f(T) Gravity Phys.Rev.. D83, 104017
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., VISSER, MATT and WEINFURTNER, SILKE, 2011. Lower-dimensional Horava-Lifshitz gravity Phys.Rev.. D83, 124021
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., VISSER, MATT and WEINFURTNER, SILKE, 2011. Comment on: Detecting Vanishing Dimensions Via Primordial Gravitational Wave Astronomy Phys.Rev.Lett.. 107, 169001
• BARAUSSE, ENRICO, JACOBSON, TED and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2011. Black holes in Einstein-aether and Horava-Lifshitz gravity Phys.Rev.. D83, 124043
• SOTIRIOU, T.P., VISSER, M. and WEINFURTNER, S., 2011. Spectral dimension as a probe of the ultraviolet continuum regime of causal dynamical triangulations Physical Review Letters. 107(13), 131303
• SOTIRIOU, T.P., VISSER, M. and WEINFURTNER, S., 2011. From dispersion relations to spectral dimension -- and back again Physical Review D. 84(10), 104018
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and FARAONI, VALERIO, 2010. f(R) Theories Of Gravity Rev.Mod.Phys.. 82, 451-497
• PAPAZOGLOU, ANTONIOS and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2010. Strong coupling in extended Horava-Lifshitz gravity Phys.Lett.. B685, 197-200
• JACOBSON, TED and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2010. Spinning Black Holes as Particle Accelerators Phys.Rev.Lett.. 104, 021101
• WEINFURTNER, SILKE, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and VISSER, MATT, 2010. Projectable Horava-Lifshitz gravity in a nutshell J.Phys.Conf.Ser.. 222, 012054
• JACOBSON, TED and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2010. Destroying black holes with test bodies J.Phys.Conf.Ser.. 222, 012041
• JACOBSON, TED and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2010. Might black holes reveal their inner secrets?
• CHIRCO, GOFFREDO, LIBERATI, STEFANO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2010. Gedanken experiments on nearly extremal black holes and the Third Law Phys.Rev.. D82, 104015
• VITAGLIANO, VINCENZO, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2010. The dynamics of generalized Palatini Theories of Gravity Phys.Rev.. D82, 084007
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2009. 6+1 lessons from f(R) gravity J.Phys.Conf.Ser.. 189, 012039
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2009. Covariant Effective Action for Loop Quantum Cosmology from Order Reduction Phys.Rev.. D79, 044035
• JACOBSON, TED and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2009. String dynamics and ejection along the axis of a spinning black hole Phys.Rev.. D79, 065029
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2009. f(R) gravity, torsion and non-metricity Class.Quant.Grav.. 26, 152001
• SOTIRIOU, T.P., VISSER, M. and WEINFURTNER, S., 2009. Quantum gravity without Lorentz invariance Journal of High Energy Physics. 2009(10), 033
• JACOBSON, T. and SOTIRIOU, T.P., 2009. Over-spinning a black hole with a test body Physical Review Letters. 103(14), 141101
• SOTIRIOU, T.P., VISSER, M. and WEINFURTNER, S., 2009. Phenomenologically viable Lorentz-violating quantum gravity Physical Review Letters. 102(25), 251601
• BARAUSSE, ENRICO, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and MILLER, JOHN C., 2008. A No-go theorem for polytropic spheres in Palatini f(R) gravity Class.Quant.Grav.. 25, 062001
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P, FARAONI, VALERIO and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2008. Theory of gravitation theories: A No-progress report Int.J.Mod.Phys.. D17, 399-423
• BARAUSSE, E., SOTIRIOU, T.P. and MILLER, J.C., 2008. Curvature singularities, tidal forces and the viability of Palatini f(R) gravity Class.Quant.Grav.. 25, 105008
• BARAUSSE, ENRICO, SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and MILLER, JOHN C., 2008. Polytropic spheres in Palatini f(R) gravity EAS Publ.Ser.. 30, 189-192
• BARAUSSE, ENRICO and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2008. Perturbed Kerr Black Holes can probe deviations from General Relativity Phys.Rev.Lett.. 101, 099001
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and FARAONI, VALERIO, 2008. Modified gravity with R-matter couplings and (non-)geodesic motion Class.Quant.Grav.. 25, 205002
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2008. The Viability of theories with matter coupled to the Ricci scalar Phys.Lett.. B664, 225-228
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2007. Metric-affine f(R) theories of gravity Annals Phys.. 322, 935-966
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and BARAUSSE, ENRICO, 2007. Post-Newtonian expansion for Gauss-Bonnet gravity Phys.Rev.. D75, 084007
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2007. Reply to ''Can gravitational dynamics be obtained by diffeomorphism invariance of action?'' Phys.Rev.. D75, 068502
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2007. Curvature scalar instability in f(R) gravity Phys.Lett.. B645, 389-392
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2007. The Metric-affine formalism of f(R) gravity J.Phys.Conf.Ser.. 68, 012022
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2007. Modified Actions for Gravity: Theory and Phenomenology
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2006. The Nearly Newtonian regime in non-linear theories of gravity Gen.Rel.Grav.. 38, 1407-1417
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2006. Unification of inflation and cosmic acceleration in the Palatini formalism Phys.Rev.. D73, 063515
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2006. Constraining f(R) gravity in the Palatini formalism Class.Quant.Grav.. 23, 1253-1267
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and LIBERATI, STEFANO, 2006. Field equations from a surface term Phys.Rev.. D74, 044016
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2006. f(R) gravity and scalar-tensor theory Class.Quant.Grav.. 23, 5117-5128
• APOSTOLATOS, THEOCHARIS A. and SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2006. Measuring mass moments and electromagnetic moments of a massive, axisymmetric body, through gravitational waves AIP Conf.Proc.. 848, 677-686
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and APOSTOLATOS, THEOCHARIS A., 2006. Multipole moments as a tool to infer from gravitational waves the geometry around an axisymmetric body AIP Conf.Proc.. 861, 756-761
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P., 2006. The Significance of matter coupling in f(R) gravity 1223-1225
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and APOSTOLATOS, THEOCHARIS A., 2005. Tracing the geometry around a massive, axisymmetric body to measure, through gravitational waves, its mass moments and electromagnetic moments Phys.Rev.. D71, 044005
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and PAPPAS, GIORGOS, 2005. Extending Sibgatullin's ansatz for the Ernst potential to generate a richer family of axially symmetric solutions of Einstein's equations J.Phys.Conf.Ser.. 8, 23-27
• SOTIRIOU, THOMAS P. and APOSTOLATOS, THEOCHARIS A., 2004. Corrected multipole moments of axisymmetric electrovacuum spacetimes Class.Quant.Grav.. 21, 5727-5733