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R. Gerndt
Researcher at Airbus Defence and Space
Publications - 26
Citations - 1000
R. Gerndt is an academic researcher from Airbus Defence and Space. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pathfinder & Gravitational wave. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 25 publications receiving 760 citations.
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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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The LTP experiment on the LISA Pathfinder mission
S. Anza,M. Armano,E. Balaguer,M. Benedetti,C. Boatella,Paolo Bosetti,Daniele Bortoluzzi,N. Brandt,Claus Braxmaier,Martin E. Caldwell,L. Carbone,Antonella Cavalleri,A. Ciccolella,I. Cristofolini,M. Cruise,M. Da Lio,Karsten Danzmann,D. Desiderio,Rita Dolesi,N. Dunbar,Walter Fichter,C. Garcia,Enrique García-Berro,A. F. Garcia Marin,R. Gerndt,Alberto Gianolio,Domenico Giardini,R. Gruenagel,A. Hammesfahr,Gerhard Heinzel,J. H. Hough,D. Hoyland,Mauro Hueller,Oliver Jennrich,Ulrich Johann,S. Kemble,Christian J. Killow,D. Kolbe,Markus Landgraf,Alberto Lobo,V. Lorizzo,Davor Mance,Kevin Middleton,F Nappo,Miquel Nofrarías,Guiseppe Racca,José Ramos,David Robertson,M. Sallusti,M. Sandford,Jose Sanjuan,P. Sarra,A. Selig,D. Shaul,D. Smart,M. Smit,L. Stagnaro,Tamara Sumner,C. Tirabassi,Sam Tobin,Stefano Vitale,V. Wand,H. Ward,W. J. Weber,Peter Zweifel +64 more
TL;DR: The LISA Technology Package (LTP) as discussed by the authors is a transverse-traceless coordinate frame experiment that will fly onboard the LISA Pathfinder mission of the European Space Agency in 2008.
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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.
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The LISA Pathfinder mission
Paul McNamara,F. Antonucci,Michele Armano,Heather Audley,G. Auger,Matteo Benedetti,Pierre Binétruy,J. Bogenstahl,Daniele Bortoluzzi,N. Brandt,M. Caleno,Antonella Cavalleri,G. Congedo,M. Cruise,Karsten Danzmann,F. De Marchi,M. Diaz-Aguilo,Ingo Diepholz,G. Dixton,Rita Dolesi,N. Dumbar,J. Fauste,Luigi Ferraioli,Valerio Ferroni,Walter Fichter,Ewan Fitzsimons,M. Freschi,C. García Marirrodriga,R. Gerndt,Lluis Gesa,Ferran Gibert,Domenico Giardini,Catia Grimani,A. Grynagier,Felipe Guzman,Ian Harrison,Gerhard Heinzel,Martin Hewitson,Daniel Hollington,D. Hoyland,M. Hueller,J. Huesler,Oliver Jennrich,Ph. Jetzer,B. Johlander,N. Karnesis,N. Korsakova,Christian J. Killow,X. Llamas,Ivan Lloro,A. Lobo,R. Maarschalkerweerd,S. Madden,Davor Mance,Víctor S. Martín,Ignacio Mateos,José F. F. Mendes,E. Mitchell,Daniele Nicolodi,Miquel Nofrarías,Michael Perreur-Lloyd,Eric Plagnol,P. Prat,Juan Ramos-Castro,J. Reiche,J. A. Romera Perez,David Robertson,H. Rozemeijer,G. Russano,Alexander Schleicher,D. Shaul,Carlos F. Sopuerta,T. J. Sumner,A.M. Taylor,D. Texier,C. Trenkel,H. B. Tu,Stefano Vitale,Gudrun Wanner,H. Ward,S. Waschke,Peter Wass,D. Wealthy,S. Wen,W. J. Weber,Tobias Ziegler,Peter Zweifel +86 more
TL;DR: The LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission as discussed by the authors is the first in-flight test of low frequency gravitational wave detection metrology, which was designed to simulate one arm of space-borne gravitational wave detectors by shrinking the million kilometer scale arm lengths down to a few tens of centimeters.
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From laboratory experiments to LISA Pathfinder: achieving LISA geodesic motion
F. Antonucci,Michele Armano,Heather Audley,G. Auger,Matteo Benedetti,Pierre Binétruy,C. Boatella,Johanna Bogenstahl,Daniele Bortoluzzi,Paolo Bosetti,N. Brandt,M. Caleno,Antonella Cavalleri,M. Cesa,M. Chmeissani,Giacomo Ciani,Aleix 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,D. Fertin,Walter Fichter,Ewan Fitzsimons,M. Freschi,A. F. Garcia Marin,C. García Marirrodriga,R. Gerndt,Lluis Gesa,Domenico Giardini,Ferran Gibert,Catia Grimani,A. Grynagier,B. Guillaume,Felipe Guzman,Ian Harrison,Gerhard Heinzel,Martin Hewitson,Daniel Hollington,J. H. Hough,D. Hoyland,M. Hueller,J. Huesler,O. Jeannin,Oliver Jennrich,Ph. Jetzer,B. Johlander,Christian J. Killow,X. Llamas,Ivan Lloro,A. Lobo,R. Maarschalkerweerd,S. Madden,Davor Mance,Ignacio Mateos,Paul McNamara,J Mendestì,E. Mitchell,A. Monsky,D. Nicolini,Daniele Nicolodi,Miquel Nofrarías,F. Pedersen,Michael Perreur-Lloyd,A. Perreca,Eric Plagnol,P. Prat,Giuseppe D. Racca,B. Rais,Juan Ramos-Castro,J. Reiche,J. A. Romera Perez,David Robertson,H. Rozemeijer,Jose Sanjuan,Alexander Schleicher,M. Schulte,D. Shaul,Luca Stagnaro,S. Strandmoe,Frank Steier,T. J. Sumner,A.M. Taylor,D. Texier,C. Trenkel,D. Tombolato,Stefano Vitale,Gudrun Wanner,H. Ward,S. Waschke,Peter Wass,W. J. Weber +99 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a quantitative assessment of the performance of the upcoming LISA Pathfinder geodesic explorer mission is presented based on the results of extensive ground testing and simulation campaigns using flight hardware and flight control and operations algorithms.