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MICROSCOPE instrument description and validation

Description et validation de l'instrument de MICROSCOPE

Gilles Métris
Alain Robert
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Résumé

This paper focuses on the dedicated accelerometers developed for the MICROSCOPE mission taking into account the specific range of acceleration to be measured on board the satellite. Considering one micro-g and even less as the full range of the instrument with an objective of one femto-g resolution, that leads to a customized concept and a high-performance electronics for the sensing and servo-actuations of the accelerometer test-masses. This range and performance directed the payload development plan. In addition to a very accurate geometrical sensor core, a high performance electronics architecture provides the measurement of the weak electrostatic forces and torques applied to the test-masses. A set of capacitive detectors delivers the position and the attitude of the test-mass with respect to a very steady gold-coated cage made in silica. The voltages applied on the electrodes surrounding each test-mass are finely controlled to generate the adequate electrical field and so the electrostatic pressures on the test-mass. This field maintains the test-mass motionless with respect to the instrument structure. Digital control laws are implemented in order to enable instrument operation flexibility and a weak position detector noise. These electronics provide both the scientific data for MICROSCOPE’s test of the weak equivalence principle and the input for the satellite drag-free and attitude control system.

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hal-03143664 , version 1 (16-02-2021)

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Françoise Liorzou, Pierre Touboul, Manuel Rodrigues, Gilles Métris, Yves André, et al.. MICROSCOPE instrument description and validation. Class.Quant.Grav., 2022, 39 (20), pp.204002. ⟨10.1088/1361-6382/ac1619⟩. ⟨hal-03143664⟩
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