LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA: Second International LISA Symposium on the Detection and Observation of Gravitational Waves in Space

William M. Folkner, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA, Pasadena, CA, USA

Conference Location and Date: Caltech, Pasadena, CA, 6-9 July 1998

Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published ; ISBN 1563968487, One Volume, Print; pages;

Readership: Astrophysicists; engineers, technologists and designers of space-based observatories

The Second International LISA Symposium, held in Pasadena, California in July 1998, addressed the field of space detection of gravitational waves. The symposium covered research into astrophysical sources of low-frequency gravitational waves, the technological and engineering issues associated with a space-based detection of gravitational waves, and the relationship to ground-based detectors in operation and under construction. Papers included in this volume include new estimates of the characteristics and numbers of sources of low-frequency gravitational radiation, including that associated with massive black holes, for which evidence is rapidly accumulating; estimates of the ability of a space-based gravitational wave detector to measure the properties of astrophysical sources; a refined mission design and engineering studies associated with the LISA project; technology advances needed to enable space-based gravitational wave detection; and an update on the status of ground-based gravitational wave detectors, many of which are rapidly nearing completion. These advances led to an enthusiastic meeting with very good prospects for the successful development and exciting discoveries from a space-based gravitational wave mission within the next decade.

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