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A torsion pendulum ground test of the LISA Pathfinder Free-fall mode

LISA Pathfinder is the technological demonstrator space mission for the future gravitational waves observatory in space eLISA, with the aim of measure the differential acceleration between free-falling test masses orbiting in the same…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-02 Giuliana Russano

Free-flight experiments in LISA Pathfinder

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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Armano , H. Audley , G. Auger , J. Baird , P. Binetruy , M. Born , D. Bortoluzzi , N. Brandt , A. Bursi , M. Caleno , A. Cavalleri , A. Cesarini , M. Cruise , C. Cutler , K. Danzmann , I. Diepholz , R. Dolesi , N. Dunbar , L. Ferraioli , V. Ferroni , E. Fitzsimons , M. Freschi , J. Gallegos , C. Garcia. Marirrodriga , R. Gerndt , LI. Gesa , F. Gibert , D. Giardini , R. Giusteri , C. Grimani , I. Harrison , G. Heinzel , M. Hewitson , D. Hollington , M. Hueller , J. Huesler , H. Inchauspe , O. Jennrich , P. Jetzer , B. Johlander , N. Karnesis , B. Kaune , N. Korsakova , C. Killow , I. Lloro , R. Maarschalkerweerd , S. Madden , P. Maghami , D. Mance , V. Martin , F. Martin-Porqueras , I. Mateos , P. McNamara , J. Mendes , L. Mendes , A. Moroni , M. Nofrarias , S. Paczkowski , M. Perreur-Lloyd , A. Petiteau , P. Pivato , E. Plagnol , P. Prat , U. Ragnit , J. Ramos-Castro , J. Reiche , J. A. Romera. Perez , D. Robertson , H. Rozemeijer , G. Russano , P. Sarra , A. Schleicher , J. Slutsky , C. F. Sopuerta , T. Sumner , D. Texier , J. Thorpe , C. Trenkel , H. B. Tu , D. Vetrugno , S. Vitale , G. Wanner , H. Ward , S. Waschke , P. Wass , D. Wealthy , S. Wen , W. Weber , A. Wittchen , C. Zanoni , T. Ziegler , P. Zweifel

Measuring random force noise for LISA aboard the LISA Pathfinder mission

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

From laboratory experiments to LISA Pathfinder: achieving LISA geodesic motion

This paper presents a quantitative assessment of the performance of the upcoming LISA Pathfinder geodesic explorer mission. The findings are based on the results of extensive ground testing and simulation campaigns using flight hardware and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-20 F Antonucci , M Armano , H Audley , G Auger , M Benedetti , P Binetruy , C Boatella , J Bogenstahl , D Bortoluzzi , P Bosetti , N Brandt , M Caleno , A Cavalleri , M Cesa , M Chmeissani , G Ciani , A Conchillo , G Congedo , I Cristofolini , M Cruise , K Danzmann , F De Marchi , M Diaz-Aguilo , I Diepholz , G Dixon , R Dolesi , N Dunbar , J Fauste , L Ferraioli , D Fertin , W Fichter , E Fitzsimons , M Freschi , A García Marin , C García Marirrodriga , R Gerndt , L Gesa , D Giardini , F Gibert , C Grimani , A Grynagier , B Guillaume , F Guzmán , I Harrison , G Heinzel , M Hewitson , D Hollington , J Hough , D Hoyland , M Hueller , J Huesler , O Jeannin , O Jennrich , P Jetzer , B Johlander , C Killow , X Llamas , I Lloro , A Lobo , R Maarschalkerweerd , S Madden , D Mance , I Mateos , P W McNamara , J Mendestì , E Mitchell , A Monsky , D Nicolini , D Nicolodi , M Nofrarias , F Pedersen , M Perreur-Lloyd , A Perreca , E Plagnol , P Prat , G D Racca , B Rais , J Ramos-Castro , J Reiche , J A Romera Perez , D Robertson , H Rozemeijer , J Sanjuan , A Schleicher , M Schulte , D Shaul , L Stagnaro , S Strandmoe , F Steier , T J Sumner , A Taylor , D Texier , C Trenkel , D Tombolato , S Vitale , G Wanner , H Ward , S Waschke , P Wass , W J Weber , P Zweifel

Charge-induced force-noise on free-falling test masses: results from LISA Pathfinder

We report on electrostatic measurements made on board the European Space Agency mission LISA Pathfinder. Detailed measurements of the charge-induced electrostatic forces exerted on free-falling test masses (TMs) inside the capacitive…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-03 M. Armano , H. Audley , G. Auger , J. T. Baird , P. Binetruy , M. Born , D. Bortoluzzi , N. Brandt , A. Bursi , M. Caleno , A. Cavalleri , A. Cesarini , M. Cruise , K. Danzmann , M. de Deus Silva , I. Diepholz , R. Dolesi , N. Dunbar , L. Ferraioli , V. Ferroni , E. D. Fitzsimons , R. Flatscher , M. Freschi , J. Gallegos , C. García Marirrodriga , R. Gerndt , L. Gesa , F. Gibert , D. Giardini , R. Giusteri , C. Grimani , J. Grzymisch , I. Harrison , G. Heinzel , M. Hewitson , D. Hollington , M. Hueller , J. Huesler , H. Inchauspé , O. Jennrich , P. Jetzer , B. Johlander , N. Karnesis , B. Kaune , C. J. Killow , N. Korsakova , I. Lloro , L. Liu , R. Maarschalkerweerd , S. Madden , D. Mance , V. Martín , L. Martin-Polo , J. Martino , F. Martin-Porqueras , I. Mateos , P. W. McNamara , J. Mendes , L. Mendes , A. Moroni , M. Nofrarias , S. Paczkowski , M. Perreur-Lloyd , A. Petiteau , P. Pivato , E. Plagnol , P. Prat , U. Ragnit , J. Ramos-Castro , J. Reiche , J. A. Romera Perez , D. I. Robertson , H. Rozemeijer , F. Rivas , G. Russano , P. Sarra , A. Schleicher , J. Slutsky , C. Sopuerta , T. J. Sumner , D. Texier , J. I. Thorpe , C. Trenkel , D. Vetrugno , S. Vitale , G. Wanner , H. Ward , P. J. Wass , D. Wealthy , W. J. Weber , A. Wittchen , C. Zanoni , T. Ziegler , P. Zweifel

The LTP Experiment on LISA Pathfinder: Operational Definition of TT Gauge in Space

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

Calibrating the system dynamics of LISA Pathfinder

LISA Pathfinder (LPF) was a European Space Agency mission with the aim to test key technologies for future space-borne gravitational-wave observatories like LISA. The main scientific goal of LPF was to demonstrate measurements of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-25 M. Armano , H. Audley , J. Baird , P. Binetruy , M. Born , D. Bortoluzzi , E. Castelli , A. Cavalleri , A. Cesarini , A. M. Cruise , K. Danzmann , M. de Deus Silva , I. Diepholz , G. Dixon , R. Dolesi , L. Ferraioli , V. Ferroni , E. D. Fitzsimons , M. Freschi , L. Gesa , F. Gibert , D. Giardini , R. Giusteri , C. Grimani , J. Grzymisch , I. Harrison , G. Heinzel , M. Hewitson , D. Hollington , D. Hoyland , M. Hueller , H. Inchauspé , O. Jennrich , P. Jetzer , N. Karnesis , B. Kaune , N. Korsakova , C. J. Killow , J. A. Lobo , I. Lloro , L. Liu , J. P. López-Zaragoza , R. Maarschalkerweerd , D. Mance , N. Meshksar , V. Martín , L. Martin-Polo , J. Martino , F. Martin-Porqueras , I. Mateos , P. W. McNamara , J. Mendes , L. Mendes , M. Nofrarias , S. Paczkowski , M. Perreur-Lloyd , A. Petiteau , P. Pivato , E. Plagnol , J. Ramos-Castro , J. Reiche , D. I. Robertson , F. Rivas , G. Russano , J. Slutsky , C. F. Sopuerta , T. Sumner , D. Texier , J. I. Thorpe , D. Vetrugno , S. Vitale , G. Wanner , H. Ward , P. Wass , W. J. Weber , L. Wissel , A. Wittchen , P. Zweifel

LISA Pathfinder Platform Stability and Drag-free Performance

The science operations of the LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated the feasibility of sub-femto-g free-fall of macroscopic test masses necessary to build a LISA-like gravitational wave observatory in space. While the main focus of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-24 Michele Armano , Heather Audley , Jonathon Baird , Pierre Binetruy , Michael Born , Daniele Bortoluzzi , Eleanora Castelli , Antonella Cavalleri , Andrea Cesarini , Mike Cruise , Karsten Danzmann , Marcus de Deus Silva , Igo Diepholz , George Dixon , Rita Dolesi , Luigi Ferraioli , Valerio Ferroni , Ewan Fitzsimons , Mario Freschi , Luis Gesa , Ferran Gibert , Domenico Giardini , Roberta Giusteri , Catia Grimani , Jonathan Grzymisch , Ian Harrison , Gerhard Heinzel , Martin Hewitson , Daniel Hollington , David Hoyland , Mauro Hueller , Henri Inchauspe , Oliver Jennrich , Philippe Jetzer , Nikolaos Karnesis , Brigitte Kaune , Natalia Korsakova , Christian J Killow , Alberto Lobo , Ivan Lloro , Li Liu , Juan-Pedro P Lopez-Zaragoza , Rolf Maarschalkerweerd , Davor Mance , Neda Meshksar , V Martın , L Martin-Polo , Joseph Martino , Fernando Martin-Porqueras , Ignacio Mateos , Paul McNamara , Jose Mendes , Luis Mendes , Miquel Nofrarias , Sarah Paczkowski , Michael Perreur-Lloyd , Antoine Petiteau , Paolo Pivato , Eric Plagnol , Jose Ramos-Castro , Jens Reiche , David Robertson , Francisco Rivas , Giuliana Russano , Jacob Slutsky , Carlos Sopuerta , Timothy Sumner , Daniel Texier , Ira Thorpe , Daniele Vetrugno , Stefano Vitale , Gudrun Wanner , Harry Ward , Peter Wass , William Weber , Lennart Wissel , Andreas Wittchen , Peter Zweifel

Data series subtraction with unknown and unmodeled background noise

LISA Pathfinder (LPF), ESA's precursor mission to a gravitational wave observatory, will measure the degree to which two test-masses can be put into free-fall, aiming to demonstrate a residual relative acceleration with a power spectral…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-15 Stefano Vitale , Giuseppe Congedo , Rita Dolesi , Valerio Ferroni , Mauro Hueller , Daniele Vetrugno , William Joseph Weber , Heather Audley , Karsten Danzmann , Ingo Diepholz , Martin Hewitson , Natalia Korsakova , Luigi Ferraioli , Ferran Gibert , Nikolaos Karnesis , Miquel Nofrarias , Henri Inchauspe , Eric Plagnol , Oliver Jennrich , Paul W. McNamara , Michele Armano , James Ira Thorpe , Peter Wass

Magnetic-induced force noise in LISA Pathfinder free-falling test masses

LISA Pathfinder was a mission designed to test key technologies required for gravitational wave detection in space. Magnetically driven forces play a key role in the instrument sensitivity in the low-frequency regime, which corresponds to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-20 M Armano , H Audley , J Baird , P Binetruy , M Born , D Bortoluzzi , E Castelli , A Cavalleri , A Cesarini , A M Cruise , K Danzmann , M De Deus Silva , I Diepholz , G Dixon , R Dolesi , L Ferraioli , V Ferroni , E D Fitzsimons , M Freschi , L Gesa , D Giardini , F Gibert , R Giusteri , C Grimani , J Grzymisch , I Harrison , M S Hartig , G Heinzel , M Hewitson , D Hollington , D Hoyland , M Hueller , H Inchauspé , O Jennrich , P Jetzer , N Karnesis , B Kaune , N Korsakova , C J Killow , L Liu , J A Lobo , J P López-Zaragoza , R Maarschalkerweerd , D Mance , V Martín , J Martino , L Martin-Polo , F Martin-Porqueras , P W McNamara , J Mendes , L Mendes , N Meshksar , M Nofrarias , S Paczkowski , M Perreur-Lloyd , A Petiteau , P Pivato , E Plagnol , J Ramos-Castro , J Reiche , F Rivas , D I Robertson , G Russano , L Sala , D Serrano , J Slutsky , C F Sopuerta , T Sumner , D Texier , J I Thorpe , D Vetrugno , S Vitale , G Wanner , H Ward , P Wass , W J Weber , L Wissel , A Wittchen , P Zweifel

In-flight Diagnostics in LISA Pathfinder

LISA PathFinder (LPF) will be flown with the objective to test in space key technologies for LISA. However its sensitivity goals are, for good reason, one order of magnitude less than those which LISA will have to meet, both in drag-free…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Alberto Lobo , Miquel Nofrarias , Juan Ramos-Castro , Josep Sanjuan , Aleix Conchillo , Jose Antonio Ortega , Xevi Xirgu , Henrique Araujo , Cesar Boatella , Mokhtar Chmeissani , Catia Grimani , Carles Puigdengoles , Peter Wass , Enrique Garcia-Berro , Sergi Garcia , Lluis Martinez , Gustau Montero

Bayesian Model Selection for LISA Pathfinder

The main goal of the LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission is to fully characterize the acceleration noise models and to test key technologies for future space-based gravitational-wave observatories similar to the eLISA concept. The data analysis…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-06 Nikolaos Karnesis , Miquel Nofrarias , Carlos F. Sopuerta , Ferran Gibert , Michele Armano , Heather Audley , Giuseppe Congedo , Ingo Diepholz , Luigi Ferraioli , Martin Hewitson , Mauro Hueller , Natalia Korsakova , Eric Plagnol , and Stefano Vitale

In-depth analysis of LISA Pathfinder performance results: Time evolution, noise projection, physical models, and implications for LISA

We present an in-depth analysis of the LISA Pathfinder differential acceleration performance over the entire course of its science operations, spanning approximately 500 days. We find that: 1) the evolution of the Brownian noise that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-05 M. Armano , H. Audley , J. Baird , P. Binetruy , M. Born , D. Bortoluzzi , E. Castelli , A. Cavalleri , A. Cesarini , V. Chiavegato , A. M. Cruise , D. Dal Bosco , K. Danzmann , M. De Deus Silva , I. Diepholz , G. Dixon , R. Dolesi , L. Ferraioli , V. Ferroni , E. D. Fitzsimons , M. Freschi , L. Gesa , D. Giardini , F. Gibert , R. Giusteri , C. Grimani , J. Grzymisch , I. Harrison , M. S. Hartig , G. Heinzel , M. Hewitson , D. Hollington , D. Hoyland , M. Hueller , H. Inchauspé , O. Jennrich , P. Jetzer , B. Johlander , N. Karnesis , B. Kaune , N. Korsakova , C. J. Killow , J. A. Lobo , J. P. Lopez-Zaragoza , R. Maarschalkerweerd , D. Mance , V. Martın , L. Martin-Polo , F. Martin-Porqueras , J. Martino , P. W. McNamara , J. Mendes , L. Mendes , N. Meshksar , M. Nofrarias , S. Paczkowski , M. Perreur-Lloyd , A. Petiteau , E. Plagnol , J. Ramos-Castro , J. Reiche , F. Rivas , D. I. Robertson , G. Russano , L. Sala , J. Slutsky , C. F. Sopuerta , T. Sumner , D. Texier , J. I. Thorpe , D. Vetrugno , S. Vitale , G. Wanner , H. Ward , P. Wass , W. J. Weber , L. Wissel , A. Wittchen , C. Zanoni , P. Zweifel

Inflight magnetic characterization of the test masses onboard LISA Pathfinder

LISA Pathfinder is a science and technology demonstrator of the European Space Agency within the framework of its LISA mission, the latter aiming to be the first space-borne gravitational wave observatory. The payload of LISA Pathfinder is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Marc Diaz-Aguiló , Enrique García-Berro , Alberto Lobo

Detection and characterization of instrumental transients in LISA Pathfinder and their projection to LISA

The LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission succeeded outstandingly in demonstrating key technological aspects of future space-borne gravitational-wave detectors, such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Specifically, LPF demonstrated…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-02 Quentin Baghi , Natalia Korsakova , Jacob Slutsky , Eleonora Castelli , Nikolaos Karnesis , Jean-Baptiste Bayle

The end-to-end testbed of the Optical Metrology System on-board LISA Pathfinder

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

Measuring test mass acceleration noise in space-based gravitational wave astronomy

The basic constituent of interferometric gravitational wave detectors -- the test mass to test mass interferometric link -- behaves as a differential dynamometer measuring effective differential forces, comprising an integrated measure of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-24 Giuseppe Congedo

NanoNewton electrostatic force actuators for femtoNewton-sensitive measurements: system performance test in the LISA Pathfinder mission

Electrostatic force actuation is a key component of the system of geodesic reference test masses (TM) for the LISA orbiting gravitational wave observatory and in particular for performance at low frequencies, below 1 mHz, where the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-03 M Armano , H Audley , J Baird , M Bassan , P Binetruy , M Born , D Bortoluzzi , E Castelli , A Cavalleri , A Cesarini , V Chiavegato , A M Cruise , D Dal Bosco , K Danzmann , M De Deus Silva , R De Rosa , L Di Fiore , I Diepholz , G Dixon , R Dolesi , L Ferraioli V Ferroni , E D Fitzsimons , M Freschi , L Gesa , D Giardini , F Gibert , R Giusteri , A Grado , C Grimani , J Grzymisch , I Harrison , M S Hartig , G Heinzel , M Hewitson , D Hollington , D Hoyland , M Hueller , H Inchauspé , O Jennrich , P Jetzer , B Johlander , N Karnesis , B Kaune , N Korsakova , C J Killow , L Liu , J A Lobo , J P López-Zaragoza , R Maarschalkerweerd , D Mance , V Martín , L Martin-Polo , F Martin-Porqueras , J Martino , P W McNamara , J Mendes , L Mendes , N Meshksar , J Moerschell , M Nofrarias , S Paczkowski , M Perreur-Lloyd , A Petiteau , E Plagnol , C Praplan , J Ramos-Castro , J Reiche , F Rivas , D I Robertson , G Russano , L Sala , P Sarra , S L Schule-Walewski , J Slutsky , C F Sopuerta , R Stanga , T Sumner , J ten Pierick , D Texier , J I Thorpe , D Vetrugno , S Vitale , G Wanner , H Ward , P Wass , W J Weber , L Wissel , A Wittchen , C Zanoni , P Zweifel

Estimation of the electrostatic effects in the LISA-Pathfinder critical test mass dynamics via the method of moments

LISA-Pathfinder is an ESA space mission flown between 2015 and 2017 to demonstrate a technological maturity sufficient for building a gravitational waves telescope in space, such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). A pair of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-21 Carlo Zanoni , Daniele Bortoluzzi

Estimate of force noise from electrostatic patch potentials in LISA Pathfinder

This paper discusses force noise in LISA and LISA Pathfinder arising from the interaction of patch potentials on the test mass and surrounding electrode housing surfaces with their own temporal fluctuations. We aim to estimate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-05 Stefano Vitale , Lorenzo Sala , Valerio Ferroni , William Joseph Weber