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Probing The Milky Way With Lisa: Extracting Astrophysics From The Compact Binary Population, Shane L. Larson Feb 2011

Probing The Milky Way With Lisa: Extracting Astrophysics From The Compact Binary Population, Shane L. Larson

Colloquia and Seminars

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Hearing Voices In The Dark: Probing The Gravitational Wave Cosmos With Lisa, Shane L. Larson Mar 2009

Hearing Voices In The Dark: Probing The Gravitational Wave Cosmos With Lisa, Shane L. Larson

Colloquia and Seminars

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Lisa: Seeing The Cosmos In Low Frequency Gravitational Waves, Shane L. Larson Feb 2009

Lisa: Seeing The Cosmos In Low Frequency Gravitational Waves, Shane L. Larson

Colloquia and Seminars

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Gravity Has A Story To Tell: Lisa And The Search For Low Frequency Gravitational Waves, Shane L. Larson Nov 2008

Gravity Has A Story To Tell: Lisa And The Search For Low Frequency Gravitational Waves, Shane L. Larson

Colloquia and Seminars

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Lisa Time-Delay Interferometry Zero-Signal Solution: Geometrical Properties, Massimo Tinto, Shane L. Larson Jan 2004

Lisa Time-Delay Interferometry Zero-Signal Solution: Geometrical Properties, Massimo Tinto, Shane L. Larson

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Time-delay interferometry (TDI) is the data processing technique needed for generating interferometric combinations of data measured by the multiple Doppler readouts available onboard the three Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) spacecraft. Within the space of all possible interferometric combinations TDI can generate, we have derived a specific combination that has zero response to the gravitational wave signal, and called it the zero-signal solution (ZSS). This is a two-parameter family of linear combinations of the generators of the TDI space, and its response to a gravitational wave becomes null when these two parameters coincide with the values of the angles of …


Lisa Data Analysis: Source Identification And Subtraction, Neil J. Cornish, Shane L. Larson Jan 2003

Lisa Data Analysis: Source Identification And Subtraction, Neil J. Cornish, Shane L. Larson

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The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna will operate as an AM-FM receiver for gravitational waves. For binary systems, the source location, orientation and orbital phase are encoded in the amplitude and frequency modulation. The same modulations spread a monochromatic signal over a range of frequencies, making it difficult to identify individual sources. We present a method for detecting and subtracting individual binary signals from a data stream with many overlapping signals.


Lisa, Binary Stars, And The Mass Of The Graviton, Curt Cutler, William A. Hiscock, Shane L. Larson Jan 2003

Lisa, Binary Stars, And The Mass Of The Graviton, Curt Cutler, William A. Hiscock, Shane L. Larson

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We extend and improve earlier estimates of the ability of the proposed LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) gravitational wave detector to place upper bounds on the graviton mass mg by comparing the arrival times of gravitational and electromagnetic signals from binary star systems. We show that the best possible limit on mg obtainable this way is ∼50 times better than the current limit set by solar system measurements. Among currently known, well-understood binaries, 4U1820-30 is the best for this purpose; LISA observations of 4U1820-30 should yield a limit ≈3-4 times better than the present solar system bound. AM …


The Lisa Optimal Sensitivity, Thomas A. Prince, Massimo Tinto, Shane L. Larson, J. W. Armstrong Jan 2002

The Lisa Optimal Sensitivity, Thomas A. Prince, Massimo Tinto, Shane L. Larson, J. W. Armstrong

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The multiple Doppler readouts available on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) permit simultaneous formation of several interferometric observables. All these observables are independent of laser frequency fluctuations and have different couplings to gravitational waves and to the various LISA instrumental noises. Within the functional space of interferometric combinations LISA will be able to synthesize, we have identified a triplet of interferometric combinations that show optimally combined sensitivity. As an application of the method, we computed the sensitivity improvement for sinusoidal sources in the nominal, equal-arm LISA configuration. In the part of the Fourier band where the period of the …