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most citedClock-jitter reduction in LISA time-delay interferometry combinations

70 citations · 576 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

LISA science ground segment conventions

Quentin Baghi, Stanislas Babak, Leor Barack +22

This document sets out the conventions used for data simulations, waveforms, and analysis pipelines within the Distributed Data Processing Centre (DDPC) of the Laser Interferometer…

gr-qc2026

Statistics of time and frequency-averaged spectra in gravitational-wave background searches

Quentin Baghi, Nikolaos Karnesis, Jean-Baptiste Bayle

Time series analysis from gravitational-wave detectors often relies on the assumption that time chunks, or frequency bins, are uncorrelated. We discuss the validity of this approxi…

gr-qc2026

Effect of noise characterization on the detection of mHz stochastic gravitational waves

Nikolaos Karnesis, Quentin Baghi, Jean-Baptiste Bayle +1

Pulsar timing arrays' hint for a stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) leverages the expectations of a future detection in the millihertz band, particularly with the LISA…

gr-qc2025★ 1 cited

Modulation-assisted time-delay interferometric ranging for LISA

Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Martin Staab, Samuel P. Francis +3

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

astro-ph.IM2024

Robust Bayesian inference with gapped LISA data using all-in-one TDI-

Niklas Houba, Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Michele Vallisneri

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), an ESA L-class mission, is designed to detect gravitational waves in the millihertz frequency band, with operations expected to begin…

hep-ex2024

Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Summary of the Second Workshop

Adam Abdalla, Mahiro Abe, Sven Abend +307

This summary of the second Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry (TVLBAI) Workshop provides a comprehensive overview of our meeting held in London in April 2024, build…

astro-ph.IM2024

Optimal design of interpolation methods for time-delay interferometry

Martin Staab, Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Olaf Hartwig +4

Time-delay interferometry (TDI) suppresses laser frequency noise by forming linear combinations of time-shifted interferometric measurements. The time-shift operation is implemente…

hep-ex2024

Premerger observation and characterization of massive black hole binaries

Gareth Cabourn Davies, Ian Harry, Michael J. Williams +11

We demonstrate an end-to-end technique for observing and characterizing massive black hole binary signals before they merge with the LISA space-based gravitational-wave observatory…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 45 cited

LISA Definition Study Report

Monica Colpi, Karsten Danzmann, Martin Hewitson +108

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is the first scientific endeavour to detect and study gravitational waves from space. LISA will survey the sky for Gravitational Waves…

gr-qc2023★ 23 cited

Ranging Sensor Fusion in LISA Data Processing: Treatment of Ambiguities, Noise, and On-Board Delays in LISA Ranging Observables

Jan Niklas Reinhardt, Martin Staab, Kohei Yamamoto +6

Interspacecraft ranging is crucial for the suppression of laser frequency noise via time-delay interferometry (TDI). So far, the effects of on-board delays and ambiguities on the L…

astro-ph.IM2023

Laser noise residuals in LISA from onboard processing and time-delay interferometry

Martin Staab, Marc Lilley, Jean-Baptiste Bayle +1

Time-delay interferometry (TDI) is a crucial step in the on-ground data processing pipeline of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), as it reduces otherwise overwhelming l…

astro-ph.IM2023

End-to-end simulation and analysis pipeline for LISA

Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Olaf Hartwig, Marc Lilley +4

The data produced by the future space-based millihertz gravitational-wave detector LISA will require nontrivial pre-processing, which might affect the science results. It is crucia…

gr-qc2023

LISAmax: Improving the Low-Frequency Gravitational-Wave Sensitivity by Two Orders of Magnitude

Waldemar Martens, Michael Khan, Jean-Baptiste Bayle

Within its Voyage 2050 planning cycle, the European Space Agency (ESA) is considering long-term large class science mission themes. Gravitational-wave astronomy is among the topics…

gr-qc2023★ 47 cited

Uncovering gravitational-wave backgrounds from noises of unknown shape with LISA

Quentin Baghi, Nikolaos Karnesis, Jean-Baptiste Bayle +2

Detecting stochastic background radiation of cosmological origin is an exciting possibility for current and future gravitational-wave (GW) detectors. However, distinguishing it fro…

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…

gr-qc2022★ 56 cited

Unified model for the LISA measurements and instrument simulations

Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Olaf Hartwig

LISA is a space-based mHz gravitational-wave observatory, with a planned launch in 2034. It is expected to be the first detector of its kind, and will present unique challenges in…

gr-qc2022★ 30 cited

TDI noises transfer functions for LISA

Dam Quang Nam, Yves Lemiere, Antoine Petiteau +4

The LISA mission is the future space-based gravitational wave (GW) observatory of the European Space Agency. It is formed by 3 spacecraft exchanging laser beams in order to form mu…

gr-qc2022★ 51 cited

Assessing the data-analysis impact of LISA orbit approximations using a GPU-accelerated response model

Michael L. Katz, Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Alvin J. K. Chua +1

The analysis of gravitational wave (GW) datasets is based on the comparison of measured time series with theoretical templates of the detector's response to a variety of source par…

gr-qc2022★ 32 cited

Time delay interferometry without clock synchronisation

Olaf Hartwig, Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Martin Staab +3

Time-delay interferometry (TDI) is a data processing technique for LISA designed to suppress the otherwise overwhelming laser noise by several orders of magnitude. It is widely bel…

gr-qc2021★ 53 cited

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

Quentin Baghi, Natalia Korsakova, Jacob Slutsky +3

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

gr-qc2021

Legacy of the First Workshop on Gravitational Wave Astrophysics for Early Career Scientists

Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Béatrice Bonga, Daniela Doneva +15

Gravitational wave science is a dynamical, fast-expanding research field founded on results, tools and methodologies drawn from different research areas and communities. Early care…

gr-qc2021★ 3 cited

On the matrix formulation of time-delay interferometry

Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Michele Vallisneri, Stanislav Babak +1

Time-delay interferometry (TDI) is a processing step essential for the scientific exploitation of LISA, as it reduces the otherwise overwhelming laser noise in the interferometric…

gr-qc2021★ 40 cited

Adapting time-delay interferometry for LISA data in frequency

Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Olaf Hartwig, Martin Staab

Time-delay interferometry (TDI) is a post-processing technique used to reduce laser noise in heterodyne interferometric measurements with unequal armlengths, a situation characteri…

gr-qc2020★ 46 cited

TDI-infinity: time-delay interferometry without delays

Michele Vallisneri, Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Stanislav Babak +1

The space-based gravitational-wave observatory LISA relies on a form of synthetic interferometry (time-delay interferometry, or TDI) where the otherwise overwhelming laser phase no…