Tilt-to-length coupling in LISA Pathfinder: A data analysis

authored by: M. Armano, H. Audley, J. Baird, P. Binetruy, M. Born, D. Bortoluzzi, E. Castelli, A. Cavalleri, A. Cesarini, A. M. Cruise, K. Danzmann, M. De deus silva, I. Diepholz, G. Dixon, R. Dolesi, L. Ferraioli, V. Ferroni, E. d. Fitzsimons, M. Freschi, L. Gesa, D. Giardini, F. Gibert, R. Giusteri, C. Grimani, J. Grzymisch, I. Harrison, M-S. Hartig, G. Heinzel, M. Hewitson, D. Hollington, D. Hoyland, M. Hueller, H. Inchauspé, O. Jennrich, P. Jetzer, U. Johann, B. Johlander, N. Karnesis, B. Kaune, C. j. Killow, N. Korsakova, J. a. Lobo, J. p. López-Zaragoza, R. Maarschalkerweerd, D. Mance, V. Martín, L. Martin-Polo, F. Martin-Porqueras, J. Martino, P. w. Mcnamara, J. Mendes, L. Mendes, N. Meshksar, M. Nofrarias, S. Paczkowski, M. Perreur-Lloyd, A. Petiteau, E. Plagnol, J. Ramos-Castro, J. Reiche, F. Rivas, D. i. Robertson, G. Russano, J. Sanjuan, J. Slutsky, C. f. Sopuerta, T. Sumner, L. Tevlin, D. Texier, J. i. Thorpe, D. Vetrugno, S. Vitale, G. Wanner, H. Ward, P. j. Wass, W. j. Weber, L. Wissel, A. Wittchen, P. Zweifel
Abstract: We present a study of the tilt-to-length coupling noise during the LISA Pathfinder mission and how it depended on the system's alignment. Tilt-to-length coupling noise is the unwanted coupling of angular and lateral spacecraft or test mass motion into the primary interferometric displacement readout. It was one of the major noise sources in the LISA Pathfinder mission and is likewise expected to be a primary noise source in LISA. We demonstrate here that a recently derived and published analytical model describes the dependency of the LISA Pathfinder tilt-to-length coupling noise on the alignment of the two freely falling test masses. This was verified with the data taken before and after the realignments performed in March (engineering days) and June 2016, and during a two-day experiment in February 2017 (long cross-talk experiment). The latter was performed with the explicit goal of testing the tilt-to-length coupling noise dependency on the test mass alignment. Using the analytical model, we show that all realignments performed during the mission were only partially successful and explain the reasons why. In addition to the analytical model, we computed another physical tilt-to-length coupling model via a minimizing routine making use of the long cross-talk experiment data. A similar approach could prove useful for the LISA mission.
Organisation(s): Institute of Gravitation Physics
PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines
Quest: Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research
Trapped-Ion Quantum Engineering
QUEST-Leibniz Research School
QuantumFrontiers
Type: Article
Journal: Physical Review D
Volume: 108
ISSN: 2470-0010
Publication date: 03.11.2023
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.108.102003 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

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title = "Tilt-to-length coupling in LISA Pathfinder: A data analysis",
abstract = "We present a study of the tilt-to-length coupling noise during the LISA Pathfinder mission and how it depended on the system's alignment. Tilt-to-length coupling noise is the unwanted coupling of angular and lateral spacecraft or test mass motion into the primary interferometric displacement readout. It was one of the major noise sources in the LISA Pathfinder mission and is likewise expected to be a primary noise source in LISA. We demonstrate here that a recently derived and published analytical model describes the dependency of the LISA Pathfinder tilt-to-length coupling noise on the alignment of the two freely falling test masses. This was verified with the data taken before and after the realignments performed in March (engineering days) and June 2016, and during a two-day experiment in February 2017 (long cross-talk experiment). The latter was performed with the explicit goal of testing the tilt-to-length coupling noise dependency on the test mass alignment. Using the analytical model, we show that all realignments performed during the mission were only partially successful and explain the reasons why. In addition to the analytical model, we computed another physical tilt-to-length coupling model via a minimizing routine making use of the long cross-talk experiment data. A similar approach could prove useful for the LISA mission.",
author = "M. Armano and H. Audley and J. Baird and P. Binetruy and M. Born and D. Bortoluzzi and E. Castelli and A. Cavalleri and A. Cesarini and A. M. Cruise and K. Danzmann and {De deus silva}, M. and I. Diepholz and G. Dixon and R. Dolesi and L. Ferraioli and V. Ferroni and E. d. Fitzsimons and M. Freschi and L. Gesa and D. Giardini and F. Gibert and R. Giusteri and C. Grimani and J. Grzymisch and I. Harrison and M-S. Hartig and G. Heinzel and M. Hewitson and D. Hollington and D. Hoyland and M. Hueller and H. Inchausp{\'e} and O. Jennrich and P. Jetzer and U. Johann and B. Johlander and N. Karnesis and B. Kaune and C. j. Killow and N. Korsakova and J. a. Lobo and J. p. L{\'o}pez-Zaragoza and R. Maarschalkerweerd and D. Mance and V. Mart{\'i}n and L. Martin-Polo and F. Martin-Porqueras and J. Martino and P. w. Mcnamara and J. Mendes and L. Mendes and N. Meshksar and M. Nofrarias and S. Paczkowski and M. Perreur-Lloyd and A. Petiteau and E. Plagnol and J. Ramos-Castro and J. Reiche and F. Rivas and D. i. Robertson and G. Russano and J. Sanjuan and J. Slutsky and C. f. Sopuerta and T. Sumner and L. Tevlin and D. Texier and J. i. Thorpe and D. Vetrugno and S. Vitale and G. Wanner and H. Ward and P. j. Wass and W. j. Weber and L. Wissel and A. Wittchen and P. Zweifel",
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