激光干涉空间天线:激光干涉空间天线(Laser Interferometer Space Antenna,LISA)是一个由美国国家航空航天局(NASA)和欧洲空间局(ESA)合作的引力波探测计划,由于募款问题,美国国家航空航天局于2011年宣布终止合作关系。欧洲空间局因此修改任务概念,于2013年宣布改名为演化激光干涉空间天线(Evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna,eLISA),目前仍在设计阶段,计划于2034年投入运行,这将是人类第一座空间中的引力波天文台。
abstract:The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a proposed space mission concept designed to detect and accurately measure gravitational waves from astronomical sources. It is currently a collaboration of the self-funded and independent eLISA consortium; a proof-of-concept mission, LISA Pathfinder, designed to demonstrate the technology necessary for a successful full mission is due for launch in 2015.
So Stojkovic and Mureika have reasoned that the LaserInterferometerSpaceAntenna (LISA), a planned international gravitational observatory, should not detect any gravitational waves emanating from the lower-dimensional epochs of the early universe.