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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…
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…
Eryn : A multi-purpose sampler for Bayesian inference
Nikolaos Karnesis, Michael L. Katz, Natalia Korsakova +2
In recent years, methods for Bayesian inference have been widely used in many different problems in physics where detection and characterization are necessary. Data analysis in gra…
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…
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…
Detecting Gravitational-waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals using Convolutional Neural Networks
Xue-Ting Zhang, Chris Messenger, Natalia Korsakova +3
Extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are among the most interesting gravitational wave (GW) sources for space-borne GW detectors. However, successful GW data analysis remains chall…
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…
Effect of data gaps on the detectability and parameter estimation of massive black hole binaries with LISA
Kallol Dey, Nikolaos Karnesis, Alexandre Toubiana +4
Massive black hole binaries are expected to provide the strongest gravitational wave signals for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), a space mission targeting mH…
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…
Identifying and Addressing Nonstationary LISA Noise
Matthew C. Edwards, Patricio Maturana-Russel, Renate Meyer +3
We anticipate noise from the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will exhibit nonstationarities throughout the duration of its mission due to factors such as antenna repointi…
2 Fast 2 Fiducial: Gaussian processes for the interpolation and marginalization of waveform error in extreme-mass-ratio-inspiral parameter estimation
Alvin J. K. Chua, Natalia Korsakova, Christopher J. Moore +2
A number of open problems hinder our present ability to extract scientific information from data that will be gathered by the near-future gravitational-wave mission LISA. Many of t…
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…
Unveiling the Gravitational Universe at μ-Hz Frequencies
Alberto Sesana, Natalia Korsakova, Manuel Arca Sedda +31
We propose a space-based interferometer surveying the gravitational wave (GW) sky in the milli-Hz to -Hz frequency range. By the 2040s', the -Hz frequency band, bracketed in…
Gravitational-wave parameter estimation with gaps in LISA: a Bayesian data augmentation method
Quentin Baghi, Ira Thorpe, Jacob Slutsky +4
By listening to gravity in the low frequency band, between 0.1 mHz and 1 Hz, the future space-based gravitational-wave observatory LISA will be able to detect tens of thousands of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
Pau Amaro-Seoane, Heather Audley, Stanislav Babak +81
Following the selection of The Gravitational Universe by ESA, and the successful flight of LISA Pathfinder, the LISA Consortium now proposes a 4 year mission in response to ESA's c…
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…
Optimal design of calibration signals in space borne gravitational wave detectors
M. Nofrarias, N. Karnesis, F. Gibert +17
Future space borne gravitational wave detectors will require a precise definition of calibration signals to ensure the achievement of their design sensitivity. The careful design o…