LISA: A mission to detect and observe gravitational waves

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5500, Issue , 2004, Pages 113-119

  Jennrich, O ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GALAXIES; INTERFEROMETERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOLAR CELLS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

GENERAL RELATIVITY; MASSIVE BLACK HOLES (MBH); NEUTRON STARS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 10944267195     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.554917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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