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LISA is an array of three spacecraft in an approximately equilateral triangle configuration which will be used as a low-frequency gravitational wave detector. We present here new generalizations of the Michelson- and Sagnac-type time-delay…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel A. Shaddock , Massimo Tinto , Frank B. Estabrook , J. W. Armstrong

Currently planned and constructed terrestrial detectors for gravitational waves and dark matter based on differential light-pulse atom interferometry are designed around three primary strategies to enhance their sensitivity: (i)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-11 Patrik Schach , Enno Giese

In order to detect the rare astrophysical events that generate gravitational wave (GW) radiation, sufficient stability is required for GW antennas to allow long-term observation. In practice, seismic excitation is one of the most common…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Sato , S. Miyoki , S. Telada , D. Tatsumi , A. Araya , M. Ohashi , Y. Totsuka , M. Fukushima , M. -K. Fujimoto

Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LISA represents the next frontier in gravitationalwave GW astronomy targeting the detection of millihertz gravitational signals Central to LISAs operation is the nanosecondprecision estimation of the light…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-28 Jean-Baptiste Bayle , Martin Staab , Samuel P. Francis , Emily Rose Rees , Robert Spero , Gerhard Heinzel

Recent advances in space-qualified atomic clocks (low-mass, low power-consumption, frequency stability comparable to that of ground-based clocks) can enable interplanetary spacecraft radio science experiments at unprecedented Doppler…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-15 Massimo Tinto , George J. Dick , John D. Prestage , J. W. Armstrong

Following the selection of The Gravitational Universe by ESA, and the successful flight of LISA Pathfinder, the LISA Consortium now proposes a 4 year mission in response to ESA's call for missions for L3. The observatory will be based on…

In the centenary year of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, this paper reviews the current status of gravitational wave astronomy across a spectrum which stretches from attohertz to kilohertz frequencies. Sect. 1 of this paper reviews…

Ground-based gravitational-wave detectors are based on high precision laser interferometry. One promising technique to improve the detector's sensitivity is the detuning of an optical cavity, which enhances the signal at around certain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-06 Shinichiro Ueda , Nana Saito , Daniel Friedrich , Yoichi Aso , Kentaro Somiya

The Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI) instrument on the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Follow-On mission has provided the first laser interferometric range measurements between remote spacecraft, separated by approximately…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 Klaus Abich , Claus Braxmaier , Martin Gohlke , Josep Sanjuan , Alexander Abramovici , Brian Bachman Okihiro , David C. Barr , Maxime P. Bize , Michael J. Burke , Ken C. Clark , Glenn de Vine , Jeffrey A. Dickson , Serge Dubovitsky , William M. Folkner , Samuel Francis , Martin S. Gilbert , Mark Katsumura , William Klipstein , Kameron Larsen , Carl Christian Liebe , Jehhal Liu , Kirk McKenzie , Phillip R. Morton , Alexander T. Murray , Don J. Nguyen , Joshua A. Ravich , Daniel Shaddock , Robert Spero , Gary Spiers , Andrew Sutton , Joseph Trinh , Duo Wang , Rabi T. Wang , Brent Ware , Christopher Woodruff , Bengie Amparan , Mike A. Davis , James Howell , Micah Kruger , Lynette Lobmeyer , Robert Pierce , Gretchen Reavis , Michael Sileo , Michelle Stephens , Andreas Baatzsch , Christian Dahl , Katrin Dahl , Frank Gilles , Philipp Hager , Mark Herding , Marina Kaufer , Kolja Nicklaus , Kai Voss , Christina Bogan , Karsten Danzmann , Germán Fernández Barranco , Gerhard Heinzel , Alexander Koch , Christoph Mahrdt , Malte Misfeldt , Vitali Müller , Jens Reiche , Daniel Schütze , Benjamin Sheard , Gunnar Stede , Henry Wegener , Andreas Eckardt , Burghardt Guenther , Thomas Mangoldt , Bernd Zender , Thomas Ester , Frank Heine , Christoph Seiter , Steve Windisch , Reinhold Flatscher , Frank Flechtner , Nicolas Grossard , Jerome Hauden , Martin Hinz , Thomas Leikert , Marcus Zimmermann , Anton Lebeda , Arnold Lebeda

We present the analysis of between 50 and 100 hrs of coincident interferometric strain data used to search for and establish an upper limit on a stochastic background of gravitational radiation. These data come from the first LIGO science…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 LIGO Scientific Collaboration , B. Abbott

This paper presents a novel method for laser frequency stabilisation in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission by locking a laser to two stable length references - the arms of the interferometer and an on-board optical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-06 Jobin Thomas Valliyakalayil , Andrew J. H. Sutton , Robert E. Spero , Daniel A. Shaddock , Kirk McKenzie

The recent discovery of gravitational waves (GW) by LIGO has impressively launched the novel field of gravitational astronomy and it allowed us to glimpse at exciting objects we could so far only speculate about. Further sensitivity…

Although the general theory of relativity (GR) predicts that gravitational waves (GWs) have exactly the same propagation velocity as electromagnetic (EM) waves, many theories of gravity beyond GR expect otherwise. Accurate measurement of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-06 Tian-Yong Cao , Ankit Kumar , Shu-Xu Yi

The physics of neutron stars can be studied with gravitational waves emitted from coalescing binary systems. Tidal effects become significant during the last few orbits and can be visible in the gravitational-wave spectrum above 500 Hz.…

In the next decades, it is necessary to forge new late-universe cosmological probes to precisely constrain the Hubble constant and the equation of state of dark energy simultaneously. In this work, we show that the four typical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-26 Peng-Ju Wu , Yue Shao , Shang-Jie Jin , Xin Zhang

Space-based gravitational wave detection is based on the astrodynamical equations derived from gravitational theory to detect changes in distance between spacecraft/celestial bodies and/or their state changes caused by gravitational waves.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-04 Wei-Tou Ni

We investigate the synergy of upcoming galaxy surveys and gravitational wave (GW) experiments in constraining late-time cosmology, examining the cross-correlations between the weak lensing of gravitational waves (GW-WL) and the galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Anna Balaudo , Alice Garoffolo , Matteo Martinelli , Suvodip Mukherjee , Alessandra Silvestri

We introduce a generic algorithm to determine the time delays and spacecraft (S/C) positions to compose any time-delay interferometry (TDI) channel in the dynamical case and evaluate its sensitivity by using a full numerical method. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-30 Gang Wang , Wei-Tou Ni , Wen-Biao Han , Cong-Feng Qiao

Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo could observe the first lensed gravitational waves in the coming years, while the future Einstein Telescope could observe hundreds of lensed events. Ground-based gravitational-wave detectors can resolve…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Giulia Pagano , Otto A. Hannuksela , Tjonnie G. F. Li

Gravitational lensing of gravitational wave (GW) will become the next frontier in studying cosmology and gravity. While time-delay cosmography using quadruply lensed GW events associated with optical images of the lens systems can provide…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-29 Anson Chen , Jun Zhang