Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna
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Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna. / Harms, Jan; Ambrosino, Filippo; Angelini, Lorella; Braito, Valentina; Branchesi, Marica; Brocato, Enzo; Cappellaro, Enrico; Coccia, Eugenio; Coughlin, Michael; Ceca, Roberto Della; Valle, Massimo Della; Dionisio, Cesare; Federico, Costanzo; Formisano, Michelangelo; Frigeri, Alessandro; Grado, Aniello; Izzo, Luca; Marcelli, Augusto; Maselli, Andrea; Olivieri, Marco; Pernechele, Claudio; Possenti, Andrea; Ronchini, Samuele; Serafinelli, Roberto; Severgnini, Paola; Agostini, Maila; Badaracco, Francesca; Bertolini, Alessandro; Betti, Lorenzo; Civitani, Marta Maria; Collette, Christophe; Covino, Stefano; Dall'Osso, Simone; D'Avanzo, Paolo; DeSalvo, Riccardo; Giovanni, Matteo Di; Focardi, Mauro; Giunchi, Carlo; Heijningen, Joris van; Khetan, Nandita; Melini, Daniele; Mitri, Giuseppe; Mow-Lowry, Conor; Naponiello, Luca; Noce, Vladimiro; Oganesyan, Gor; Pace, Emanuele; Paik, Ho Jung; Pajewski, Alessandro; Palazzi, Eliana; Pallavicini, Marco; Pareschi, Giovanni; Pozzobon, Riccardo; Sharma, Ashish; Spada, Giorgio; Stanga, Ruggero; Tagliaferri, Gianpiero; Votta, Raffaele.
In: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 910, No. 1, 1, 03.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna
AU - Harms, Jan
AU - Ambrosino, Filippo
AU - Angelini, Lorella
AU - Braito, Valentina
AU - Branchesi, Marica
AU - Brocato, Enzo
AU - Cappellaro, Enrico
AU - Coccia, Eugenio
AU - Coughlin, Michael
AU - Ceca, Roberto Della
AU - Valle, Massimo Della
AU - Dionisio, Cesare
AU - Federico, Costanzo
AU - Formisano, Michelangelo
AU - Frigeri, Alessandro
AU - Grado, Aniello
AU - Izzo, Luca
AU - Marcelli, Augusto
AU - Maselli, Andrea
AU - Olivieri, Marco
AU - Pernechele, Claudio
AU - Possenti, Andrea
AU - Ronchini, Samuele
AU - Serafinelli, Roberto
AU - Severgnini, Paola
AU - Agostini, Maila
AU - Badaracco, Francesca
AU - Bertolini, Alessandro
AU - Betti, Lorenzo
AU - Civitani, Marta Maria
AU - Collette, Christophe
AU - Covino, Stefano
AU - Dall'Osso, Simone
AU - D'Avanzo, Paolo
AU - DeSalvo, Riccardo
AU - Giovanni, Matteo Di
AU - Focardi, Mauro
AU - Giunchi, Carlo
AU - Heijningen, Joris van
AU - Khetan, Nandita
AU - Melini, Daniele
AU - Mitri, Giuseppe
AU - Mow-Lowry, Conor
AU - Naponiello, Luca
AU - Noce, Vladimiro
AU - Oganesyan, Gor
AU - Pace, Emanuele
AU - Paik, Ho Jung
AU - Pajewski, Alessandro
AU - Palazzi, Eliana
AU - Pallavicini, Marco
AU - Pareschi, Giovanni
AU - Pozzobon, Riccardo
AU - Sharma, Ashish
AU - Spada, Giorgio
AU - Stanga, Ruggero
AU - Tagliaferri, Gianpiero
AU - Votta, Raffaele
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Monitoring of vibrational eigenmodes of an elastic body excited by gravitational waves was one of the first concepts proposed for the detection of gravitational waves. At laboratory scale, these experiments became known as resonant bar detectors first developed by Joseph Weber in the 1960s. Due to the dimensions of these bars, the targeted signal frequencies were in the kHz range. Weber also pointed out that monitoring of vibrations of Earth or the Moon could reveal gravitational waves in the mHz band. His Lunar Surface Gravimeter experiment deployed on the Moon by the Apollo 17 crew had a technical failure, which greatly reduced the science scope of the experiment. In this article, we revisit the idea and propose a Lunar Gravitational-Wave Antenna (LGWA). We find that LGWA could become an important partner observatory for joint observations with the space-borne, laser-interferometric detector LISA and at the same time contribute an independent science case due to LGWA's unique features. Technical challenges need to be overcome for the deployment of the experiment, and development of inertial vibration sensor technology lays out a future path for this exciting detector concept.
AB - Monitoring of vibrational eigenmodes of an elastic body excited by gravitational waves was one of the first concepts proposed for the detection of gravitational waves. At laboratory scale, these experiments became known as resonant bar detectors first developed by Joseph Weber in the 1960s. Due to the dimensions of these bars, the targeted signal frequencies were in the kHz range. Weber also pointed out that monitoring of vibrations of Earth or the Moon could reveal gravitational waves in the mHz band. His Lunar Surface Gravimeter experiment deployed on the Moon by the Apollo 17 crew had a technical failure, which greatly reduced the science scope of the experiment. In this article, we revisit the idea and propose a Lunar Gravitational-Wave Antenna (LGWA). We find that LGWA could become an important partner observatory for joint observations with the space-borne, laser-interferometric detector LISA and at the same time contribute an independent science case due to LGWA's unique features. Technical challenges need to be overcome for the deployment of the experiment, and development of inertial vibration sensor technology lays out a future path for this exciting detector concept.
KW - Gravitational waves
KW - Lunar science
U2 - 10.3847/1538-4357/abe5a7
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/abe5a7
M3 - Journal article
VL - 910
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
SN - 0004-637X
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -
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