Sensor noise in LISA Pathfinder: An extensive in-flight review of the angular and longitudinal interferometric measurement system

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird, P Binétruy, M Born… - Physical review D, 2022 - APS
In a previous article, we have reported on the first subpicometer interferometer flown in
space as part of ESA's LISA Pathfinder mission, and have shown the residual sensor noise …

Galaxy bulges and their massive black holes: a review

AW Graham - Galactic Bulges, 2016 - Springer
With references to both key and often forgotten pioneering works, this article starts by
presenting a review into how we came to believe in the existence of massive black holes at …

Beyond the Required LISA Free-Fall Performance: New LISA Pathfinder Results down to

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird, P Binetruy, M Born… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
In the months since the publication of the first results, the noise performance of LISA
Pathfinder has improved because of reduced Brownian noise due to the continued decrease …

Sub-Femto- Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results

M Armano, H Audley, G Auger, JT Baird, M Bassan… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
We report the first results of the LISA Pathfinder in-flight experiment. The results demonstrate
that two free-falling reference test masses, such as those needed for a space-based …

The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna-DECIGO

S Kawamura, M Ando, T Nakamura… - Journal of Physics …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future
Japanese space gravitational wave antenna. The goal of DECIGO is to detect gravitational …

The (black hole)-bulge mass scaling relation at low masses

AW Graham, N Scott - The Astrophysical Journal, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Several recent papers have reported on the occurrence of active galactic nuclei (AGNs)
containing undermassive black holes relative to a linear scaling relation between black hole …

[PDF][PDF] Macroscopic quantum resonators (MAQRO): 2015 update

R Kaltenbaek, M Aspelmeyer, PF Barker, A Bassi… - EPJ Quantum …, 2016 - Springer
Do the laws of quantum physics still hold for macroscopic objects-this is at the heart of
Schrödinger's cat paradox-or do gravitation or yet unknown effects set a limit for massive …

LISA Pathfinder: the experiment and the route to LISA

M Armano, M Benedetti, J Bogenstahl… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
LISA Pathfinder (LPF) is a science and technology demonstrator planned by the European
Space Agency in view of the LISA mission. As a scientific payload, the LISA Technology …

LISA Pathfinder platform stability and drag-free performance

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird, P Binetruy, M Born… - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
The science operations of the LISA Pathfinder mission have demonstrated the feasibility of
sub-femto-g free fall of macroscopic test masses necessary to build a gravitational wave …

From laboratory experiments to LISA Pathfinder: achieving LISA geodesic motion

F Antonucci, M Armano, H Audley… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a quantitative assessment of the performance of the upcoming LISA
Pathfinder geodesic explorer mission. The findings are based on the results of extensive …