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astro-ph.IM2024

Tilt-to-length coupling in LISA Pathfinder: long-term stability

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +75

The tilt-to-length coupling during the LISA Pathfinder mission has been numerically and analytically modeled for particular timespans. In this work, we investigate the long-term st…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 12 cited

Precision measurements of the magnetic parameters of LISA Pathfinder test masses

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +76

A precise characterization of the magnetic properties of LISA Pathfinder free falling test-masses is of special interest for future gravitational wave observatory in space. Magneti…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 13 cited

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

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +76

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 sen…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 37 cited

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

M. Armano, H. Audley, J. Baird +77

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 f…

astro-ph.IM2023

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

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +87

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 per…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 21 cited

Tilt-to-length coupling in LISA Pathfinder: a data analysis

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +76

We present a study of the tilt-to-length coupling noise during the LISA Pathfinder mission and how it depended on the system's alignment. Tilt-to-length coupling noise is the unwan…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 27 cited

Charging of free-falling test masses in orbit due to cosmic rays: results from LISA Pathfinder

LISA Pathfinder Collaboration, M. Armano, H. Audley +72

A comprehensive summary of the measurements made to characterize test mass charging due to the space environment during the LISA Pathfinder mission is presented. Measurements of th…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 35 cited

Transient acceleration events in LISA Pathfinder data: properties and possible physical origin

LISA Pathfinder Collaboration

We present an in depth analysis of the transient events, or glitches, detected at a rate of about one per day in the differential acceleration data of LISA Pathfinder. We show that…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 36 cited

Spacecraft and interplanetary contributions to the magnetic environment on-board LISA Pathfinder

M. Armano, H. Audley, J. Baird +79

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 forc…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 62 cited

Temperature stability in the sub-milliHertz band with LISA Pathfinder

M. Armano, H. Audley, J. Baird +79

LISA Pathfinder (LPF) was a technology pioneering mission designed to test key technologies required for gravitational wave detection in space. In the low frequency regime (milli-H…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 3 cited

LISA Pathfinder

Michele Armano, Heather Audley, Jonathon Baird +75

Since the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the observation of gravitational waves, it is fair to say that the epoch of gravitational wave astronomy (GWs) has begun. Howe…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 78 cited

LISA Pathfinder Platform Stability and Drag-free Performance

Michele Armano, Heather Audley, Jonathon Baird +75

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 gravitatio…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 89 cited

Experimental results from the ST7 mission on LISA Pathfinder

G Anderson, J Anderson, M Anderson +145

The Space Technology 7 Disturbance Reduction System (ST7-DRS) is a NASA technology demonstration payload that operated from January 2016 through July of 2017 on the European Space…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 42 cited

Calibrating the system dynamics of LISA Pathfinder

M. Armano, H. Audley, J. Baird +75

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 scientif…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 27 cited

Measuring the Galactic Cosmic Ray Flux with the LISA Pathfinder Radiation Monitor

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +76

Test mass charging caused by cosmic rays will be a significant source of acceleration noise for space-based gravitational wave detectors like LISA. Operating between December 2015…