Modeling Spurious Forces on the LISA Spacecraft Across a Full Solar Cycle
Abstract
One source of noise for the laser interferometer space antenna (LISA) will be time-varying changes of the space environment in the form of solar wind particles and photon pressure from fluctuating solar irradiance. The approximate magnitude of these effects can be estimated from the average properties of the solar wind and the solar irradiance. We use data taken by the ACE (advanced Compton explorer) satellite and the VIRGO (variability of solar iRradiance and gravity oscillations) instrument on the SOHO satellite over an entire solar cycle to calculate the forces due to solar wind and photon pressure irradiance on the LISA spacecraft. We produce a realistic model of the effects of these environmental noise sources and their variation over the expected course of the LISA mission.
Recommended Citation
B. M. Frank et al., "Modeling Spurious Forces on the LISA Spacecraft Across a Full Solar Cycle," Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 37, no. 17, article no. 175007, IOP Publishing, Sep 2020.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ab9bba
Department(s)
Physics
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1361-6382; 0264-9381
Document Type
Article - Journal
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Citation
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text
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English
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Publication Date
03 Sep 2020
