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The following is a list of useful links to the mission websites, to sites with LISA tools and resources, and to content that is helpful for LISA outreach.
Mission websites
The official website of the LISA Science team as well as relevant ESA/NASA mission and program websites
- LISA Science Team
- The website of the LISA science team, which coordinates LISA development. Contains information about the LIST members, LIST meetings and more.
- LISA mission homepage (ESA)
- ESA's homepage for the LISA mission. Includes fact sheets, material about the mission operation and spacecraft as well as background information about LISA science.
- NASA's "Beyond Einstein" program
- Homepage of the "Beyond Einstein" program of which LISA is part. Has links to program information, education & outreach sites and news items.
- LISA pathfinder mission (ESA)
- Mission homepage for LISA pathfinder, the satellite that is to demonstrate the key technologies to be used in the LISA mission.
Tools and resources
These are some links to websites with useful LISA tools and resources.
- Mock LISA Data Archive
- Based at Goddard Space Flight Center, aims to provide realistic simulations of the output from the LISA observatory to interested researchers developing algorithms for analyzing LISA data. Will host datasets for the upcoming Mock LISA Data Challenges.
- Sensitivity Curves for Spaceborne Gravitational Wave Observatories
- An online sensitivity curve generator which can be used to explore the average sensitivity characteristics of any equal arm observatory operating in a standard Michelson mode (US LISA Mission Science Office at JPL).
- Synthetic LISA
- A public-domain C++ package to simulate the LISA science process (by M. Vallisneri and J. Armstrong)
- The LISA simulator
- Open source software for simulating the response of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna to an arbitrary gravitational wave signal (by N. Cornish and L. Rubbo)
LISA outreach links
Websites with LISA information suitable for a general audience or the wider scientific community
- LISA - Opening a new window on the Universe (NASA)
- LISA outreach site from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Includes an introduction to gravitational waves, a description of the LISA mission, interviews with LISA scientists and much more
- LISA Overview (ESA)
- A brief description of the LISA mission and its goals, from the Space Sciences department of the European Space Agency
- The Space Place
- NASA outreach website aimed at elementary school age kids; features a LISA description, a gravitational wave crossword and interviews with LISA scientists Kip Thorne and Karsten Danzmann.
- Einstein Online
- An outreach website about Einstein's theories of relativity, including material about gravitational waves in general and LISA in particular.