Discrete derivative estimation in LISA Pathfinder data reduction

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/9/094013zbMATH Open1165.83306arXiv0903.0324OpenAlexW3103457684MaRDI QIDQ3629352FDOQ3629352

Authors: Luigi Ferraioli, M. Hueller, S. Vitale 

Publication date: 27 May 2009

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Data analysis for the LISA Technology package (LTP) experiment to be flown aboard the LISA Pathfinder mission requires the solution of the system dynamics for the calculation of the force acting on the test masses (TMs) starting from interferometer position data. The need for a solution to this problem has prompted us to implement a discrete time domain derivative estimator suited for the LTP experiment requirements. We first report on the mathematical procedures for the definition of two methods; the first based on a parabolic fit approximation and the second based on a Taylor series expansion. These two methods are then generalized and incorporated in a more general class of five point discrete derivative estimators. The same procedure employed for the second derivative can be applied to the estimation of the first derivative and of a data smoother allowing defining a class of simple five points estimators for both. The performances of three particular realization of the five point second derivative estimator are analyzed with simulated noisy data. This analysis pointed out that those estimators introducing large amount of high frequency noise can determine systematic errors in the estimation of low frequencies noise levels.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0324

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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• Space-borne gravitational wave observatories
• Theory and modelling of the magnetic field measurement in LISA pathfinder

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