S Anza et al 2005 Class. Quantum Grav. 22 S125 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/22/10/001
S Anza1, M Armano2, E Balaguer3, M Benedetti4, C Boatella1, P Bosetti4, D Bortoluzzi4, N Brandt5, C Braxmaier5, M Caldwell6, L Carbone2, A Cavalleri2, A Ciccolella3, I Cristofolini4, M Cruise7, M Da Lio4, K Danzmann8, D Desiderio9, R Dolesi2, N Dunbar10, W Fichter5, C Garcia3, E Garcia-Berro11, A F Garcia Marin8, R Gerndt5, A Gianolio3, D Giardini12, R Gruenagel3, A Hammesfahr5, G Heinzel5, J Hough13, D Hoyland7, M Hueller2, O Jennrich3, U Johann5, S Kemble10, C Killow13, D Kolbe5, M Landgraf14, A Lobo15, V Lorizzo9, D Mance12, K Middleton6, F Nappo9, M Nofrarias1, G Racca3, J Ramos11, D Robertson13, M Sallusti3, M Sandford6, J Sanjuan1, P Sarra9, A Selig16, D Shaul17, D Smart6, M Smit16, L Stagnaro3, T Sumner17, C Tirabassi3, S Tobin6, S Vitale2, V Wand8, H Ward13, W J Weber2 and P Zweifel12
Show affiliationsWe report on the development of the LISA Technology Package (LTP) experiment that will fly onboard the LISA Pathfinder mission of the European Space Agency in 2008. We first summarize the science rationale of the experiment aimed at showing the operational feasibility of the so-called transverse–traceless coordinate frame within the accuracy needed for LISA. We then show briefly the basic features of the instrument and we finally discuss its projected sensitivity and the extrapolation of its results to LISA.
Issue 10 (21 May 2005)
Received 31 March 2005, in final form 8 April 2005
Published 21 April 2005
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