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Welcome to the LISC web portal
This website features news, resources, and discussion boards about LISA (the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna), a space-based gravitational-wave observatory that will allow us to detect gravitational waves from massive black-hole mergers in the centers of galaxies, from the ultra-compact binary systems in our own Galaxy, and from many other sources. A joint ESA and NASA mission, LISA will create revolutionary research opportunities in astrophysics and fundamental physics.
The LISA International Science Team (LIST) serves as the scientific coordinating body and advisory committee to ESA and NASA. The LIST maintains the LISA International Science Community (LISC) for the purpose of exchanging information about LISA with the wider science community.
Join the LISC!
If you are working on any aspect of LISA science, physics or engineering, or if you are a researcher interested in learning more about LISA, please join the LISC! How? Just go to our page Joining the LISC, take a look at what joining entails, and fill out the online form.
Joining will also allow you to participate in the LISA discussion boards; your name and institution will appear on the public list of LISC members, and should you wish to do so, you will be able to receive various LISA updates by mail.
[If you have already completed a preliminary registration (Name, E-Mail) on this website upon receiving the first issue of the LISA newsletter, you should have received by now an e-mail with instructions on completing your registration.]
We look forward to your participation in this exciting mission!
Top News
2009-01-09 | LISA at the 213th American Astronomical Society meeting
The 213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society featured many talks and posters about LISA science and technology—and the new LISA booth (including a full-scale model of a LISA spacecraft) was a highlight of the exhibit area.
2008-11-02 | Call for nominations for the 2008 GWIC Thesis Prize
Last month, we passed on the announcement of the GWIC Thesis Prize 2008. Now, the official call for nominations has gone out.
2008-10-08 | GWIC 2008 Thesis Prize announced
The Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC), a body that promotes worldwide collaboration and cooperation in the construction, operation and use of gravitational wave detectors, has announced its 2008 Thesis Prize for gravitational wave research.
2008-04-10 | Announcing the 3rd round of the Mock LISA Data Challenge!
Ready to have your LISA data analysis software measure up against the competition? Then don't miss the 3rd round of the Mock Lisa Data Challenge, which has just been announced by the Working Group on Data Analysis (LIST-WG1B) of the LISA International Science Team. Here's your chance to find massive black hole mergers, smaller black holes falling into larger ones, and even whip-lashing cosmic strings in the kinds of data set LISA is expected to yield.