The objective of this radio science investigation is to search for low-frequency (1.E-4 to 1.E-2 Hz) gravitational waves expected to be generated by the violent collapse of stars, galactic nuclei and other astrophysical objects, and for a gravitational wave background. Doppler data to be analyzed for characteristic signatures are recorded during phases of the ISPM opposition, using the spacecraft telecommunication system and the NASA DSN. Correlative measurements with Galileo are planned.

Instrument Overview
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    Abstract.  -- Since the optimum size of a gravitational wave
    detector is the wave length, interplanetary dimensions are
    needed for the mHz band of interest.  Doppler tracking of
    Ulysses will provide the most sensitive attempt to date at the
    detection of gravitational waves in the low frequency band.
    The driving noise source is the fluctuations in the refractive
    index of interplanetary plasma.  This dictates the timing of
    the experiment to be near solar opposition and sets the target
    accuracy for the fractional frequency change at 3.0 x 10^-14
    for integration times of the order of 1000 sec.  The
    instrumentation utilized by the experiment is distributed
    between the radio systems on the spacecraft and the seven
    participating ground stations of the Deep Space Network and
    Medicina.  Preliminary analysis is available of the
    measurements taken during the Ulysses first opposition test.

extracted metadata from PDS3 catalog and
                    modified to comply with PDS4 Information Model

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EXPERIMENT for ULY

COSPIN-ANISOTROPY TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-HIGH ENERGY TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-HIGH FLUX TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-KIEL ELECTRON TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-LOW ENERGY TELESCOPE for ULY

ENERGETIC PARTICLE COMPOSITION INSTRUMENT for ULY

GAS INSTRUMENT for ULY

SOLAR X-RAY/COSMIC GAMMA-RAY BURST INSTRUMENT for ULY

HELIOSPHERIC INST-SPECTRA,COMPOSITION,ANISOTROPY AT LOW ENER for ULY

SOLAR CORONA EXPERIMENT for ULY

SOLAR WIND ION COMPOSITION SPECTROMETER for ULY

SOLAR WIND OBSERVATIONS OVER THE POLES OF THE SUN for ULY

ULYSSES DUST DETECTION SYSTEM for ULY

UNIFIED RADIO AND PLASMA WAVE EXPERIMENT for ULY

VECTOR HELIUM/FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS for ULY

INTERNATIONAL SOLAR POLAR MISSION

ULYSSES

NAIF ID 599

Jupiter

Ulysses Gravitational Wave Experiment

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