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“Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Cosmology with LISA.” Dr. Alberto Vecchio University of Birmingham, UK |
| The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is an ESA/NASA mission to observe the universe in the gravitational wave window. LISA guarantees the detection of gravitational radiation from a few known galactic compact binary systems and is expected to study with high accuracy over 10,000 sources, ranging from galactic sub-solar mass white dwarfs to very high redshift massive black holes. It may also detect relic radiation from the early-Universe and other more exotic signals. I will discuss (some of) the mission challenges and the most pressing open issues in source modelling and data analysis. |