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| ID:
10829.0,
MPI für extraterrestrische Physik / High Energy Astrophysics at MPE |
| LISA and its in-flight test precursor SMART-2 |
| Authors: | Vitale, S.; Bender, P.; Brillet, A.; Buchman, S.; Cavalleri, A.; Cerdonio, M.; Cruise, M.; Cutler, C.; Danzmann, K.; Dolesi, R.; Folkner, W.; Gianolio, A.; Jafry, Y.; Hasinger, G.; Heinzel, G.; Hogan, C.; Hueller, M.; Hough, J.; Phinney, S.; Prince, T.; Richstone, D.; Robertson, D.; Rodrigues, M.; Rüdiger, A.; Sandford, M.; Schilling, R.; Shoemaker, D.; Schutz, B.; Stebbins, R.; Stubbs, C.; Sumner, T.; Thorne, K.; Tinto, M.; Touboul, P.; Ward, H.; Weber, W.; Winkler, W. | | Language: | English | | Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): | 2002-07 | | Title of Journal: | Nuclear Physics B (Proceedings Supplement) | | Journal Abbrev.: | Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) | | Volume: | 110 | | Start Page: | 209 | | End Page: | 216 | | Review Status: | Peer-review | | Audience: | Experts Only | | Abstract / Description: | LISA will be the first space-borne gravitational wave observatory. It aims to detect gravitational waves in the 0.1 MHz + 1 Hz range from sources including galactic binaries, super-massive black-hole binaries, capture of objects by super- massive black-holes and stochastic background. LISA is an ESA approved Cornerstone Mission foreseen as a joint ESA-NASA endeavour to be launched in 2010-11. The principle of operation of LISA is based on laser ranging of test-masses under pure geodesic motion. Achieving pure geodesic motion at the level requested for LISA, 3 x 10(-15)ms(-2)/rootHz at 0.1 mHz, is considered a challenging technological objective. To reduce the risk, both ESA and NASA are pursuing an in-flight test of the relevant technology. The goal of the test is to demonstrate geodetic motion within one order of magnitude from the LISA performance. ESA has given this test as the primary goal of its technology dedicated mission SMART-2 with a launch in 2006. This paper describes the basics of LISA, its key technologies, and its in-flight precursor test on SMART-2. | | External Publication Status: | published | | Document Type: | Article |
| Communicated by: | N. N. | | Affiliations: | MPI für extraterrestrische Physik
| | External Affiliations: | Univ Trent, Dipartimento Fis, I-38050 Trent, Italy; Univ Trent, Dipartimento Fis, I-38050 Trent, Italy; Joint Inst Lab Astrophys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA; Observ Cote Azur, F-06003 Nice, France; Stanford Univ, WW Hansen Expt Phys Labs, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis, I-35100 Padua, Italy; Univ Birmingham, Dept Phys & Astron, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England; Max Planck Int Gravitat Phys, Albert Einstein Inst, Golm, Germany; Univ Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA; ESA, Estec, Noordwijk, Netherlands; Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-8046 Garching, Germany; Univ Washington, Dept Phys, Seattle, WA 98195 USA; Univ Washington, Dept Astron, Seattle, WA 98195 USA; Univ Glasgow, Dept Phys & Astron, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland; Univ Michigan, Dept Astron, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA; Off Natl Etud & Rech Aerosp, Chatillon, France; Max Planck Inst Quantum Opt, Garching, Germany; Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England; MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA; NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA; Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England
| | Identifiers: | ISI:000176661600043
ISSN:0920-5632 | |
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