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Revisiting time delay interferometry for unequal-arm LISA and TAIJI

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Three spacecraft of LISA/TAIJI mission follow their respective geodesic trajectories, and their interferometric arms are unequal and time-varying due to orbital dynamics. Time-delay interferometry (TDI) is proposed to suppress the laser frequency noise caused by the unequal-arm. By employing the numerical orbit, we investigate the sensitivity of the first-generation TDI configurations and their corresponding optimal A, E, and T channels. The sensitivities of T channels from Michelson and Monitor/Beacon configurations diverge from the equal-arm case in frequencies lower than 10 mHz, and their performances vary with the inequality of the arm lengths. The mismatches of the laser beam paths are evaluated in a dynamic case, and the residual laser noise in the first-generation TDI could not satisfy the mission requirement.

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gr-qc 2

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2026 2

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Signal-to-Noise Ratio Contours for LISA

gr-qc · 2026-07-09 · accept · novelty 6.0

LISA auto-correlation SNR equals the square root of T_obs times the integral of (signal/(noise+signal))^2 and is therefore bounded by sqrt(T_obs(f_max-f_min)).

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  • Signal-to-Noise Ratio Contours for LISA gr-qc · 2026-07-09 · accept · none · ref 18 · internal anchor

    LISA auto-correlation SNR equals the square root of T_obs times the integral of (signal/(noise+signal))^2 and is therefore bounded by sqrt(T_obs(f_max-f_min)).

  • Construction of Sensitivity Curves for Dynamic LISA and Taiji gr-qc · 2026-06-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 22

    Dynamic LISA/Taiji sensitivity curves exhibit 20% low-frequency variation and 70% directional source-count variation relative to static models, with quadrant patterns at low frequencies.