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.
The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: mission studies and science case / P. Ajith, P.A. Seoane, M.A. Sedda, R. Arcodia, F. Badaracco, B. Banerjee, E. Belgacem, G. Benetti, S. Benetti, A. Bobrick, A. Bonforte, E. Bortolas, V. Braito, M. Branchesi, A. Burrows, E. Cappellaro, R.D. Ceca, C. Chakraborty, S.C. Subrahmanya, M.W. Coughlin, S. Covino, A. Derdzinski, A. Doshi, M. Falanga, S. Foffa, A. Franchini, A. Frigeri, Y. Futaana, O. Gerberding, K. Gill, M.D. Giovanni, I.F. Giudice, M. Giustini, P. Glaser, J. Harms, J. van Heijningen, F. Iacovelli, B.J. Kavanagh, T. Kawamura, A. Kenath, E.-. Keppler, C. Kobayashi, G. Komatsu, V. Korol, N.V. Krishnendu, P. Kumar, F. Longo, M. Maggiore, M. Mancarella, A. Maselli, A. Mastrobuono-Battisti, F. Mazzarini, A. Melandri, D. Melini, S. Menina, G. Miniutti, D. Mitra, J. Moran-Fraile, S. Mukherjee, N. Muttoni, M. Olivieri, F. Onori, M.A. Papa, F. Patat, A. Perali, T. Piran, S. Piranomonte, A.R. Pol, M.C. Pookkillath, R. Prasad, V. Prasad, A.D. Rosa, S.R. Chowdhury, R. Serafinelli, A. Sesana, P. Severgnini, A. Stallone, J. Tissino, H. Tkalcic, L. Tomasella, M. Toscani, D. Vartanyan, C. Vignali, L. Zaccarelli, M. Zeoli, L. Zuccarello. - In: JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 1475-7516. - 2025:1(2025), pp. 108.1-108.167. [10.1088/1475-7516/2025/01/108]
The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: mission studies and science case
A. Franchini;M. Toscani;
2025
Abstract
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.
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