Stage A lunar sensor network for gravitational was and geoscientific studies

This stage, will be concentrated on the scientific potential and the technical possibilities of a distributed network on the lunar surface, in order to a) detect Gravitational Waves (GW) b) perform a detailed seismological study of the moon, including the precise determination of its inner structure, c) eventually detect acoustically High Energy Cosmic rays impacting on the moon surface. This study will be in in the context of the working group formed around the reply to the call by ESA, co-authored by the two proposers, on an ESA moon lander mission in the next decade, as well similar NASA efforts. It is a stage interdisciplinary in character, since it will touch upon issues of Geoscience as well as Astroparticle Physics and in particular Gravitational Waves.  The Master project will focus on the estimation of the amplitude of the GW and acoustic signals of HE Cosmic rays and on the amplitude of the Lunar micro-seismic background noise, the later with Apollo seismic data. This will allow better assessment of the SNR and therefore of the measurement strategy.
The candidate will pass half of hers(his) time to the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) home of the Virgo GW antenna and the other half at the IPGP. The two proposers are S. Katsanevas, professor at Université de Paris, director of EGO and Philippe Lognonné, professor at University of Paris, Principal Investigator of the InSight SEIS instrument. The stage could be continued to a thesis.
 
 

Responsable: 

Stavros Katsanevas and Philippe Lognonne

Services/Groupes: 

Année: 

2021

Formations: 

Stage

Niveau demandé: 

M2

Email du responsable: