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.
Site selection for the Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna (LILA)
Vanderbilt University（范德堡大学）；Lunar Resources, Inc.（月球资源有限公司）；University of Texas Rio Grande Valley（得克萨斯大学里奥格兰德河谷分校）；Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS（巴黎西岱大学，巴黎地球物理研究所，法国国家科学研究中心）；California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）；Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室）
Seismic background mitigation with the Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna
Peking University（北京大学）；Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University（北京大学卡尔弗天体物理研究所）；Gran Sasso Science Institute（格兰萨索科学研究所）；INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso（意大利国家核物理研究所，格兰萨索国家实验室）
Observing Double White Dwarfs with the Lunar GW Antenna
Università di Padova（帕多瓦大学）；Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)（格兰萨索科学研究所）；INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso（意大利国家核物理研究所，格兰萨索国家实验室）；INFN, Sezione di Padova（意大利国家核物理研究所，帕多瓦分部）
