Dresden 2011 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 52: Precision Measurement and Metrology 3

Q 52.6: Vortrag

Donnerstag, 17. März 2011, 15:45–16:00, HÜL 386

LISA Pathfinder: Flight Model testing of the Optical Metrology System — •Heather Audley, Antonio Garcia Marin, Jens Reiche, Miquel Nofrarias, Anneke Monsky, Ingo Diepholz, Martin Hewitson, Frank Steier, Gerhard Heinzel, and Karsten Danzmann — AEI/Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Deutschland

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a joint ESA-NASA mission for the first space-borne gravitational wave detector. LISA aims to detect sources in the 0.1 mHz to 1 Hz range. Core technologies required for the LISA mission that cannot be tested on-ground will be tested with a precursor satellite, LISA Pathfinder. The past year has seen great progress towards the expected 2013 launch of LISA Pathfinder. This contribution presents an overview of the results of the successful Flight Model test campaigns. These results and associated test procedures will be utilised directly in planning the in-flight operations and the mission Experimental Master Plan. Additionally, they allow valuable testing of data analysis methods using the custom developed MATLAB based LTP data analysis (LTPDA) toolbox.