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Apr 27, 2014
Papers Environmental Effects for Gravitational-wave Astrophysics This article analyzes the effect of realistic astrophysical environments on the...
Apr 24, 2014
Papers Data Analysis Methods for Testing Alternative Theories of Gravity with LISA Pathfinder In this paper we present a data analysis approach applicable to the potential saddle-...
Mar 27, 2014
Papers Constraints on Einstein-Æther theory and Horava gravity from binary pulsar observations Binary pulsars are ideal to test the foundations of General Relativity, such as Lorentz...
Mar 16, 2014
Science BICEP2 - first direct evidence for the inflation of the universe observed? Provided they are confirmed by other experiments, the BICEP observations are exciting...
Dec 11, 2013
Technology Inertial Sensor Head tested successfully The Engineering Qualification Model of the Inertial Sensor Head (ISH) for LISA Pathfinder...
Nov 27, 2013
Top-News Selected: The Gravitational Universe - ESA decided on next Large Mission Concepts Selected: The Gravitational UniverseESA decided on next Large Mission Concepts The...
Oct 31, 2013
Papers The effect of baryonic streaming motions on the formation of the first supermassive black holes Observations of quasars at redshifts z ≳ 6 reveal that 109 M&sun; supermassive black...
Oct 17, 2013
Science Gravitational-Wave Limits from Pulsar Timing Constrain Supermassive Black Hole Evolution Astronomers have used an ensemble of cosmic "clock stars" to indirectly look...
Aug 29, 2013
Top-News LISA Pathfinder: from CAD models to ready-to-fly hardware Optical bench integrated into the core assembly LISA Pathfinder space mission reached...
Jun 25, 2013
Top-News Latest LISA Pathfinder hardware delivery is 'Jewel in the Crown' A team of scientists from the University of Glasgow has successfully delivered a...
May 23, 2013
Top-News ESA’s next large mission: LISA white paper submitted We have come remarkably far using light of different spectrums as our tool for observing...
May 20, 2013
Top-News LPF scheduled for launch in 2015 The LISA consortium strongly supports ESA's LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission, whose launch...
Apr 07, 2013
Top-News Ready for launch: Heart of LISA Pathfinder space mission tested successfully The optical bench of the LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission is currently being extensively...
Jan 18, 2013
Papers On the complementarity of pulsar timing and space laser interferometry for the individual detection of supermassive black hole binaries Gravitational waves coming from Super Massive Black Hole Binaries (SMBHBs) are targeted...
Sep 30, 2012
Papers X-ray emission from high-redshift miniquasars: self-regulating the population of massive black holes through global warming Observations of high-redshift quasars at z ≳6 imply that supermassive black holes (SMBHs...
Aug 11, 2012
Papers Breadboard model of the LISA phasemeter An elegant breadboard model of the LISA phasemeter is currently under development by a...
May 24, 2012
Top-News Getting ready for next time: European gravitational wave community strengthens space collaboration The LISA mission was reported to have been unanimously ranked first by ESA´s scientific...
Feb 02, 2012
Papers Low-frequency gravitational wave science with LISA We review the expected science performance of the New Gravitational-Wave Observatory (NGO...
Jan 06, 2012
Papers LISA: Astrophysics and cosmology in the millihertz regime This document introduces the exciting and fundamentally new science and astronomy that...
Nov 13, 2011
Top-News LISA Pathfinder takes major step in hunt for gravitational waves Sensors destined for ESA's LISA Pathfinder mission in 2014 have exceeded expectations in...

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