LISACode: A scientific simulator of LISA
Antoine Petiteau, G. Auger, Hubert Halloin, Olivier Jeannin, E. Plagnol, S. Pireaux, T. Regimbau, Jean-Yves Vinet · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 2008
A new LISA simulator (LISACode) is presented. Its ambition is to achieve a new degree of sophistication allowing to map, as closely as possible, the impact of the different subsystems on the measurements. LISACode is not a detailed simulator at the engineering level but rather a tool whose purpose is to bridge the gap between the basic principles of LISA and a future, sophisticated end-to-end simulator. This is achieved by introducing, in a realistic manner, most of the ingredients that will influence LISA's sensitivity as well as the application of TDI combinations. Many user-defined parameters allow the code to study different configurations of LISA thus helping to finalize the definition of the detector. Another important use of LISACode is in generating time-series for data analysis developments.