2012/02/13 by Marc Diaz-Aguiló, Marc Díaz-Aguiló, I Mateos +11 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1202.2732
8 pages, 9 figures, Aerospace Science and Technology, accepted on Feb, 13th 2012
arxiv created 2012/02/13 · openalex publication_date 2012/02/13 · arxiv updated 2012/02/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) is a joint mission of ESA and NASA which aims to be the first space-borne gravita- tional wave observatory. Due to the high complexity and technological challenges that LISA will face, ESA decided to launch a technological demonstrator, LISA Pathfinder. The payload of LISA Pathfinder is the so-called LISA Technology Package, and will be the highest sensitivity geodesic explorer flown to date. The LISA Technology Package is designed to measure relative accelerations between two test masses in nominal free fall (geodesic motion). The magnetic, thermal and radiation disturbances affecting the payload are monitored and dealt by the diagnostics subsystem. The diagnostics subsystem consists of several modules, and one of these is the magnetic diagnostics unit. Its main function is the assessment of differential acceleration noise between test masses due to the magnetic effects. To do so, it has to determine the magnetic characteristics of the test masses, namely their magnetic remanences and susceptibilities. In this paper we show how this can be achieved to the desired accuracy.