Discrete derivative estimation in LISA Pathfinder data reduction

Details Discrete derivative estimation in LISA Pathfinder data reduction Discrete derivative estimation in LISA Pathfinder data reduction

2009-03-02

arxiv.org/abs/0903.0324v1

Class. Quantum Grav. 26 (2009) 094013

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

to be published in Class. Quantum Grav. 7th LISA Symposium special issue

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/26/9/094013

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.

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