SensaLisa 0.1.0

SensaLisa is a lightweight, user-friendly Python toolkit for generating and visualizing sensitivity curves for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).

Designed for both gravitational-wave researchers and students, SensaLisa provides an intuitive interface for computing detector sensitivity without requiring extensive setup or familiarity with the underlying implementation.

Features

• Generate LISA sensitivity curves with minimal code.
• Fast and lightweight implementation.
• Simple, intuitive API designed for research workflows.
• Publication-quality plots with customizable visualization.
• Modular design for easy integration into existing analysis pipelines.
• Suitable for education, rapid prototyping, and scientific research.

Why SensaLisa?

Many sensitivity curve implementations are embedded inside larger software packages or require unnecessary setup for simple analyses.

SensaLisa focuses on one objective:

Making LISA sensitivity calculations simple, transparent, and accessible.

Whether you are exploring detector performance, testing waveform models, or preparing figures for a publication, SensaLisa allows you to generate sensitivity curves in just a few lines of code.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/BHUVANAKASHI/SensaLisa.git

cd SensaLisa

pip install -r requirements.txt

or install directly from source

pip install .

Quick Start

from sensalisa import ...

# Example code here

Generate a LISA sensitivity curve with only a few commands.

Applications

SensaLisa can be used for

• LISA sensitivity studies
• Signal-to-noise ratio calculations
• Gravitational-wave data analysis
• Detector performance visualization
• Research and teaching

Citation

If SensaLisa contributes to your research, please cite the repository and any accompanying publication.

@software{SensaLisa,
  author = {Bhuvaneshwari Kashi},
  title  = {SensaLisa: A User-Friendly Toolkit for LISA Sensitivity Curves},
  year   = {2025},
  url    = {https://github.com/BHUVANAKASHI/SensaLisa}
}

Contributing

Contributions, feature requests, and bug reports are welcome.

Please open an Issue or submit a Pull Request.

Acknowledgements

SensaLisa is inspired by and partially adapts components from the LISA_Sensitivity toolkit developed by the eXtreme Gravity Institute. We gratefully acknowledge the original authors for their implementation of the LISA sensitivity model and their contribution to the gravitational-wave community.

SensaLisa extends this foundation by providing a streamlined, user-friendly interface, simplified workflows, and enhanced visualisation tools for generating and exploring LISA sensitivity curves.

License

This project is released under the MIT License.

References

This project builds upon the following work:

• Robson, T., Cornish, N. J., & Liu, C. (2019). The construction and use of LISA sensitivity curves. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 36(10), 105011.
• LISA_Sensitivity Toolkit: https://github.com/eXtremeGravityInstitute/LISA_Sensitivity