• 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 ...
    • The LISA pathfinder DMU and radiation monitor 

      Wass, P.; Araujo, H.; Fernandez Sopuerta, Carlos; Sanjuan, J.; Ramos Castro, Juan José; Nofrarias, M.; Mateos, I.; Lloro, I.; Canizares, P.; Chmeissani, M.; Conchillo, A.; Díaz Aguiló, Marc; García-Berro Montilla, Enrique; Gesa, L.; Gibert, Fabien; Grimani, C. (2011-05-07)
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      The LISA PathfinderDMU(Data Management Unit) flight model was formally accepted by ESA andASDon 11 February 2010, after all hardware and software tests had been successfully completed. The diagnostics items are scheduled to ...