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Data Analysis for the LISA Pathfinder MissionThe LTP (LISA Technology Package) is the core part of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder mission. The main goal of the mission is to study the sources of any disturbances that perturb the motion of the freely-falling test masses from their geodesic trajectories as well as 10 test various technologies needed for LISA. The LTP experiment is designed as a sequence of experimental runs in which the performance of the instrument is studied and characterized under different operating conditions. In order to best optimize subsequent experimental runs, each run must be promptly analysed to ensure that the following ones make best use of the available knowledge of the instrument ' In order to do this, all analyses must be designed and tested in advance of the mission and have sufficient built-in flexibility to account for unexpected results or behaviour. To support this activity, a robust and flexible data analysis software package is also required. This poster presents two of the main components that make up the data analysis effort: the data analysis software and the mock-data challenges used to validate analysis procedures and experiment designs.
Document ID
20090038186
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Thorpe, James Ira
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2009
Subject Category
Mathematical And Computer Sciences (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Astronomical Society meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Country: United States
Start Date: January 1, 2010
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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