Louis J. Rubbo Neil Cornish and Olivier Poujade
The LISA Simulator Capabilities –Valid for an arbitrary gravitational wave at any frequency in the LISA bandwidth –Output any type of signal –Includes all modulations and noise Availability –Public domain code –C programming language Gravitational Waveform LISA Simulator LISA Response
Variation In The Optical Path Length N. J. Cornish and L. J. Rubbo, Phys. Rev. D 67, (2003) Sun Earth LISA GW Source
Photon Propagation Direction i j
Noise And The Signal Phase differences –Laser phase noise, C(t) –Shot noise, n s (t) –Acceleration noise, n a (t) –Path length variations due to orbital motion
Low Frequency Limit Transfer frequency
Low Frequency Limit Transfer frequency Detector strain due to the gravitational wave –C. Cutler, Phys. Rev. D 57, 7089 (1998) –Modulations Amplitude, A(t) Frequency (Doppler), D Phase, P
Signal Correlations
Code Usage and Availability Adjustable parameters –Observation time –Individual components of the noise –Orbital values Available for download at: