4 papers
Thermal diagnostic of the Optical Window on board LISA Pathfinder
M. Nofrarias, A. F. Garcia Marin, A. Lobo +4
Vacuum conditions inside the LTP Gravitational Reference Sensor must comply with rather demanding requirements. The Optical Window (OW) is an interface which seals the vacuum enclo…
In-flight Diagnostics in LISA Pathfinder
Alberto Lobo, Miquel Nofrarias, Juan Ramos-Castro +14
LISA PathFinder (LPF) will be flown with the objective to test in space key technologies for LISA. However its sensitivity goals are, for good reason, one order of magnitude less t…
LISA and LISA PathFinder, the endeavour to detect low frequency GWs
Henrique Araujo, Cesar Boatella, Mokhtar Chmeissani +13
This is a review about LISA and its technology demonstrator, LISA PathFinder. We first describe the conceptual problems which need to be overcome in order to set up a working inter…
The LTP Experiment on the LISA Pathfinder Mission
S. Vitale
We report on the development of the LISA Technology Package (LTP) experiment that will fly on board the LISA Pathfinder mission of the European Space Agency in 2008. We first summa…