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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 38: Precision measurements and metrology III

Q 38.1: Group Report

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 14:00–14:30, E 001

Status of the LISA mission — •Gerhard Heinzel — Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut) Hannover

LISA is a planned gravitational wave detector in space, under intensive study since more than a decade. Recent changes in the programmatic situation at NASA and ESA have required a redefinition of the mission, to save cost. This talk give an overview of the new mission design and its current status.