Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna science

Overview

The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (LGWA) is a mission proposal to measure thanks to an array of seismometers the vibrations of the Moon caused by GWs, exploiting its seismic quietness.

Such a detector would be sensitive between a few mHz and a few Hz, thus bridging the gap between the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission and ground-based detectors. Having access to this frequency band means having access to objects in a different mass range, and potentially new sources, making it of great interest for cosmological, fundamental physics, and astrophysical studies.

How do I contribute?

I recently joined the LGWA project, contributing to the development of a “white paper” containing a vast study of both the scientific and technological prospects of this mission [13]. In particular, I have been assigned a coordination role for the cosmology section, and I am also working on the observational and multiband capabilities of this experiment.