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LISA and its pathfinder

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On astronomical scales, gravity is the engine of the Universe. The launch of LISA Pathfinder this year to prepare the technology to detect gravitational waves will help us 'listen' to the whole Universe.

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Figure 1: LISA Pathfinder.

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  • 20 August 2015

    In the Commentary 'LISA and its pathfinder' (Nature Physics 11, 613-615; 2015), in Box 1 Italy and Spain were mistakenly omitted from the list of mission team members. This error has been corrected in the online versions 20 August 2015.

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the LISA Pathfinder Team., the eLISA Consortium. LISA and its pathfinder. Nature Phys 11, 613–615 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3420

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