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most citedThe NewAthena mission concept in the context of the next decade of X-ray astronomy

106 citations · 445 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

astro-ph.IM2025★ 106 cited

The NewAthena mission concept in the context of the next decade of X-ray astronomy

Mike Cruise, Matteo Guainazzi, James Aird +16

Large X-ray observatories such as Chandra and XMM-Newton have been delivering scientific breakthroughs in research fields as diverse as our Solar System, the astrophysics of stars,…

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.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…

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…