PUBLICATIONS

2023

• Charging of free-falling test masses in orbit due to cosmic rays: Results from LISA Pathfinder, Phys. Rev. D 107, 062007 (2023)

• Effectiveness of null time-delay interferometry channels as instrument noise monitors in LISA, Phys. Rev. D 107, 082004 (2023)

2022

• Transient acceleration events in LISA Pathfinder data: Properties and possible physical origin, Phys. Rev. D 106, 062001 (2022)

• Sensor noise in LISA Pathfinder: An extensive in-flight review of the angular and longitudinal interferometric measurement system, Phys. Rev. D 106, 082001(2022)

2021

• Sensor Noise in LISA Pathfinder: In-Flight Performance of the Optical Test Mass Readout, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 131103 (2021)

2020

• Analysis of the accuracy of actuation electronics in the laser interferometer space antenna pathfinder, Review of Scientific Instruments 91, 045003 (2020)

• Spacecraft and interplanetary contributions to the magnetic environment on-board LISA Pathfinder, MNRAS, 494, 2, 3014–3027 (18 Apr 2020)

• Revisitation of time delay interferometry combinations that suppress laser noise in LISA, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 37, Number 18 (20 Aug 2020)

2019

• Temperature stability in the sub-milliHertz band with LISA Pathfinder,Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 486, Issue 3 (July 2019)

• Forbush Decreases and <2 Day GCR Flux Non-recurrent Variations Studied with LISA Pathfinder , The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 874, Number 2 (April 2019)

• LISA Pathfinder platform stability and drag-free performance, PRD, 99, 082001 (April 2019)

• LISA Pathfinder micronewton cold gas thrusters: In-flight characterization, Phys. Rev. D 99,122003 (28 June 2019)

• LISA Pathfinder Performance Confirmed in an Open-Loop Configuration: Results from the Free-Fall Actuation Mode https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.111101 Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 111101 (September 2019)

• Novel methods to measure the gravitational constant in space, Phys. Rev. D 100, 062003 (20 September 2019)

• Micrometeoroid Events in LISA Pathfinder, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 883, Number, (September 2019)

2018

• Experimental results from the ST7 mission on LISA Pathfinder, Phys. Rev. D 98, 102005 (November 2018)

• PETER: A torsion pendulum facility to study small forces/torques on free falling instrumented masses ,  PoS GRASS2018, 019, Volume 35 (October 23 2018)

• Precision charge control for isolated free-falling test masses: LISA pathfinder results, Phys. Rev. D 98, 062001 (September 2018)

• Calibrating the system dynamics of LISA Pathfinder, Phys. Rev. D 97, 122002 (12 June 2018)

• Measuring the Galactic Cosmic Ray flux with the LISA Pathfinder radiation monitor, Astroparticle Physics Volume 98 (March 2018)

• Actuation crosstalk in free-falling systems: Torsion pendulum results for the engineering model of the LISA pathfinder gravitational reference sensor, Astroparticle Physics, Volume 97 (January 2018)

• Measuring fN force variations in the presence of constant nN forces: a torsion pendulum ground test of the LISA Pathfinder free-fall mode, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 35 (January 2018)

• Beyond the Required LISA Free-Fall Performance: New LISA Pathfinder Results down to 20μHz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 061101 (5 February 2018)

• Characteristics and Energy Dependence of Recurrent Galactic Cosmic-Ray Flux Depressions and of a Forbush Decrease with LISA Pathfinder, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 854, Number 2 (February 2018)

2017

• A two-stage torsion pendulum for ground testing free fall conditions on two degrees of freedom Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, (October–November 2017)

• Capacitive sensing of test mass motion with nanometer precision over millimeter-wide sensing gaps for space-borne gravitational reference sensors, Phys. Rev. D 96, 062004 –  (September 2017)

• Charge-Induced Force Noise on Free-Falling Test Masses: Results from LISA PathfinderPhys. Rev. Lett. 118, 171101 – (April 2017)

• Gravitational Reference Sensor Front-End Electronics Simulator for LISA, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland

• Preliminary results on the suppression of sensing cross-talk in LISA Pathfinder -Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

• GCR flux 9-day variations with LISA Pathfinder, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/840/1/012037 

• GCR flux 9-day variations with LISA Pathfinder,Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland

• LISA Pathfinder: Understanding DWS noise performance for the LISA mission, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland

• The free-fall mode experiment on LISA Pathfinder: first results, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

• LISA Pathfinder: Optical Metrology System monitoring during operations, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

• LISA Pathfinder closed-loop analysis: a model breakdown of the in-loop observables, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerlandhttps://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/840/1/012038 

• Radiation pressure calibration and test mass reflectivities for LISA Pathfinder, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

• LISA Pathfinder: OPD loop characterisation, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 

• GRS vs. OMS Calibration in LISA Pathfinder Data Analysis, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

• GRS electronics for a space-borne gravitational wave observatory, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

• LISA Pathfinder as a Micrometeoroid Instrument, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

• Laser Frequency Noise Stabilisation and Interferometer Path Length Differences on LISA Pathfinder, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

• Coupling of relative intensity noise and pathlength noise to the length measurement in the optical metrology system of LISA Pathfinder, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 840, 11th International LISA Symposium 5–9 September 2016, Zurich, Switzerland 

2016

• Optimal design of calibration signals in space-borne gravitational wave detectors, Phys. Rev. D 93, 102004 – (May 2016)

• Sub-Femto- g  Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 231101 – (June 2016)

• Approaching Free Fall on Two Degrees of Freedom: Simultaneous Measurement of Residual Force and Torque on a Double Torsion Pendulum, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 051104 – (February 2016)

• Constraints on LISA Pathfinder's self-gravity: design requirements, estimates and testing procedures, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 33, Number 23 (November 2016)

Pre-LPF flight publications
2015 (Proceedings of the 10th International LISA Symposium)

• https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1742-6596/page/LISA_landing_page

• Journal of Physics: Conference Series : https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/610/1/011001

• Developments in the Characterization of Metallic Adhesion Journal of Physics: Conference Series - (2015)

• The LISA Pathfinder Mission, Journal of Physics: Conference Series - (2015)

• Summary of the results of the LISA-Pathfinder Test Mass release- Journal of Physics: Conference Series - (2015)

• A Strategy to Characterize the LISA-Pathfinder Cold Gas Thruster System - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - (2015)

• Bayesian statistics for the calibration of the LISA Pathfinder experiment Journal of Physics: Conference Series - (2015)

• Free-flight experiments in LISA Pathfinder - (2015)

• In-flight thermal experiments for LISA Pathfinder: Simulating temperature noise at the Inertial Sensors Journal of Physics: Conference Series- (2015)

• Disentangling the magnetic force noise contribution in LISA Pathfinder Journal of Physics: Conference Series- (2015)

2014

• Improvements in the measurement of metallic adhesion dynamics - (June 2014)

• Bayesian model selection for LISA pathfinder - (March 2014)

• Space-borne gravitational wave observatories - (April 2014)

• Improving Bayesian analysis for LISA Pathfinder using an efficient Markov Chain Monte Carlo method - (February 2014)

• Investigation of Dynamic Failure of Metallic Adhesion: A Space-Technology Related Case of Study 

(2014)

•  Data series subtraction with unknown and unmodeled background noise -(August 2014)

2013

• State Space Modelling and Data Analysis Exercises in LISA Pathfinder - (2013)

• Testing the injection of the LISA-Pathfinder Test Mass into geodesic conditions (2013)

• Space-borne gravitational-wave detectors as time-delayed differential dynamometers - (October 2013)

2012 and earlier

•  The LISA Pathfinder mission
, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 29, No. 12, 2012

• Interaction between Stray Electrostatic Fields and a Charged Free-Falling Test Mass, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, Iss. 18, 2012

• Brownian force noise from molecular collisions and the sensitivity of advanced gravitational wave observatories, Physical Review D, Vol. 84, Iss. 6, 2011

• From laboratory experiments to LISA Pathfinder: achieving LISA geodesic motion, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 28, No. 9, 2011

• Increased Brownian Force Noise from Molecular Impacts in a Constrained Volume, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 103, Iss. 14, 2009

• LISA Pathfinder test mass injection in geodesic motion: status of the on-ground testing, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 26, No. 9, 2009

• A new torsion pendulum for testing the limits of free-fall for LISA test masses, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 26, No. 9, 2009

• Direct force measurements for testing the LISA Pathfinder gravitational reference sensor, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 26, No. 9, 2009

• Thermal gradient-induced forces on geodesic reference masses for LISA, Physical Review D, Vol. 76, Iss. 10, 2007

• Upper limits to surface-force disturbances on LISA proof masses and the possibility of observing galactic binaries, Physical Review D, Vol. 75, Iss. 4, 2007

• The LTP experiment on the LISA Pathfinder mission, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 22, No. 10, 2005

• Characterization of disturbance sources for LISA: torsion pendulum results, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 22, No. 10, 2005

• Upper limits on stray force noise for LISA
, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 21, No. 5, 2004

• Achieving geodetic motion for LISA test masses: Ground testing results, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 91, Iss. 15, 2003

• Testing LISA drag-free control with the LISA technology package flight experiment, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 20, No. 10, 2003

• Gravitational sensor for LISA and its technology demonstration mission, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 20, No. 10, 2003

• Position sensors for flight testing of LISA drag-free control
, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 4856, 2003

• LISA and its in-flight test precursor SMART-2, Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplments, Vol. 110, 2002