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20032026
most citedCharge-induced force-noise on free-falling test masses: results from LISA Pathfinder

104 citations · 1.4k across the 37 of their papers we have counts for

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39 papers

hep-ex2026

Observations of Low-Energy-Electron Production and Experimental Characterization of the Test-Mass Charging Process in the LISA Gravitational Reference Sensor with the BART Experiment

Francesco Dimiccoli, Francesco Venturelli, Valerio Ferroni +6

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a space-based gravitational-wave observatory that uses free-falling test masses as inertial references to detect milliHertz frequen…

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…