The LISA Pathfinder DMU and Radiation Monitor

P Canizares (1, 2) , M Chmeissani (3) , A Conchillo (1, 2) , M Diaz-Aguiló (2, 4) , E Garca-Berro (2, 4) , L Gesa (1, 2) , F Gibert (2) , C Grimani (5, 6) , I Lloro (1, 2) , A Lobo (1, 2) , I Mateos (1, 2) , M Nofrarias (7) , J Ramos-Castro (8) , J Sanjuán (9) , Carlos F Sopuerta (1, 2) , Hm Araújo (10) , P Wass (10)

1 ICE-CSIC - Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai [Barcelona]
2 IEEC-CSIC - Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
3 IFAE - Institut de Física d’Altes Energies [Barcelone]
4 Departament de Física Aplicada
5 MFI Department
6 INFN Florence
7 AEI - Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
8 Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica [Barcelona]
9 UF|Physics - Department of Physics [Gainesville]
10 High Energy Physics Blackett Laboratory

The LISA PathFinder DMU (Data Management Unit) flight model was formally accepted by ESA and ASD on 11 February 2010, after all hardware and software tests had been successfully completed. The diagnostics items are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2010. In this paper we review the requirements and performance of this instrumentation, specially focusing on the Radiation Monitor and the DMU, as well as the status of their programmed use during mission operations, on which work is ongoing at the time of writing.

Mots clés: LISA; LISA Pathfinder; gravitational wave detector; charge deposition; Radiation Monitor; Data Management Unit PACS numbers: 04.80.Nn; 95.55.Ym; 04.30.Nk; 07.87.+v; 07.60.Ly; 42.60.Mi

Domaines: Relativité Générale et Cosmologie Quantique [gr-qc]

P Canizares, M Chmeissani, A Conchillo, M Diaz-Aguiló, E Garca-Berro, et al.. The LISA Pathfinder DMU and Radiation Monitor. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2011, 28 (9), pp.94004. ⟨10.1088/0264-9381/28/9/094004⟩. ⟨hal-00694878⟩