Gravitational radiation detection with spacecraft Doppler tracking - Limiting sensitivities and prospective missionsThe prospects of using spacecraft Doppler tracking, in NASA missions, for the detection of gravitational waves are examined. The sensitivity limits of such detection are characterized in terms of plasma scintillation, troposphere scintillation, receiver noise, MDA and ODA quantization error, and clock jitter. Current and possible future NASA missions that will involve gravitational wave experiments are briefly reviewed, including the Galileo, solar polar, Halley/Tempel-2, and solar probe missions.
Document ID
19800043683
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Estabrook, F. B. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hellings, R. W. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wahlquist, H. D. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wolff, R. S. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)