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Michele Armano
Researcher at European Space Agency
Publications - 65
Citations - 1963
Michele Armano is an academic researcher from European Space Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pathfinder & Gravitational wave. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 62 publications receiving 1398 citations. Previous affiliations of Michele Armano include European Space Research and Technology Centre.
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Sub-Femto-g Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results
Michele Armano,Heather Audley,G. Auger,J. Baird,Massimo Bassan,Pierre Binétruy,M. Born,Daniele Bortoluzzi,N. Brandt,M. Caleno,L. Carbone,Antonella Cavalleri,A. Cesarini,Giacomo Ciani,G. Congedo,A. M. Cruise,Karsten Danzmann,M. de Deus Silva,R. De Rosa,M. Diaz-Aguilo,L. Di Fiore,Ingo Diepholz,G. Dixon,Rita Dolesi,N. Dunbar,Luigi Ferraioli,Valerio Ferroni,Walter Fichter,E. D. Fitzsimons,R. Flatscher,M. Freschi,A. F. García Marín,C. García Marirrodriga,R. Gerndt,Lluis Gesa,Ferran Gibert,Domenico Giardini,R. Giusteri,F. Guzmán,Aniello Grado,Catia Grimani,A. Grynagier,J. Grzymisch,I. Harrison,Gerhard Heinzel,M. Hewitson,Daniel Hollington,D. Hoyland,Mauro Hueller,Henri Inchauspe,Oliver Jennrich,Ph. Jetzer,Ulrich Johann,B. Johlander,Nikolaos Karnesis,B. Kaune,N. Korsakova,Christian J. Killow,J. A. Lobo,Ivan Lloro,L. Liu,J. P. López-Zaragoza,R. Maarschalkerweerd,Davor Mance,V. Martín,L. Martin-Polo,J. Martino,F. Martin-Porqueras,S. Madden,Ignacio Mateos,Paul McNamara,José F. F. Mendes,L. Mendes,A. Monsky,Daniele Nicolodi,Miquel Nofrarías,S. Paczkowski,Michael Perreur-Lloyd,Antoine Petiteau,P. Pivato,Eric Plagnol,P. Prat,U. Ragnit,B. Rais,Juan Ramos-Castro,J. Reiche,D. I. Robertson,H. Rozemeijer,F. Rivas,G. Russano,J Sanjuán,P. Sarra,A. Schleicher,D. Shaul,Jacob Slutsky,Carlos F. Sopuerta,Ruggero Stanga,F. Steier,T. J. Sumner,D. Texier,James Ira Thorpe,C. Trenkel,Michael Tröbs,H. B. Tu,Daniele Vetrugno,Stefano Vitale,V Wand,Gudrun Wanner,H. Ward,C. Warren,Peter Wass,D. Wealthy,W. J. Weber,L. Wissel,A. Wittchen,A. Zambotti,C. Zanoni,Tobias Ziegler,Peter Zweifel +118 more
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.
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Beyond the Required LISA Free-Fall Performance: New LISA Pathfinder Results down to 20 μHz.
Michele Armano,Heather Audley,J. Baird,Pierre Binétruy,M. Born,Daniele Bortoluzzi,E. Castelli,Antonella Cavalleri,A. Cesarini,A. M. Cruise,Karsten Danzmann,M. de Deus Silva,Ingo Diepholz,G. Dixon,Rita Dolesi,Luigi Ferraioli,Valerio Ferroni,E. D. Fitzsimons,M. Freschi,Lluis Gesa,Ferran Gibert,Domenico Giardini,R. Giusteri,Catia Grimani,J. Grzymisch,I. Harrison,Gerhard Heinzel,M. Hewitson,Daniel Hollington,D. Hoyland,Mauro Hueller,Henri Inchauspe,Oliver Jennrich,Ph. Jetzer,Nikolaos Karnesis,B. Kaune,N. Korsakova,Christian J. Killow,J. A. Lobo,Ivan Lloro,L. Liu,J. P. López-Zaragoza,R. Maarschalkerweerd,Davor Mance,N. Meshksar,V. Martín,L. Martin-Polo,J. Martino,F. Martin-Porqueras,Ignacio Mateos,Paul McNamara,José F. F. Mendes,L. Mendes,Miquel Nofrarías,S. Paczkowski,Michael Perreur-Lloyd,Antoine Petiteau,P. Pivato,Eric Plagnol,Juan Ramos-Castro,J. Reiche,D. I. Robertson,F. Rivas,G. Russano,Jacob Slutsky,Carlos F. Sopuerta,T. J. Sumner,D. Texier,James Ira Thorpe,Daniele Vetrugno,Salvatore Vitale,Gudrun Wanner,H. Ward,Peter Wass,Peter Wass,W. J. Weber,L. Wissel,A. Wittchen,Peter Zweifel +78 more
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.
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LISA Pathfinder: the experiment and the route to LISA
Michele Armano,M. Benedetti,J. Bogenstahl,Daniele Bortoluzzi,Paolo Bosetti,N. Brandt,Antonella Cavalleri,Giacomo Ciani,I. Cristofolini,A. M. Cruise,Karsten Danzmann,Ingo Diepholz,G. Dixon,Rita Dolesi,J. Fauste,Luigi Ferraioli,D. Fertin,Walter Fichter,M. Freschi,Antonio Garcia,C. Garcia,A. Grynagier,Felipe Guzman,Ewan Fitzsimons,Gerhard Heinzel,M. Hewitson,Daniel Hollington,J. H. Hough,Mauro Hueller,D. Hoyland,Oliver Jennrich,B. Johlander,Christian J. Killow,A. Lobo,Davor Mance,Ignacio Mateos,Paul McNamara,A. Monsky,D. Nicolini,Daniele Nicolodi,Miquel Nofrarías,Michael Perreur-Lloyd,Eric Plagnol,Giuseppe D. Racca,Juan Ramos-Castro,David Robertson,J Sanjuán,M. Schulte,D. Shaul,M. Smit,L. Stagnaro,Frank Steier,T. J. Sumner,N. Tateo,D. Tombolato,G. Vischer,Stefano Vitale,Gudrun Wanner,H. Ward,S. Waschke,V. Wand,P J Wass,W. J. Weber,Tobias Ziegler,Peter Zweifel +64 more
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.
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The LISA Pathfinder mission
F. Antonucci,Michele Armano,Heather Audley,G. Auger,Matteo Benedetti,Pierre Binétruy,J. Bogenstahl,Daniele Bortoluzzi,Paolo Bosetti,N. Brandt,M. Caleno,Priscilla Canizares,Antonella Cavalleri,M. Cesa,M. Chmeissani,A. Conchillo,G. Congedo,I. Cristofolini,M. Cruise,Karsten Danzmann,F. De Marchi,M. Diaz-Aguilo,Ingo Diepholz,G. Dixon,Rita Dolesi,N. Dunbar,J. Fauste,Luigi Ferraioli,V. Ferrone,Walter Fichter,Ewan Fitzsimons,M. Freschi,A. F. Garcia Marin,C. García Marirrodriga,R. Gerndt,Lluis Gesa,F. Gilbert,Domenico Giardini,Catia Grimani,A. Grynagier,B. Guillaume,Felipe Guzman,I. Harrison,Gerhard Heinzel,V. Hernández,Martin Hewitson,Daniel Hollington,J. H. Hough,D. Hoyland,Mauro Hueller,J. Huesler,Oliver Jennrich,Philippe Jetzer,B. Johlander,N. Karnesis,Christian J. Killow,X. Llamas,Ivan Lloro,A. Lobo,R. Maarschalkerweerd,S. Madden,Davor Mance,Ignacio Mateos,Paul McNamara,José F. F. Mendes,E. Mitchell,A. Monsky,D. Nicolini,Daniele Nicolodi,Miquel Nofrarías,F. Pedersen,Michael Perreur-Lloyd,Eric Plagnol,P. Prat,Giuseppe D. Racca,Juan Ramos-Castro,J. Reiche,J. A. Romera Perez,David Robertson,H. Rozemeijer,J. Sanjuan,A. Schleicher,M. Schulte,D. Shaul,L. Stagnaro,S. Strandmoe,Frank Steier,T. J. Sumner,A.M. Taylor,D. Texier,C. Trenkel,H.-B. Tu,Stefano Vitale,Gudrun Wanner,H. Ward,S. Waschke,Peter Wass,W. J. Weber,Tobias Ziegler,Peter Zweifel +99 more
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.
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Charge-induced force-noise on free-falling test masses: results from LISA Pathfinder
Michele Armano,Heather Audley,G. Auger,J. Baird,Pierre Binétruy,M. Born,Daniele Bortoluzzi,N. Brandt,A. Bursi,M. Caleno,Antonella Cavalleri,A. Cesarini,M. Cruise,Karsten Danzmann,M. de Deus Silva,Ingo Diepholz,Rita Dolesi,N. Dunbar,Luigi Ferraioli,Valerio Ferroni,E. D. Fitzsimons,R. Flatscher,M. Freschi,J. Gallegos,C. García Marirrodriga,R. Gerndt,Lluis Gesa,Ferran Gibert,Domenico Giardini,R. Giusteri,Catia Grimani,J. Grzymisch,I. Harrison,Gerhard Heinzel,M. Hewitson,Daniel Hollington,Mauro Hueller,J. Huesler,Henri Inchauspe,Oliver Jennrich,Ph. Jetzer,B. Johlander,Nikolaos Karnesis,B. Kaune,Christian J. Killow,N. Korsakova,Ivan Lloro,L. Liu,J. P. López-Zaragoza,R. Maarschalkerweerd,S. Madden,Davor Mance,V. Martín,L. Martin-Polo,J. Martino,F. Martin-Porqueras,Ignacio Mateos,Paul McNamara,José F. F. Mendes,L. Mendes,A. Moroni,Miquel Nofrarías,S. Paczkowski,Michael Perreur-Lloyd,Antoine Petiteau,P. Pivato,Eric Plagnol,P. Prat,U. Ragnit,Juan Ramos-Castro,J. Reiche,J. A. Romera Perez,D. I. Robertson,H. Rozemeijer,F. Rivas,G. Russano,P. Sarra,A. Schleicher,Jacob Slutsky,Carlos F. Sopuerta,T. J. Sumner,D. Texier,James Ira Thorpe,C. Trenkel,Daniele Vetrugno,S. Vitale,Gudrun Wanner,H. Ward,Peter Wass,D. Wealthy,W. J. Weber,A. Wittchen,C. Zanoni,Tobias Ziegler,Peter Zweifel +94 more
TL;DR: Electrostatic measurements made on board the European Space Agency mission LISA Pathfinder are the first made in a relevant environment for a space-based gravitational wave detector and resolve the stochastic nature of the TM charge buildup due to interplanetary cosmic rays and theTM charge-to-force coupling through stray electric fields in the sensor.