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Making maps with LISA

Neil J Cornish

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The laser interferometer space antenna (LISA) can be used to map the gravitational wave background by measuring the orbital modulation of the detector response. Using the known antenna pattern and orbit, and the measured modulation, it is possible to solve for the sky luminosity distribution.


PACS

04.80.Nn Gravitational wave detectors and experiments

95.55.Ym Gravitational radiation detectors; mass spectrometers; and other instrumentation and techniques

MSC

83C35 Gravitational waves

85A40 Cosmology (For relativistic cosmology, see 83F05)

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Gravitation and cosmology

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 7 (7 April 2002)

Received 29 October 2001, in final form 29 November 2001

Published 11 March 2002



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