Possibilities for measurement and compensation of stray DC electric fields acting on drag-free test masses

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-218

  Weber, W J ^a   Carbone, L ^a   Cavalleri, A ^b   Dolesi, R ^a   Hoyle, C D ^a   Hueller, M ^a   Vitale, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Centro Fisica Degli Stati Aggregati   (Italy)

Author keywords

DC electric field; Electrostatics; Free fall; Gravitational waves; LISA; Space experiments

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; THERMAL NOISE;

ATTAINABLE RESOLUTION; FORCE NOISE; LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA (LISA);

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 34047121490     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.03.045     Document Type: Article

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