Nikhil Sarin

Nikhil Sarin

Kavli Senior Fellow at Cambridge University

Publications

Below is a curated list of my first-author publications organized by research area. For a complete list including collaborative works, visit:

Software & Methods

  1. Sarin, Hübner, Omand et al. (2024), Redback: A Bayesian inference software package for electromagnetic transients. MNRAS 527:4. arXiv GitHub

High-Energy Transients

  1. Sarin, Moriya, Singh et al. (2025), Surrogate models for lightcurves and photosphere properties of Type II supernovae. MNRAS. arXiv

  2. Sarin & Metzger (2024), Tidal Disruption Events through the Lens of the Cooling Envelope Model. ApJL 961:L19. arXiv

  3. Sarin & Rosswog (2024), Cautionary tales on heating-rate prescriptions in kilonovae. ApJL 971:L17. arXiv

  4. Sarin, Clarke, Magnall et al. (2024), The origin of the coherent radio flash potentially associated with GRB 201006A. ApJL 973:L22. arXiv

  5. Sarin, Omand, Margalit et al. (2022), On the diversity of magnetar-driven kilonovae. MNRAS 516:4. arXiv

  6. Sarin, Hamburg, Burns et al. (2022), Low-efficiency long gamma-ray bursts: A case study with AT2020blt. MNRAS 512:1. arXiv

  7. Sarin, Lasky & Ashton (2020), Interpreting the X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts with radiative losses and millisecond magnetars. MNRAS 499:4. arXiv

  8. Sarin, Lasky & Ashton (2019), X-ray afterglows of short gamma-ray bursts: Magnetar or Fireball?. ApJ 872:114. arXiv

Neutron Stars & Gravitational Waves & Multi-messenger Astronomy

  1. Sarin, Lasky & Nathan (2023), Missed opportunities: GRB 211211A and the case for continual gravitational-wave coverage with a single observatory. MNRAS 518:4. arXiv

  2. Sarin, Lasky, Vivanco et al. (2022), Linking the rates of neutron star binaries and short gamma-ray bursts. Physical Review D 105:083004. arXiv

  3. Sarin & Lasky (2021), The evolution of binary neutron star post-merger remnants: a review. General Relativity and Gravitation 53:59. Invited review. arXiv

  4. Sarin, Peiris, Alsing et al. (2024), Measuring the nuclear equation of state with neutron star-black hole mergers. Physical Review D 110:023032. arXiv

  5. Sarin, Brandenburg & Haskell (2023), Confronting the neutron star population with inverse cascades. ApJL 952:21S. arXiv

  6. Sarin & Lasky (2022), Multimessenger astronomy with a kHz-band gravitational-wave observatory. PASA 39:e007. Editor’s Pick 2022. arXiv

  7. Sarin, Lasky & Ashton (2020), Gravitational waves or deconfined quarks: What causes the premature collapse of neutron stars born in short gamma-ray bursts?. Physical Review D 101:063021. arXiv

  8. Sarin, Lasky, Sammut & Ashton (2018), X-ray guided gravitational-wave search for binary neutron star merger remnants. Physical Review D 98:043011. arXiv