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Home Search Quick Search Advanced Fulltext Browse Collections Persons My eDoc Session History Login Name: Password: Documentation Help Support Wiki Direct access to document ID:	Institute: MPI für Gravitationsphysik     Collection: Laser Interferometry & Gravitational Wave Astronomy     Display Documents   history ID: 361774.0, MPI für Gravitationsphysik / Laser Interferometry & Gravitational Wave Astronomy LISA Pathfinder Authors: McNamara, P. W.; Vitale, S.; Danzmann, Karsten Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): 2008-06 Title of Journal: Classical and Quantum Gravity Volume (in Journal): 25 Issue / Number: 11 Sequence Number: 114034 Name of Conference/Meeting: 18th International Conference on General Relativity & Gravitation Place of Conference/Meeting: Sydney, Australia (Start) Date of Conference/Meeting  (YYYY-MM-DD): 2007-07-08 End Date of Conference/Meeting   (YYYY-MM-DD): 2007-07-13 Review Status: not specified Audience: Not Specified Abstract / Description: LISA Pathfinder (formerly known as SMART-2) is an ESA mission designed to pave the way for the joint ESA/NASA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission by testing in-flight the critical technologies required for space-borne gravitational wave detection; it will put two test masses in a near-perfect gravitational free fall, and control and measure their motion with an unprecedented accuracy. This is achieved through technology comprising inertial sensors, high-precision laser metrology, drag-free control and an ultra-precise micro-Newton propulsion system. The LISA Pathfinder mission is now in Phase C/D—the Implementation Phase, and is due to be launched in 2010, with results on the performance of the system being available within 6 months thereafter. External Publication Status: published Document Type: Conference-Paper Communicated by: Karsten Danzmann Affiliations: MPI für Gravitationsphysik/Laser Interferometry & Gravitational Wave Astronomy MPI für Gravitationsphysik/Teilinstitut Hannover Identifiers: DOI:10.1088/0264-9381/25/11/114034 URL:http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0264-9381/25/11/114... ISSN:0264-9381 Full Text: You have privileges to view the following file(s): cqg8_11_114034.pdf  [686,00 Kb] [Comment:Online Journal]     The scope and number of records on eDoc is subject to the collection policies defined by each institute - see "info" button in the collection browse view.