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List of PhD Theses related to LISA and LISA Pathfinder.

List of PhD Theses related to LISA and LISA Pathfinder

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2023

  • David Trestini (2023) “Gravitational radiation of compact binary systems in general relativity and in scalar-tensor theories”

    Sorbonne Université

  • Lea Bischof (2023) “The LISA three-backlink experiment: Ultra-stable optical bench construction and non-reciprocity investigation”

    Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Leibniz Universität Hannover

  • Lorenzo Sala (2023) “Residual test mass acceleration in LISA Pathfinder: in-depth statistical analysis and physical sources”

    University of Trento

  • Davide Dal Bosco (2023) “Torsion Pendulum Testing of the LISA Charge Management System”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

2022

  • Henry Wegener (2022) “Analysis of Tilt-to-Length Coupling in the GRACE Follow-On Laser Ranging Interferometer”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Max Rohr (2022) “Experimental investigation of fiber dynamics for the LISA backlink”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Oliver Long (2022) “Self-force in hyperbolic black hole encounters”

    University of Southampton

  • Simone Bavera (2022) “Unraveling the Origins of Stellar Mass Black Hole Mergers”

    University of Geneva

  • Michael O’Boyle (2022) Time-symmetric integration of partial differential equations with applications to black hole physics

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Elisa Maggio (2022) Probing new physics on the horizon of black holes with gravitational waves

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

  • Soham Kulkarni (2022) Technology Development for Ground Verification of Dimensional Stability of the LISA Telescope

    University of Florida

  • Samuel Cupp (2022) From Equal-mass to Extreme-mass-ratio Binary Inspirals: Simulation Tools for Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

    University of Florida

  • Benjamin C Letson (2022) Assessment and Enhancement of DUV LED Reliability for Long Duration Space Missions

    University of Florida

  • Philip Lynch (2022) Efficient trajectory calculations for extreme mass-ratio inspirals using near-identity (averaging) transformations

    University College Dublin

  • Marie-Sophie Hartig (2022) “Tilt-to-Length Coupling in LISA Pathfinder: Model, Data Analysis and Take-Away Messages for LISA” 

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Quang Nam Dam (2022) Simulation and associated data analysis for realistic LISA configuration

    Laboratoire Astroparticules et Cosmologie – Université Paris Cité

  • Chloe Gowling (2022) Observational prospects for gravitational waves from cosmological first order phase transitions at LISA

    University of Sussex

2021

  • Guillaume Boileau (2021) Observations cosmologiques par LISA : limitations dues au bruit et aux signaux astrophysiques

    Institute: Universite Cote D’Azur

  • Andreas Wittchen (2021) “Relative Intensity Noise in the LISA Pathfinder Interferometer – Experiments on ground and in space”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Olaf Hartwig (2021) “Instrumental Modelling and Noise Reduction Algorithms for the Laser Interferometric Space Antenna”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Yongho Lee (2021) “Development of an advanced tilt actuator for tilt-to-length coupling investigations”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Martina Muratore (2021) Time Delay Interferometry for LISA science and instrument characterization

    University of Trento

  • Riccardo Buscicchio (2021) Topics in Bayesian population inference for gravitational wave astronomy

    University of Birmingham

  • Alejandro Cardenas-Avendano (2021) Experimental gravity with electromagnetic and gravitational waves

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Brigitte Kaune (2021) “In-orbit Stability Analysis of the LISA Pathfinder Optical Metrology: Photoreceivers and Polarisation”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

2020

  • Vitalii Khodnevych (2020) Scattered light studies for the LISA optical metrology system

    Institute: Universite Cote D’Azur

  • Sarah Paczkowski (2020) “Laser Frequency Stabilisation and Interferometer Path Length Differences during the LISA Pathfinder Satellite Mission”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Eleonora Castelli (2020) LISA Pathfinder noise performance results: disturbances in the sub-mHz frequency band and projection to LISA

    University of Trento

  • Alexander Koch (2020) “Link Acquisition and Optimization for Intersatellite Laser Interferometry”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

2019

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2018

  • Valeriya Korol (2018) Exploring future multi-messenger Galactic astronomy

    Institute: Leiden University

  • Thomas Schwarze (2018) Phase extraction for laser interferometry in space: phase readout schemes and optical testing

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Katharina Isleif (2018) Laser interferometry for LISA and satellite geodesy missions

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Nils Brause (2018) Auxiliary function development for the LISA metrology system

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Paco Giudice (2018) Time-domain metric reconstruction for self-force applications

    Institute: University of Southampton

  • Maria Chiara Guzzetti (2018) Observables from inflation: gravitational waves and magnetic fields

    Institute: University of Padova

  • Thomas Schwarze (2018) “Phase extraction for laser interferometry in space: phase readout schemes and optical testing”

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

2017

  • Roberta Giusterri (2017) Parabolic flights in pico-g for space-based gravitational wave observatory: the free-fall experiment on LISA Pathfinder

    Institute: University of Trento

  • Jeremy Miller (2017) The second-order gravitational self-force

    Institute: University of Southampton

  • Alvin Chua (2017) Topics in gravitational-wave astronomy

    Institute: University of Cambridge

  • Thomas Weavers (2017) Searching for quiescent black holes

    Institute: Radbound University

  • Yann Bouffanais (2017) Bayesian inference for compact binary sources of gravitational waves

    Institute: Astroparticule et Cosmologie – Université Paris Diderot

  • German Fernandez Barranco (2017) Photodetection in intersatellite laser interferometers

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Vitali Mueller (2017) Design Considerations for Future Geodesy Missions and for Space Laser Interferometry

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Maike Lieser (2017) LISA  optical bench development – Experimental investigation of tilt-to-coupling for a spaceborne gravitational wave detector Maike Lieser (2017)

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Sonke Schuster (2017) Tilt-to-length coupling and diffraction aspects in satellite interferometry

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

2016

  • Michele Leighton (2016) A principal component approach to space-based gravitational wave astronomy

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Christopher More (2016) Gravitational-waves: understanding black holes

    Institute: University of Cambridge

  • Davide Gerosa (2016) Source modelling at the dawn of gravitational-wave astronomy

    Institute: University of Cambridge

  • Giuseppe D’Ambrosi (2016) Dynamics of Extreme-Mass-Ratio binaries

    Institute: University of Amsterdam

  • Chris Kavanagh (2016) High-order asymptotic expansions for extreme mass ratio binaries

    Institute: University College Dublin

  • Uchupol Ruangsri (2016) Effects of Resonances and Spin-Curvature Coupling in Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals

    Institute: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Satish Kumar Saravanan (2016) Spin Dynamics in Genral Relativity

    Institute: Leiden University

  • Daniel D’Orazio (2016) Predicting Electromagnetic Signatures of Gravitational Wave SourcesDaniel D’Orazio (2016)

    Institute: Columbia University

  • Mauro Pieroni (2016) Classification of inflationary models and constraints on fundamental physics

    Institute: Astroparticule et Cosmologie – Université Paris Diderot

  • Markus Otto (2016) Time-Delay Interferometry Simulations for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

    Institute: Albert Einstein Institute & University of Hannover

  • Mauro Pieroni (2016) Classification of inflationary models and constraints on fundamental physics

    Astroparticule et Cosmologie – Université Paris Diderot