LISA Pathfinder

the experiment and the route to LISA

authored by: M. Armano, M. Benedetti, J. Bogenstahl, D. Bortoluzzi, P. Bosetti, N. Brandt, A. Cavalleri, G. Ciani, I. Cristofolini, A. M. Cruise, K. Danzmann, I. Diepholz, G. Dixon, R. Dolesi, J. Fauste, L. Ferraioli, D. Fertin, W. Fichter, M. Freschi, A. García, C. García, A. Grynagier, F. Guzman, E. Fitzsimons, G. Heinzel, M. Hewitson, D. Hollington, J. Hough, M. Hueller, D. Hoyland, O. Jennrich, B. Johlander, C. Killow, A. Lobo, D. Mance, I. Mateos, P. W. McNamara, A. Monsky, D. Nicolini, D. Nicolodi, M. Nofrarias, M. Perreur-Lloyd, E. Plagnol, G. D. Racca, J. Ramos-Castro, D. Robertson, J. Sanjuan, M. O. Schulte, D. N.A. Shaul, M. Smit, L. Stagnaro, F. Steier, T. J. Sumner, N. Tateo, D. Tombolato, G. Vischer, S. Vitale, G. Wanner, H. Ward, S. Waschke, V. Wand, P. Wass, W. J. Weber, T. Ziegler, P. Zweifel
Abstract: LISA Pathfinder (LPF) is a science and technology demonstrator planned by the European Space Agency in view of the LISA mission. As a scientific payload, the LISA Technology Package on board LPF will be the most precise geodesies explorer flown as of today, both in terms of displacement and acceleration sensitivity. The challenges embodied by LPF make it a unique mission, paving the way towards the space-borne detection of gravitational waves with LISA. This paper summarizes the basics of LPF, and the progress made in preparing its effective implementation in flight. We hereby give an overview of the experiment philosophy and assumptions to carry on the measurement. We report on the mission plan and hardware design advances and on the progress on detailing measurements and operations. Some light will be shed on the related data processing algorithms. In particular, we show how to single out the acceleration noise from the spacecraft motion perturbations, how to account for dynamical deformation parameters distorting the measurement reference and how to decouple the actuation noise via parabolic free flight.
Organisation(s): Institute of Gravitation Physics
External Organisation(s): European Space Astronomy Centre
University of Trento
University of Glasgow
University of Stuttgart
University of Birmingham
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)
Imperial College London
Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)
ETH Zurich
Observatoire de Paris (OBSPARIS)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Type: Article
Journal: Classical and quantum gravity
Volume: 26
ISSN: 0264-9381
Publication date: 07.05.2009
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/26/9/094001 (Access: Closed)
http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-4667-8 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{b0618cd41e674bbe82e135b7ae4bce60,
title = "LISA Pathfinder: the experiment and the route to LISA",
abstract = "LISA Pathfinder (LPF) is a science and technology demonstrator planned by the European Space Agency in view of the LISA mission. As a scientific payload, the LISA Technology Package on board LPF will be the most precise geodesies explorer flown as of today, both in terms of displacement and acceleration sensitivity. The challenges embodied by LPF make it a unique mission, paving the way towards the space-borne detection of gravitational waves with LISA. This paper summarizes the basics of LPF, and the progress made in preparing its effective implementation in flight. We hereby give an overview of the experiment philosophy and assumptions to carry on the measurement. We report on the mission plan and hardware design advances and on the progress on detailing measurements and operations. Some light will be shed on the related data processing algorithms. In particular, we show how to single out the acceleration noise from the spacecraft motion perturbations, how to account for dynamical deformation parameters distorting the measurement reference and how to decouple the actuation noise via parabolic free flight.",
author = "M. Armano and M. Benedetti and J. Bogenstahl and D. Bortoluzzi and P. Bosetti and N. Brandt and A. Cavalleri and G. Ciani and I. Cristofolini and Cruise, {A. M.} and K. Danzmann and I. Diepholz and G. Dixon and R. Dolesi and J. Fauste and L. Ferraioli and D. Fertin and W. Fichter and M. Freschi and A. Garc{\'i}a and C. Garc{\'i}a and A. Grynagier and F. Guzman and E. Fitzsimons and G. Heinzel and M. Hewitson and D. Hollington and J. Hough and M. Hueller and D. Hoyland and O. Jennrich and B. Johlander and C. Killow and A. Lobo and D. Mance and I. Mateos and McNamara, {P. W.} and A. Monsky and D. Nicolini and D. Nicolodi and M. Nofrarias and M. Perreur-Lloyd and E. Plagnol and Racca, {G. D.} and J. Ramos-Castro and D. Robertson and J. Sanjuan and Schulte, {M. O.} and Shaul, {D. N.A.} and M. Smit and L. Stagnaro and F. Steier and Sumner, {T. J.} and N. Tateo and D. Tombolato and G. Vischer and S. Vitale and G. Wanner and H. Ward and S. Waschke and V. Wand and P. Wass and Weber, {W. J.} and T. Ziegler and P. Zweifel",
year = "2009",
month = may,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1088/0264-9381/26/9/094001",
language = "English",
volume = "26",
journal = "Classical and quantum gravity",
issn = "0264-9381",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "9",
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