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20172026
most citedLISA Pathfinder Platform Stability and Drag-free Performance

78 citations · 560 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Mathematical derivation and verification of the amplitude of LISA's interferometric signals on an ultra-stable interferometer testbed

Alvise Pizzella, Lennart Wissel, Miguel Dovale-Alvarez +5

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission aims to detect gravitational waves by interferometrically measuring the change of separation between free-falling test masses…

astro-ph.IM2025

Searching systematically for coupling of laser and phase-modulation noise in heterodyne interferometry

Kohei Yamamoto, Olaf Hartwig, Lennart Wissel +3

Heterodyne interferometry for precision science often comes with an optical phase modulation, for example, for intersatellite clock noise transfer for gravitational wave (GW) detec…

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…

gr-qc2023★ 17 cited

The influence of laser relative intensity noise in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

Lennart Wissel, Olaf Hartwig, Jean-Baptiste Bayle +4

LISA is an upcoming ESA mission that will detect gravitational waves in space by interferometrically measuring the separation between free-falling test masses at picometer precisio…

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…

physics.space-ph2019★ 25 cited

LISA Pathfinder Performance Confirmed in an Open-Loop Configuration: Results from the Free-Fall Actuation Mode

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

We report on the results of the LISA Pathfinder (LPF) free-fall mode experiment, in which the control force needed to compensate the quasistatic differential force acting on two te…

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…

physics.space-ph2019★ 23 cited

Forbush decreases and 2-day GCR flux non-recurrent variations studied with LISA Pathfinder

C. Grimani, M. Armano, H. Audley +82

Non-recurrent short term variations of the galactic cosmic-ray (GCR) flux above 70 MeV n were observed between 2016 February 18 and 2017 July 3 aboard the European Space Age…

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…

physics.ins-det2018★ 65 cited

Precision Charge Control for Isolated Free-Falling Test Masses: LISA Pathfinder Results

M. Armano, H. Audley, J. Baird +82

The LISA Pathfinder charge management device was responsible for neutralising the cosmic ray induced electric charge that inevitably accumulated on the free-falling test masses at…

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…

physics.space-ph2018★ 40 cited

Characteristics and energy dependence of recurrent galactic cosmic-ray flux depressions and of a Forbush decrease with LISA Pathfinder

M. Armano, H. Audley, J. Baird +82

Galactic cosmic-ray (GCR) energy spectra observed in the inner heliosphere are modulated by the solar activity, the solar polarity and structures of solar and interplanetary origin…

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…