LISA Science Group (LSG)
Access: Full members
Contact: lsg-chairs[at]lisamission.org
Governance:
- lead: Jonathan Gair
- deputy: Elena Maria Rossi
- deputy: Michele Vallisneri
Purpose
The LISA Science Group is the body tasked with implementing the scientific vision of the consortium. In particular, the group will ensure the development needed to allow the consortium to deliver on its promised science goals and products. The group will provide the forum where the work and ideas of the science working groups (Astrophysics, Fundamental Physics and Cosmology) is brought together and implemented and tracked as projects.
Responsibilities
The charge of the LSG is to:
- Aid in the definition of the Consortium’s key science questions;
- Ensure key science questions will be answered;
- Manage the work packages needed to deliver the science of the Consortium;
- Manage the high-priority, urgent science questions arising from the daily development of the project;
- Manage the interface between the pipeline design and pipeline implementation;
- Initiate and coordinate preparation of follow-up observations of GW events;
- Develop validation protocols for the consortium science deliverables.
Structure
The Groups of Work Packages are:
- Waveforms (chairs: Leor Barack, Anna Heffernan, Harald Pfeiffer)
- Data Analysis Tools (1) (chairs: Stanislav Babak, Ian Harry)
- Instrument Response Modelling
- Low-latency Pipelines (1) (chairs: Laurentiu-Ioan Caramete, Tyson Littenberg)
- Individual and global source identification codes (1)
- Source Catalogues (chairs: Curt Cutler)
- Multi-messenger/band astronomy (chairs: John Baker, Daryl Haggard, Zoltan Haiman, Astrid Lamberts, Samaya Nissanke)
- Interpretation, key science projects (chairs: Stanislav Babak, Tessa Baker, Chiara Caprini, Alberto Sesana)
(1) In strong collaboration with the LISA Data Processing Group
LINCS
Within the LSG, LINCS (LISA Internal Networking Committee for Science) is a small group within the LISA Science Group (LSG) dedicated to helping streamline information flow in the Working Groups and with the Consortium, and to make it easier to find information about resources and scientific research activities within the Consortium. Part of our goal in streamlining and easing communications within the LSG is to insure that everyone can find meaningful and rewarding ways to apply their talent and work to the LISA effort, and to insure that enough person-power is applied to essential and critical work that needs to be done in the near future as LISA accelerates toward adoption, construction, and launch.
The current members are:
- Gianluca Calcagni
- Anna Heffernan
- Shane Larson
- Jess McIver
- Gijs Nelemans
- Elena Maria Rossi
- Marta Volonteri
- David Weir
LINCS maintains the LISA User Guide FAQ, as well as some internal wiki pages (login required) which try to collate all possible sources of information about the consortium and places to seek further help and advice. They can be contacted at lsg-lincs@lisamission.org.