Gravitational wave detection at the Moon Workshop

Europe/Rome
EGO (Italy)

EGO

Italy

Description

CHANGE OF WORKSHOP LOCATION

For technical reasons, the workshop will held at EGO (Cascina, Italy) at the same dates.

A gravitational-wave (GW) experiment called the Lunar Surface Gravimeter (LSG) was deployed on the Moon in 1972 by the Apollo 17 crew. Its function was to observe vibrations of the Moon caused by passing GWs. The development of this experiment was led by Joseph Weber who is considered the founding father of experimental GW detection with his invention of resonant-bar GW detectors. A design flaw greatly limited the scientific scope of the LSG, and it was not possible to observe GWs (a detection would have been highly unlikely even with a working experiment). Still, the idea remains intriguing since it is well-known from Apollo seismic data that the Moon is an exceptionally quiet place providing ideal conditions for the search of GWs.

The renewed interest in lunar exploration as evidenced by NASA’s Artemis program and its commercial payload services, ESA’s commitment to the European Large Logistics Lander, and China’s Chang’e missions opens new opportunities also for ambitious lunar science missions. Gravitational-wave physics is also among the main themes of ESA's Voyage 2050 report.  Recently, three teams independently proposed lunar GW detector concepts: The Gravitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology (GLOC) the Lunar Gravitational-Wave Antenna (LGWA), and the Lunar Seismic and Gravitational Antenna (LSGA). GLOC is a laser-interferometric concept and therefore lies technologically close to the currently operating ground-based GW detectors. LGWA and LSGA exploit the response of the Moon to GWs. LGWA foresees the use of seismometers to monitor surface vibrations caused by GWs, while LSGA foresees the use of optical fibers.

The workshop will provide a forum to discuss the potential of lunar GW detectors to produce breakthrough science and for the development of revolutionary lunar and planetary exploration technologies. Its goal is to bring together supporters of the lunar GW detector concepts with leaders of the GW community, lunar exploration, and planetary science for an open discussion of technological risks and scientific opportunities. Round table discussions will be organized about possible synergies with other proposed and approved future GW detectors like Einstein Telescope, Cosmic Explorer, and LISA.

Jan Harms Karan Jani Stavros Katsanevas
GSSI Vanderbilt University EGO
    Université de Paris

 

 

Participants
  • Aaron Tohuvavohu
  • Aayush Gautam
  • Aayushi Rajgor
  • Akash Chauhan
  • Akshat Gupta
  • Alasdair Taylor
  • Alba Domi
  • Alba Romero-Rodriguez
  • Albert Kong
  • Alberto Mangiagli
  • Alberto Sesana
  • Alessandra De Rosa
  • Alessandro Bertolini
  • Alessandro Frigeri
  • Alessandro Parisi
  • Alessio Mei
  • Ana Carolina Oliveira
  • Andrea Maselli
  • Andrea Perali
  • Andrea Possenti
  • Andrea Rossi
  • Andrea Viceré
  • Andreas Haungs
  • Ankit Bhandari
  • Antonio Stamerra
  • Antonios Manousakis
  • Archisman Ghosh
  • Argyro Sasli
  • Armielyn Obinguar
  • Arnaud Pele Pele
  • Arun Muraleedharan
  • Atharva Pathak
  • Athena Chalari
  • Athena Coustenis
  • Augusto Marcelli
  • Benedetta Bruno
  • Bernard Foing
  • Bernard Kelly
  • Bihan Shen
  • Biswajit Banerjee
  • Blesson George
  • Boris Goncharov
  • Bradley Kavanagh
  • Camille Makarem
  • Chang-Hee Kim
  • Charlotte Krawczyk
  • Chinmay Gandevikar
  • Chinmay Kalaghatgi
  • Christophe Collette
  • Christopher Collins
  • Christopher Stott
  • Claudia Sciarma
  • Colleen Hartmann
  • COREY AUSTIN
  • Cristian Vignali
  • Daniela Pascucci
  • David Shoemaker
  • Davide Rozza
  • Deirdre Shoemaker
  • Delphine Porquet
  • demosthenes Kazanas
  • Dennis Wilken
  • Dhaval Shah
  • Disha Kapasi
  • domenico giardini
  • Efrain Perez-Solis
  • Elena Codazzo
  • Elena Pian
  • Eleonora Castelli
  • Eliad Shtrobach
  • Eliana Palazzi
  • Elisabetta Maiorano
  • Elvis C Ferreira
  • Enrico Bozzo
  • Enrico Cappellaro
  • Eugenio Coccia
  • Evgenia Manolidou - Chatzi
  • Federico Paoletti
  • Filippo D'Ammando
  • Flavio Travasso
  • Florentina Pislan
  • Foivos Karakostas
  • Francesca Badaracco
  • Francesca Esposito
  • Francisco Duque
  • Gabriele Cremonese
  • Gang Wang
  • Geoffrey Compère
  • George Pappas
  • Georgios Loukes Gerakopoulos
  • Giada Caneva Santoro
  • Gianangelo Bracco
  • Gianluca Di Rico
  • Gianluca Gemme
  • Gianmassimo Tasinato
  • Gina Euridike Elesztos
  • Giulia Macario
  • Giuliano Iorio
  • Giulio Ballardin
  • GOPI PATEL
  • Guenakh Mitselmakher
  • Gulzar Shaik
  • Haimant Ishan
  • Hansal Shah
  • He Wang
  • Henry Wong
  • Himangi Pandit
  • Ho Jung Paik
  • Hong-Bo Jin
  • Hsiang-Chieh Hsu
  • ilaria arosio
  • Ilia Musco
  • Irene Fiori
  • Jack Burns
  • Jack Sankey
  • Jacopo Tissino
  • Jaewan Kim
  • Jan Harms
  • Jay Patel
  • Jiageng Jiao
  • Jibo HE
  • Johan Robertsson
  • John J. Oh
  • Jonathan Carter
  • Jonathan Quirola
  • Joris van Heijningen
  • Jose Cembranos
  • Josipa Majstorovic
  • José Cembranos
  • Julio Martins
  • Jyotsna Sharma
  • Karan Jani
  • Kari Rummukainen
  • Katarina Martinovic
  • Kathleen Turner
  • Katie Rink
  • Kiranjyot Gill
  • Koji Nagano
  • Konstantinos Kokkotas
  • Kota Tomita
  • Krystal Ruiz-Rocha
  • Lalit Pathak
  • Laurentiu Caramete
  • lavinia heisenberg
  • Lea Bischof
  • Leo Tsukada
  • Lieke van son
  • Lijing Shao
  • Lina Tomasella
  • lorella angelini
  • Lorenzo Betti
  • Lorenzo Cruciani
  • Lorenzo Pizzuti
  • Lorenzo Sala
  • Luca Massaro
  • Lucia Trozzo
  • Lucile Fayon
  • Luigi Ferraioli
  • Luigi Piro
  • M Laxman
  • Mahmoud Farhadiroushan
  • Mairi Sakellariadou
  • MANAV PATEL
  • mandeep gill
  • Manoj P
  • Manuel Arca Sedda
  • Marc Andrés Carcasona
  • Marc Klein Wolt
  • Marcel ter Brake
  • Marco Dall'amico
  • Marco Muccino
  • Marco Olivieri
  • Marco Pallavicini
  • Margarita Sobolenko
  • Maria Assiduo
  • Maria Concetta Tringali
  • Maria Isfan
  • Marianna Safronova
  • Mariano Dominguez
  • Marica Branchesi
  • Marie-Sophie Hartig
  • Mark Wieczorek
  • Martin Hendry
  • Martin Sahlén
  • Martin Topinka
  • Maryam Rahmani
  • Massimiliano Razzano
  • Massimo Della Valle
  • Massimo Lenti
  • Matteo Barbetti
  • Matteo Di Giovanni
  • Matthieu Gosselin
  • Mauro Fiorini
  • Mehmet Baran Ökten
  • Michael Coughlin
  • Michael Fedderke
  • Michael Lopez
  • Michael Ryan
  • Michał Bejger
  • Michela Mapelli
  • Mihirkumar Tripathi
  • Milouni Patel
  • Mrunali Gaijan
  • Munetaka UENO
  • Nadia Biava
  • Nandini Hazra
  • Nandita Khetan
  • Neel Vadodaria
  • Neev Shah
  • Neha Babbar
  • Neha Singh
  • Nicola Borghi
  • Nikolaos Stergioulas
  • Nishant Pawar
  • Nivedita Deo
  • Nobuyuki Kanda
  • Odylio Aguiar
  • Ofek Birnholtz
  • Oliver Jennrich
  • Ornella Juliana Piccinni
  • Paola Marziani
  • Paola Severgnini
  • Paolo Bastia
  • Paolo Pani
  • Paolo Tozzi
  • Parameswaran Sreekumar
  • Parth Bambhaniya
  • Parth Patel
  • Patrice Verdier
  • Peng Peng
  • Peter Berczik
  • Peter Shawhan
  • Philippe Jousset
  • Philippe Lognonné
  • Piero Rapagnani
  • Praveen Kumar
  • Preet Baxi
  • Prisha Asher
  • Priti Gupta
  • Przemyslaw Figura
  • Radhika Gandhi
  • Raffaella Schneider
  • Rajashik Tarafder
  • Raphael Garcia
  • Ray-Kuang Lee
  • Reynald Pain
  • RICCARDO STURANI
  • Richal Abhang
  • Rishabh Chakrabarty
  • Rishabh Rai
  • Robert Fisher
  • Roberto Della Ceca
  • Roberto Passaquieti
  • Roberto Serafinelli
  • Ruggero Stanga
  • Ryan DeRosa
  • Ryosuke Sugimoto
  • Sagar Malhotra
  • Sahil Jhawar
  • Salvatore Vitale
  • Sarah Gossan
  • Sarah Shandera
  • Sarvesh Gharat
  • Sascha Rieger
  • Satoshi Tsuchida
  • SEBASTIEN DE RAUCOURT
  • Sebastien Vincent-Bonnieu
  • Seiji Kawamura
  • Sen Yang
  • Sergey Shatalin
  • Sharan Banagiri
  • Shichao Wu
  • Shirin Zaidi
  • Shivani Iyer
  • Shivanidevi Harer
  • Shobhit Ranjan
  • Shoki Iwaguchi
  • Sichun Sun
  • Silvano Tosi
  • Silvia Piranomonte
  • silvia zane
  • Simone Dell'Agnello
  • Slava Turyshev
  • Slawek Gras
  • Stavros Katsanevas
  • Stefano Benetti
  • Stefano Covino
  • Stefano Gottardo
  • Stefano Vitale
  • SUNGHO LEE
  • Surendra Nadh Somala
  • Susanne Milde
  • Szabolcs Marka
  • Taichi Kawamura
  • Taisei Kiyota
  • Takahiro Sawada
  • Tamojit Ghosh
  • Tarun Palla
  • Tarun Souradeep
  • Terra Hardwick
  • Theodore Avgitas
  • Theophanes Karydas
  • Tom Colin
  • Tomasz Bulik
  • Tomislav Andric
  • Tomohiro Ishikawa
  • Tomotada Akutsu
  • Tomoya Ohashi
  • Tsvi Piran
  • Tushar Purohit
  • Ulyana Dupletsa
  • Umberto MAIO
  • Valerio Boschi
  • vanshaj kerni
  • Venkata Krishnan A V
  • Vinay Pinjarkar
  • Vincent Poireau
  • Vlad-Andrei Basceanu
  • Vladimiro Noce
  • Wenbiao Han
  • Xian Chen
  • Xiaoyue Zhang
  • Xing Bian
  • Yi Chi Chang
  • YOGENDRA KUMAR
  • Yong Tang
  • Yong Yuan
  • Yousuke Itoh
  • Yu Zhou
  • Yu-Dai Tsai
  • Yuhang Zhao
  • Yuka Oshima
  • Yun-Long Zhang
  • Yuta Hiranuma
  • Yuta Michimura
  • Yutong He
  • Yuya Fujimoto
  • Zachary Metzler
  • Zhen Pan
  • Zhongfu Zhang
  • Zijian Wang