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LISA is a planned space-based gravitational-wave (GW) detector that would be sensitive to waves from low-frequency sources, in the band of roughly (0.03 - 0.1) mHz < f < 0.1 Hz. This is expected to be an extremely rich chunk of the GW…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-11-02 Scott A. Hughes

LISA is a proposed space-based laser interferometer detecting gravitational waves by measuring distances between free-floating test masses housed in three satellites in a triangular constellation with laser links in-between. Each satellite…

LISA is a joint space mission of the ESA and NASA for detecting low frequency gravitational radiation in the band $10^{-5} - 1$ Hz. In order to attain the requisite sensitivity for LISA, the laser frequency noise must be suppressed below…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 S. V. Dhurandhar

The space mission LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna), scheduled for launch in 2035, aims to detect gravitational wave (GW) signals in the milli-Hz band. In the context of ESA Voyage 2050 Call for new mission concepts, other frequency…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-22 Alice Perego , Matteo Bonetti , Alberto Sesana , Silvia Toonen , Valeriya Korol

Space-based gravitational wave detectors based on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) design operate by synthesizing one or more interferometers from fringe velocity measurements generated by changes in the light travel time…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-17 Karan P. Jani , Lee Samuel Finn , Matthew J. Benacquista

The LTP (LISA Testflight Package), to be flown aboard the ESA / NASA LISA Pathfinder mission, aims to demonstrate drag-free control for LISA test masses with acceleration noise below 30 fm/s^2/Hz^1/2 from 1-30 mHz. This paper describes the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Bortoluzzi , L. Carbone , A. Cavalleri , M. Da Lio , R. Dolesi , C. D. Hoyle , M. Hueller , S. Vitale , W. J. Weber

LISA is a planned space-based gravitational-wave (GW) detector that would be sensitive to waves from low-frequency sources, in the band of roughly $(0.03 - 0.1) {\rm mHz} \lesssim f \lesssim 0.1 {\rm Hz}$. This is expected to be an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Scott A. Hughes

LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, due to launch mid-2035, is a large class space mission by the European Space Agency (ESA). In partnership with NASA and ESA-member states, ESA is on track to launch what is expected to be the…

LISA Pathfinder is a technology demonstration mission for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). The main experiment on-board LISA Pathfinder is the so-called LISA Technology Package (LTP) which has the aim to measure the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-03-23 Frank Steier , Felipe Guzmán Cervantes , Antonio F. García Marín , Domenico Gerardi , Gerhard Heinzel , Karsten Danzmann

LISA is a joint space mission of the NASA and the ESA for detecting low frequency gravitational waves in the band $10^{-5} - 1$ Hz. In order to attain the requisite sensitivity for LISA, the laser frequency noise must be suppressed below…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-18 S. V. Dhurandhar , J-Y. Vinet , K. Rajesh Nayak

The precursor ESA mission LISA-Pathfinder, to be flown in 2013, aims at demonstrating the feasibility of the free-fall, necessary for LISA, the upcoming space-born gravitational wave observatory. LISA Technology Package (LTP) is planned to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-04 G. Congedo , F. De Marchi , L. Ferraioli , M. Hueller , S. Vitale , M. Hewitson , M. Nofrarias , A. Monsky , M. Armano , A. Grynagier , M. Diaz-Aguilo , E. Plagnol , B. Rais

LISA is a joint space mission of the NASA and the ESA for detecting low frequency gravitational waves (GW) in the band $10^{-5} - 0.1$ Hz. The proposed mission will use coherent laser beams which will be exchanged between three identical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-09-12 S. V. Dhurandhar , K. R. Nayak , J-Y. Vinet

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are planning the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission in order to detect GW. The need of accurate testing of free-fall and knowledge…

Space Physics · Physics 2011-10-14 Michele Armano

The LISA mission is an international collaboration between ESA, its member states, and NASA, for the detection of gravitational waves from space. It was adopted in January 2024 and is scheduled for launch in the mid-2030's. It will be a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-08 Chiara Caprini , Anna Heffernan , Richard Brito , Gabriele Franciolini , Germano Nardini , Nicola Tamanini , Danièle Steer

LISA Pathfinder (LPF) has been a space-based mission designed to test new technologies that will be required for a gravitational wave observatory in space. Magnetically driven forces play a key role in the instrument sensitivity in the…

The LISA Pathfinder mission will demonstrate the technology of drag-free test masses for use as inertial references in future space-based gravitational wave detectors. To accomplish this, the Pathfinder spacecraft will perform drag-free…

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a proposed space mission for the detection of gravitational waves. It consists of three drag-free satellites flying in a triangular constellation. A gravitational reference sensor is used in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-08 Andreas Zoellner , Eric Hultgren , Ke-Xun Sun

The space-based gravitational-wave observatory LISA, a NASA-ESA mission to be launched after 2012, will achieve its optimal sensitivity using Time Delay Interferometry (TDI), a LISA-specific technique needed to cancel the otherwise…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Michele Vallisneri

In this paper we present a data analysis approach applicable to the potential saddle-point fly-by mission extension of LISA Pathfinder (LPF). At the peak of its sensitivity, LPF will sample the gravitational field in our Solar System with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-22 Natalia Korsakova , Chris Messenger , Francesco Pannarale , Martin Hewitson , Michele Armano

Over the last three decades, an exceptionally good science case has been made for pursuing gravitational wave (GW) astronomy. This has engendered a worldwide effort to detect the extremely weak signals generated by expected sources. With…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-12 S. Buchman , J. A. Lipa , R. L. Byer , D. DeBra , K. Balakrishnan , G. Dufresne Cutler , A. Al-Fauwaz , E. Hultgren , A. K. Al-Jadaan , S. Saraf , S. Tan , S. Al-Thubiti , A. Zoellner