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The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: mission studies and science case

Title
The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: mission studies and science case
Creator
Ajith, Parameswaran; Seoane, Pau Amaro; Sedda, Manuel Arca; Arcodia, Riccardo; Badaracco, Francesca; Banerjee, Biswajit; Belgacem, Enis; Benetti, Giovanni; Benetti, Stefano; Bobrick, Alexey; Bonforte, Alessandro; Bortolas, Elisa; Braito, Valentina; Branchesi, Marica; Burrows, Adam; Cappellaro, Enrico; Ceca, Roberto Della; Chakraborty, Chandrachur; Subrahmanya, Shreevathsa Chalathadka; Coughlin, Michael W.; Covino, Stefano; Derdzinski, Andrea; Doshi, Aayushi; Falanga, Maurizio; Foffa, Stefano; Franchini, Alessia; Frigeri, Alessandro; Futaana, Yoshifumi; Gerberding, Oliver; Gill, Kiranjyot; Giovanni, Matteo Di; Giudice, Ines Francesca; Giustini, Margherita; Gler, Philipp; Harms, Jan; van Heijningen, Joris; Iacovelli, Francesco; Kavanagh, Bradley J.; Kawamura, Taichi; Kenath, Arun; Keppler, Elisabeth-Adelheid; Kobayashi, Chiaki; Komatsu, Goro; Korol, Valeriya; Krishnendu, N.V.; Kumar, Prayush; Longo, Francesco; Maggiore, Michele; Mancarella, Michele; Maselli, Andrea; Mastrobuono-Battisti, Alessandra; Mazzarini, Francesco; Melandri, Andrea; Melini, Daniele; Menina, Sabrina; Miniutti, Giovanni; Mitra, Deeshani; Mor-Fraile, Javier; Mukherjee, Suvodip; Muttoni, Niccol Olivieri, Marco; Onori, Francesca; Papa, Maria Alessandra; Patat, Ferdinando; Perali, Andrea; Piran, Tsvi; Piranomonte, Silvia; Pol, Alberto Roper; Pookkillath, Masroor C.; Prasad, R.; Prasad, Vaishak; Rosa, Alessandra De; Chowdhury, Sourav Roy; Serafinelli, Roberto; Sesana, Alberto; Severgnini, Paola; Stallone, Angela; Tissino, Jacopo; Tkal?i?, Hrvoje; Tomasella, Lina; Toscani, Martina; Vartanyan, David; Vignali, Cristian; Zaccarelli, Lucia; Zeoli, Morgane; Zuccarello, Luciano
Description
The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (LGWA) is a proposed array of next-generation inertial sensors to monitor the response of the Moon to gravitational waves (GWs). Given the size of the Moon and the expected noise produced by the lunar seismic background, the LGWA would be able to observe GWs from about 1 mHz to 1 Hz. This would make the LGWA the missing link between space-borne detectors like LISA with peak sensitivities around a few millihertz and proposed future terrestrial detectors like Einstein Telescope or Cosmic Explorer. In this article, we provide a first comprehensive analysis of the LGWA science case including its multi-messenger aspects and lunar science with LGWA data. We also describe the scientific analyses of the Moon required to plan the LGWA mission. 2025 The Author(s)
Source
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics;Volume;2025;Issue;1;Article No.;108;
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
Institute of Physics
Subject
gravitational wave detectors; gravitational waves / sources
Coverage
Ajith P., International Centre for Theoretical Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, 560089, India; Seoane P.A., Universitat Politnica de Valcia, C/Vera s/n, Valcia, Spain, Max-Planck Institut f Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany, Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Sedda M.A., Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Via Michele Iacobucci 2, L'Aquila, I-67100, Italy, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Via Giovanni Acitelli 22, Assergi, I-67100, Italy, INAF Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo, Via Mentore Maggini, s.n.c., Teramo, I-64100, Italy; Arcodia R., MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, 70 Vassar Street, MA, Cambridge, 02139, United States; Badaracco F., Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitdi Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, Genova, I-16146, Italy, INFN Sez. di Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, Genova, I-16146, Italy; Banerjee B., Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Via Michele Iacobucci 2, L'Aquila, I-67100, Italy, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Via Giovanni Acitelli 22, Assergi, I-67100, Italy; Belgacem E., Dartement de Physique Thrique, Universitde Gene, 24 quai Ansermet, Gene 4, CH-1211, Switzerland, Gravitational Wave Science Center (GWSC), Universitde Gene, Geneva, CH-1211, Switzerland; Benetti G., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia Galileo Galilei, Universitdi Padova, Vicolo dellOsservatorio 3, Padova, I-35122, Italy; Benetti S., INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, Padova, I-35122, Italy; Bobrick A., Physics department, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200002, Israel; Bonforte A., Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Catania Osservatorio Etneo Piazza Roma, Catania, 2 95125, Italy; Bortolas E., Dipartimento di Fisica G. Occhialini, Universitdegli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, Milano, I-20126, Italy, INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, Milano, I-20126, Italy, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, Padova, I-35122, Italy; Braito V., INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Brera 28, Milano, I-20121, Italy, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitdi Trento, Via Sommarive 14, Trento, I-38123, Italy; Branchesi M., Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Via Michele Iacobucci 2, L'Aquila, I-67100, Italy, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Via Giovanni Acitelli 22, Assergi, I-67100, Italy, INAF Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo, Via Mentore Maggini, s.n.c., Teramo, I-64100, Italy; Burrows A., Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 4 Ivy Lane, Princeton, 08544, NJ, United States; Cappellaro E., INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, Padova, I-35122, Italy; Ceca R.D., INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Brera 28, Milano, I-20121, Italy; Chakraborty C., Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Alevoor Road, Manipal, 576104, India; Subrahmanya S.C., Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg, 22761, Germany; Coughlin M.W., School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, 116 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, 55455, MN, United States; Covino S., INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Brera 28, Milano, I-20121, Italy; Derdzinski A., Department of Life and Physical Sciences, Fisk University, 1000 17th Avenue N., Nashville, 37208, TN, United States, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, 37235, TN, United States; Doshi A., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, United States; Falanga M., International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Hallerstrasse 6, Bern, 3012, Switzerland, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, Bern, 3012, Switzerland; 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Giudice I.F., Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini", Universitdegli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cinthia, 21, Napoli, I-80126, Italy, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Salita Moiariello 16, Naples, I-80131, Italy; Giustini M., Centro de Astrobiolog (CAB), CSIC, INTA, ESAC campus, Camino Bajo del Castillo s/n, Villanueva de la Cada, 28692, Spain; Gler P., Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, Technical University Berlin, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 104, Berlin, 10553, Germany; Harms J., Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Via Michele Iacobucci 2, L'Aquila, I-67100, Italy, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Via Giovanni Acitelli 22, Assergi, I-67100, Italy; van Heijningen J., Department of Physics and Astronomy, VU Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands, Nikhef, Science Park 105, Amsterdam, 1098 XG, Netherlands; Iacovelli F., Dartement de Physique Thrique, Universitde Gene, 24 quai Ansermet, Gene 4, CH-1211, Switzerland, Gravitational Wave Science Center (GWSC), Universitde Gene, Geneva, CH-1211, Switzerland; Kavanagh B.J., Instituto de Fica de Cantabria (IFCA, UC-CSIC), Av. de Los Castros s/n, Santander, 39005, Spain; Kawamura T., Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, UniversitParis Cit Paris, France; Kenath A., Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India; Keppler E.-A., Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitdegli Studi di Trieste, via Valerio 2, Trieste, 34127, Italy; Kobayashi C., Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom; Komatsu G., International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Universitd'Annunzio, Viale Pindaro 42, Pescara, 65127, Italy; Korol V., Max-Planck-Institut f Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Stra 1, Garching, 85748, Germany; Krishnendu N.V., International Centre for Theoretical Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, 560089, India; Kumar P., International Centre for Theoretical Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, 560089, India; Longo F., Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitdegli Studi di Trieste, via Valerio 2, Trieste, 34127, Italy, INFN, Sezione di Trieste, via Valerio 2, Trieste, 34127, Italy; Maggiore M., Dartement de Physique Thrique, Universitde Gene, 24 quai Ansermet, Gene 4, CH-1211, Switzerland, Gravitational Wave Science Center (GWSC), Universitde Gene, Geneva, CH-1211, Switzerland; Mancarella M., Dipartimento di Fisica G. 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Battisti 53, Pisa, I-56125, Italy; Melandri A., INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, via Frascati 33, Monte Porzio Catone, Roma, I-00078, Italy; Melini D., Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Roma 1, Via di Vigna Murata 605, Roma, I-00143, Italy; Menina S., SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, UniversitPSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Universit LNE, 77 Av. 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All Open Access; Green Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access
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ISSN: 14757516;
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online
Language
English
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Article

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Ajith, Parameswaran; Seoane, Pau Amaro; Sedda, Manuel Arca; Arcodia, Riccardo; Badaracco, Francesca; Banerjee, Biswajit; Belgacem, Enis; Benetti, Giovanni; Benetti, Stefano; Bobrick, Alexey; Bonforte, Alessandro; Bortolas, Elisa; Braito, Valentina; Branchesi, Marica; Burrows, Adam; Cappellaro, Enrico; Ceca, Roberto Della; Chakraborty, Chandrachur; Subrahmanya, Shreevathsa Chalathadka; Coughlin, Michael W.; Covino, Stefano; Derdzinski, Andrea; Doshi, Aayushi; Falanga, Maurizio; Foffa, Stefano; Franchini, Alessia; Frigeri, Alessandro; Futaana, Yoshifumi; Gerberding, Oliver; Gill, Kiranjyot; Giovanni, Matteo Di; Giudice, Ines Francesca; Giustini, Margherita; Gler, Philipp; Harms, Jan; van Heijningen, Joris; Iacovelli, Francesco; Kavanagh, Bradley J.; Kawamura, Taichi; Kenath, Arun; Keppler, Elisabeth-Adelheid; Kobayashi, Chiaki; Komatsu, Goro; Korol, Valeriya; Krishnendu, N.V.; Kumar, Prayush; Longo, Francesco; Maggiore, Michele; Mancarella, Michele; Maselli, Andrea; Mastrobuono-Battisti, Alessandra; Mazzarini, Francesco; Melandri, Andrea; Melini, Daniele; Menina, Sabrina; Miniutti, Giovanni; Mitra, Deeshani; Mor-Fraile, Javier; Mukherjee, Suvodip; Muttoni, Niccol Olivieri, Marco; Onori, Francesca; Papa, Maria Alessandra; Patat, Ferdinando; Perali, Andrea; Piran, Tsvi; Piranomonte, Silvia; Pol, Alberto Roper; Pookkillath, Masroor C.; Prasad, R.; Prasad, Vaishak; Rosa, Alessandra De; Chowdhury, Sourav Roy; Serafinelli, Roberto; Sesana, Alberto; Severgnini, Paola; Stallone, Angela; Tissino, Jacopo; Tkal?i?, Hrvoje; Tomasella, Lina; Toscani, Martina; Vartanyan, David; Vignali, Cristian; Zaccarelli, Lucia; Zeoli, Morgane; Zuccarello, Luciano, “The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: mission studies and science case,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 19, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/22806.

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