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LISA technology—concept, status, prospects

Karsten Danzmann et al 2003 Class. Quantum Grav. 20 S1-S9   doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/10/301  Help

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Karsten Danzmann1,2 and Albrecht Rüdiger2
1 Institut für Atom- und Molekülphysik, Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2 Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Callinstr 38, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
E-mail: Karsten.Danzmann@aei.mpg.de

Abstract. The existence of gravitational waves is the most prominent of Einstein's predictions that has not yet been directly verified. The space project LISA shares its goal and principle of operation with the ground-based interferometers currently under construction: the detection and measurement of gravitational waves by laser interferometry. Only in space, detection of signals below, say, 1 Hz is possible. LISA, a joint project of ESA and NASA, is a mission that will measure these low-frequency waves. LISA consists of three spacecraft in heliocentric orbits, forming a triangle with 5 million km sides. Launch for LISA is scheduled for 2011, following a technology demonstrator LTP in 2006.

PACS numbers: 07.60.Ly, 95.55.Ym, 95.75.Kk, 04.80.Nn

Print publication: Issue 10 (21 May 2003)
Received 4 December 2002
Published 25 April 2003

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