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most citedCoherent searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: results from the second LIGO science run

172 citations · 612 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

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.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…

quant-ph2018★ 38 cited

Entanglement between a photonic time-bin qubit and a collective atomic spin excitation

Pau Farrera, Georg Heinze, Hugues de Riedmatten

Entanglement between light and matter combines the advantage of long distance transmission of photonic qubits with the storage and processing capabilities of atomic qubits. To dist…

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…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 104 cited

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

M. Armano, H. Audley, G. Auger +91

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 45 cited

Design and construction of an optical test bed for LISA imaging systems and tilt-to-length coupling

Michael Chwalla, Karsten Danzmann, Germán Fernández Barranco +12

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a future space-based interferometric gravitational-wave detector consisting of three spacecraft in a triangular configuration. The…

gr-qc2014★ 3 cited

Free-flight experiments in LISA Pathfinder

M. Armano, H. Audley, G. Auger +89

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 accomplis…

gr-qc2011★ 91 cited

From laboratory experiments to LISA Pathfinder: achieving LISA geodesic motion

F Antonucci, M Armano, H Audley +98

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 groun…

gr-qc2006★ 172 cited

Coherent searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: results from the second LIGO science run

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration

We carry out two searches for periodic gravitational waves using the most sensitive few hours of data from the second LIGO science run. The first search is targeted at isolated, pr…

gr-qc2003★ 5 cited

Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134

B. Allen, G. Woan

The first science run of the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors presented the opportunity to test methods of searching for gravitational waves from known pulsars. Here we pr…