LISA science ground segment conventions
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2026-03-25 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
This document sets out the conventions used for data simulations, waveforms, and analysis pipelines within the Distributed Data Processing Centre (DDPC) of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). It can also be considered a best practice guide for all publications related to the LISA mission. Topics covered include time-to-frequency transformations, gravitational-wave source parametrization, the instrumental response to gravitational waves, time-delay interferometry, and reference frame definitions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.22377,
title = {LISA science ground segment conventions},
author = {Quentin Baghi and Stanislas Babak and Leor Barack and Jean-Baptiste Bayle and Ollie Burke and Raffi Enficiaud and Hector Estelles and Cecilio García Quirós and Olaf Hartwig and Aurelien Hees and Sascha Husa and Henri Inchauspé and Eric Joffre and Antoine Klein and Philip Lynch and Sylvain Marsat and Jonathan Menu and Zach Nasipak and Ramon Pardo De Santayana and Harald Pfeiffer and Adam Pound and Geraint Pratten and Antoni Ramos-Buades and Carlos Sopuerta and Niels Warburton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.22377},
year = {2026}
}
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46 pages, 12 figures