Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, due to launch mid-2035, is a large class space mission by the European Space Agency (ESA). In partnership with NASA and ESA-member states, ESA is on track to launch what is expected to be the first space-based gravitational wave detector. By hosting detectors in space, one gains access to a lower frequency band of gravitational wave sources and, with them, a plethora of new science. To maximise this scientific gain, ESA and NASA selected 20 scientists for the LISA Science Team to carry out and/or lead the necessary actions leading up to LISA's launch. We give a short overview and update of the LISA mission, its science objectives and related waveforms, as well as the work of the LISA Science Team as of April 2026.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Heffernan, Anna, Caprini, Chiara, Cornish, Neil, Gair, Jonathan, Grimani, Catia, Haiman, Zoltan, Kara, Erin, Karnesis, Nikos, Korol, Valeriya, Lamberts, Astrid, Lützgendorf, Nora, Müller, Guido, Nelemans, Gijs, Petiteau, Antoine, Rossi, Elena Maria, Sesana, Alberto, Key, Joey Shapiro, Shoemaker, Deirdre, Smith, Krista Lynne, Taylor, Stephen R., Vecchio, Alberto, Weber, William Joseph
Institutions: Universitat de les Illes Balears, University of Geneva, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Montana State University, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, University of Urbino, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Côte d'Azur, Astrophysique Relativiste, Théories, Expériences, Métrologie, Instrumentation, Signaux, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Paris-Saclay, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers, Leiden University, Leiden Observatory, University of Washington Bothell, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Vanderbilt University, University of Birmingham, University of Trento, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics And Applications
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Vanderbilt University, European Commission, National University of Singapore, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, European Regional Development Fund, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Division of Mathematical Sciences, European Social Fund
Awards: CAREER: Unveiling the Nanohertz GW Discovery Landscape by Broadening Participation In Multi-Messenger Astrophysics, NRT-WoU: Establishing Multimessenger Astronomy Inclusive Training (EMIT), G1609255170, G2173752762, G2371472412, WoU-MMA: Mapping the host galaxies of low-frequency gravitational-wave sources, G3480869486, G3538861536, G3873161685, G4401730768, G4437444890, G5167946042, G5698484148, G6033112984, G6671297155, G675437911, G7084143925, G7167251299, G7222587828, G7255375367, G7429010328, G7550922178, G7799207878, G8003189758, Compact Objects and Gravitational Radiation
OpenAlex ID: W7125524611
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