• Capacitive sensing of test mass motion with nanometer precision over millimeter-wide sensing gaps for space-borne gravitational reference sensors 

      Audley, H.; Auger, G.; Baird, J.; Binetruy, P.; Caleno, M.; Cesarini, A.; Diepholz, I; Dixon, G; Dolesi, R; Ferraioli, L.; Heinzel, G; Hollington, D.; Karnesis, N.; Martín-Porqueras, F.; Fernandez Sopuerta, Carlos; Texier, D.; Vitale, S.; Wanner, G; Ward, Harold; Ramos Castro, Juan José (2017-09-26)
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      We report on the performance of the capacitive gap-sensing system of the Gravitational Reference Sensor on board the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft. From in-flight measurements, the system has demonstrated a performance, down ...
    • Improvement of irregular dtm for sph modelling of flow-like landslides 

      Cuomo, S.; Pastor, Manuel; Vitale, S.; Cascini, L. (CIMNE, 2013)
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      Irregular topography of real slopes largely affects the propagation stage of flowlike landslides and accurate digital terrain models (DTMs) are absolutely necessary for realistic simulations and assessments. In this paper ...
    • Parameter estimation in LISA Pathfinder operational exercises 

      Vitale, S.; Nofrarias, M.; Ferraioli, L.; Congedo, G.; Hueller, M.; Armano, M.; Díaz Aguiló, Marc; Grynagier, A.; Hewitson, M. (2012)
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      The LISA Pathfinder data analysis team has been developing in the last years the infrastructure and methods required to run the mission during flight operations. These are gathered in the LTPDA toolbox, an object oriented ...