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
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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.Abstract:
We report on electrostatic measurements made on board the European Space Agency mission LISA Pathfinder. Detailed measurements of the charge-induced electrostatic forces exerted on free-falling test masses (TMs) inside the capacitive gravitational reference sensor are the first made in a relevant environment for a space-based gravitational wave detector. Employing a combination of charge control and electric-field compensation, we show that the level of charge-induced acceleration noise on a single TM can be maintained at a level close to 1.0 fm s-2 Hz-1/2 across the 0.1–100 mHz frequency band that is crucial to an observatory such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Using dedicated measurements that detect these effects in the differential acceleration between the two test masses, we resolve the stochastic nature of the TM charge buildup due to interplanetary cosmic rays and the TM charge-to-force coupling through stray electric fields in the sensor. All our measurements are in good agreement with predictions based on a relatively simple electrostatic model of the LISA Pathfinder instrument.read more
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Beyond the Required LISA Free-Fall Performance: New LISA Pathfinder Results down to 20 μHz.
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