Juan Ramos-Castro

TL;DR: The first results of the LISA Pathfinder in-flight experiment demonstrate that two free-falling reference test masses, such as those needed for a space-based gravitational wave observatory like LISA, can be put in free fall with a relative acceleration noise with a square root of the power spectral density.

TL;DR: This performance provides an experimental benchmark demonstrating the ability to realize the low-frequency science potential of the LISA mission, recently selected by the European Space Agency.

TL;DR: The LISA Pathfinder (LPF) is a science and technology demonstrator planned by the European Space Agency in view of the LISA mission as discussed by the authors, and the progress made in preparing its effective implementation in flight.

TL;DR: The seismocardiogram, when measured in a quiet environment, can be used instead of the ECG to obtain reliable RR time series when using proper heartbeat detectors when employing different heartbeat detectors.

TL;DR: The current status of the LISA Pathfinder mission is described, a precursor mission aimed at demonstrating key technologies for future space-based gravitational wave detectors, like LISA, and performance measurements and analysis of these flight components lead to an expected performance of theLISA Pathfinder which is a significant improvement over the mission requirements.