Position sensors for flight testing of LISA drag-free control

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4856, Issue , 2002, Pages 31-42

  Weber, William J ^a   Bortoluzzi, Daniele ^a   Cavalleri, Antonella ^b   Carbone, Ludovico ^a   Da Lio, Mauro ^a   Dolesi, Rita ^a   Fontana, Giorgio ^a   Hoyle, C D ^a   Hueller, Mauro ^a   Vitale, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Universita di Trento ^*

Author keywords

Drag free control; Gravitational waves; LISA

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FREQUENCIES; INTERFEROMETERS; MOTION ESTIMATION; POSITION CONTROL; PROXIMITY SENSORS;

DRAG FREE CONTROL; FLIGHT TESTING; LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA; POSITION SENSORS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 0037516931     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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