LISA: Using Gravitational Waves to Probe Black Hole Physics and Astrophysics
Thomas Prince
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Thomas.A.Prince@jpl.nasa.gov
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The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a joint NASA-ESA mission to detect and study gravitational waves. The mission consists of a triangular configuration of 3 spacecraft separated from each other by 5 million kilometers. Gravitational waves are detected via laser metrology between the spacecraft. This talk will describe the mission concept for LISA and its capability for detection of gravitational waves, with particular emphasis on studies of massive black hole systems.
