Conveners
Moon and Space
- Seiji Kawamura (Nagoya University)
- Kirk McKenzie
Status and overview of LISA will be presented.
DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (DECIGO) is a future Japanese space gravitational-wave antenna. There are many science targets that DECIGO aims at, including the detection of primordial gravitational waves, direct measurement of the acceleration of the Universe, the revelation of the formation of massive black holes, and many others. DECIGO consists of four clusters of...
We will present the mission concept and give an update of the payload concept and science-case studies. We present the status of the preparation of new lab facilities for LGWA, payload development, and collaboration activities.
Optical benches for low-frequency, picometer-stable laser interferometry, as used
in the space-based gravitational wave detector LISA, are usually made by bond-
ing silicate glass components to an ultra-low-expansion glass ceramic. To pro-
vide ground-support equipment for the mission and for testing parts of the in-
struments we are studying a toolset to realize picometer-stable...
This talk presents a demonstration of robust phase tracking in the weak-light regime (10 femtoWatts and below). In addition we present modelling, simulation and experimental work that demonstrate, for the first time, phase tracking at the sub-femtowatt level, more than 1,000 times less optical power than what is planned for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). As well as improving on...
