TY - JOUR
T1 - Lunar Gravitational-Wave Detection
AU - Branchesi, Marica
AU - Falanga, Maurizio
AU - Harms, Jan
AU - Jani, Karan
AU - Katsanevas, Stavros
AU - Lognonné, Philippe
AU - Badaracco, Francesca
AU - Cacciapuoti, Luigi
AU - Cappellaro, Enrico
AU - Dell’Agnello, Simone
AU - de Raucourt, Sébastien
AU - Frigeri, Alessandro
AU - Giardini, Domenico
AU - Jennrich, Oliver
AU - Kawamura, Taichi
AU - Korol, Valeriya
AU - Landrø, Martin
AU - Majstorović, Josipa
AU - Marmat, Piyush
AU - Mazzali, Paolo
AU - Muccino, Marco
AU - Patat, Ferdinando
AU - Pian, Elena
AU - Piran, Tsvi
AU - Rosat, Severine
AU - Rowan, Sheila
AU - Stähler, Simon
AU - Tissino, Jacopo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - A new era of lunar exploration has begun bringing immense opportunities for science as well. It has been proposed to deploy a new generation of observatories on the lunar surface for deep studies of our Universe. This includes radio antennas, which would be protected on the far side of the Moon from terrestrial radio interference, and gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, which would profit from the extremely low level of seismic disturbances on the Moon. In recent years, novel concepts have been proposed for lunar GW detectors based on long-baseline laser interferometry or on compact sensors measuring the lunar surface vibrations caused by GWs. In this article, we review the concepts and science opportunities for such instruments on the Moon. In addition to promising breakthrough discoveries in astrophysics and cosmology, lunar GW detectors would also be formidable probes of the lunar internal structure and improve our understanding of the lunar geophysical environment.
AB - A new era of lunar exploration has begun bringing immense opportunities for science as well. It has been proposed to deploy a new generation of observatories on the lunar surface for deep studies of our Universe. This includes radio antennas, which would be protected on the far side of the Moon from terrestrial radio interference, and gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, which would profit from the extremely low level of seismic disturbances on the Moon. In recent years, novel concepts have been proposed for lunar GW detectors based on long-baseline laser interferometry or on compact sensors measuring the lunar surface vibrations caused by GWs. In this article, we review the concepts and science opportunities for such instruments on the Moon. In addition to promising breakthrough discoveries in astrophysics and cosmology, lunar GW detectors would also be formidable probes of the lunar internal structure and improve our understanding of the lunar geophysical environment.
KW - Gravitational waves
KW - Laser interferometry
KW - Lunar science
KW - Seismometers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85174534163&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11214-023-01015-4
DO - 10.1007/s11214-023-01015-4
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AN - SCOPUS:85174534163
SN - 0038-6308
VL - 219
JO - Space Science Reviews
JF - Space Science Reviews
IS - 8
M1 - 67
ER -