Physics of the Cosmos
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Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group Architecting Studies

Workshop on Gravitational Wave Mission Concepts

Maritime Institute, Linthicum, Maryland
14 – 15 December 2011

Workshop Presentations

  • All Presentations in a Single Archive Zip File [PDF, 79.4 MB]

Day 1 – Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Morning Presentations
Title Speaker
Study Overview [PDF] K. Anderson
Talk Only, No Presentation G. Yoder
Technical Overview of the Gravitational-Wave Mission Concept Study [PDF] R. Stebbins
LISA Pathfinder Status [PDF] P. McNamara
NGO: New Gravitational-wave Observatory (also nicknamed ELISA) [PDF] S. Vitale
Science Performance: Preliminary Results [PDF] N. Cornish
A Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Detector with Geometric Suppression of Spacecraft Noise (LAGRANGE) [PDF] K. McKenzie
Group 1: No Drag Free Subsystem [PDF] J. Livas

Afternoon Presentations
Title Speaker
A GEOstationary GRAvitational Wave Interferometer (GEOGRAWI) [PDF] M. Tinto
GADFLI [PDF] S. McWilliams
OMEGA [PDF] R. Hellings
LAGRANGE: LAser GRavitational-wave ANtenna at GEo-lunar L3, L4 , L5 [PDF] J. Conklin
RFI Group 2: Geocentric Mission Concepts [PDF] J. Thorpe
A New Concept for LISA Based on Torsion Flexure and DFP [PDF] M. Shao
Space-based Gravitational-wave Observatory (SGO)-Mid [PDF] J. Livas

Day 2 – Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Presentations
Title Speaker
SGO Low: A LISA-like gravitational wave observatory with four links [PDF] J. Thorpe
SGO Lowest [PDF] J. Baker
Group 3 Concepts [PDF] G. Mueller
Interferometer in Space for Detecting Gravity Wave Radiation using Lasers (InSpRL) [PDF] B. Saif
Drag-free Atomic Acceleration Reference for LISA Disturbance Reduction System [PDF] N. Yu
Superconducting Antenna Concept for Gravitational Wave Radiation [PDF] A. Gulian
Group 4: Alternative Measurement Concepts [PDF] J. Livas
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