• 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 ...
    • State-space modelling for heater induced thermal effects on LISA pathfinder's test masses 

      Martín, Vicente; Gesa, L.; Gibert, Fabien; Nofrarias, M.; Díaz Aguiló, Marc; Lobo Gutiérrez, José Alberto; Karnesis, N.; Mateos, I.; Sanjuán Muñoz, Josep; Lloro, I. (2012)
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      The OSE (Offline Simulations Environment) simulator of the LPF (LISA Pathfinder) mission is intended to simulate the different experiments to be carried out in flight. Amongst these, the thermal diagnostics experiments are ...