2024 Lunar GW Workshop

Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna Meeting

30 September–3 October, 2024 | Hôtel Le Grand Large | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France

Landscape of hills rising out of the sea. In the background sits a grand hotel.

Introduction

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Astroparticle and Astrophysics laboratory (University Paris Cité) and Vanderbilt Lunar Labs Initiative (Vanderbilt University) cordially invite the scientific community to France's stunning Belle Île en Mer for the 2024 Lunar GW Workshop dedicated to the Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna (LILA) project. 

The workshop will take place at Hôtel Le Grand Large, where experts will focus on lunar geoscience, multi-messenger astrophysics, and technology development for the LILA project. This meeting is funded by Labex UnivEarth and by Vanderbilt University.

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Accommodation

All event activities will take place at the hosting hotel, Hôtel Le Grand Large, in Belle Île en Mer. The workshop will start the evening of Monday, 30th, with a dinner. We will have 3 full days of meeting on October 1, 2, 3. Departure will be on Friday, October 4.

The cost of the Workshop participation is 1100€ for single occupation of room and 900€ for double occupancy of room and shall be paid before the meeting by bank transfer to IPGP.  An invoice will be sent after registration. This cost covers hotel, lunch, dinner, coffee breaks and the shuttle from dock to Hotel.

Due to limited capacity at the venue, the organizers would prioritize registrations of early-career scientists (postdocs, PhDs) at the meeting.

Hôtel Le Grand Large on Google Maps
A poster featuring text overlaid over a photo of a large lunar crater. The poster lists the hotel booking deadline as 3 September, and the registration and abstract submission deadlines as 14 September.

Meeting Rationale

The goal of this workshop is to mature the science case and detector development plan for the LILA mission and its pathfinder. The discussion will seek to answer the following questions:

  • What are the unique lunar science returns with LILA?
  • What are the new multi-messenger astrophysics deliverables of LILA? What are the multi-band synergies of LILA with gravitational-wave detector network on earth and in space?
  • Which critical LILA technologies we can demonstrate with the current generation of lunar landers?

This meeting is a follow up to the 2023 Lunar GW Workshop, which served as a focal point for the international teams involved in lunar exploration and gravitational-wave projects.

Agenda

  • Agenda Day-1 (Monday, September 30)
    • Recommended Boat from Quiberon to Belle-Ile-en-Mer/Port du Palais: 19:00 (arrival at 19:50)
      Shuttle departure from Port du Palais to Hotel : 20:00
      Welcome drink : 20:30
      Diner: 21:00
  • Agenda Day-2 (Tuesday, October 1)
    • Morning Session 1  : 9:00-10:30
      Coffee break: 10:30-10:45
      Morning Session 2  : 10:45-12:00
      Lunch: 12:30
      Afternoon session 1: 14:00-15:30
      Coffee break: 15:30-16:00
      Afternoon session 2: 16:00-18:00
      Diner: 19:30
  • Agenda Day-3 (Wednesday, October 2)
    • Morning Session 1  : 9:00-10:30
      Coffee break: 10:30-10:45
      Morning Session 2  : 10:45-12:00
      Lunch: 12:30
      Afternoon session 1: 14:00-15:30
      Coffee break: 15:30-16:00
      Afternoon session 2: 16:00-18:00
      Diner: 19:30
  • Agenda Day-4 (Thursday, October 3)
    • Morning Session 1  : 9:00-10:30
      Coffee break: 10:30-10:45
      Morning Session 2  : 10:45-12:00
      Lunch: 12:30
      Afternoon session 1: 14:00-15:30
      Coffee break: 15:30-16:00
      Afternoon session 2: 16:00-18:00
      Diner: 19:30
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Organizing Committees

Local Organizing Committee

  • Philippe Lognonné
    (Université Paris Cité, chair)
  • Eleonora Capocasa
    (Université Paris Cité)

Scientific Organizing Committee

  • Karan Jani
    (Vanderbilt University; co-Chair)
  • Philippe Lognonné
    (Université Paris Cité, co-Chair)
  • Eleonora Capocasa
    (Université Paris Cité; co-Chair)
  • Volker Quetschke
    (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
  • James Trippe
    (Vanderbilt Institute for Space Defense & Electronics)
  • Mark Panning 
    (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  • Stuart Bale
    (University of California, Berkeley)

Participants

  • Philippe Lognonné
  • Sreejaya Kizhaekke Pakkathillam
  • Eléonore Stutzmann
  • Severine Rosat
  • Léon Vidal
  • Eleonora Capocasa
  • Matteo Barsuglia 
  • Sébastien de Raucourt
  • Josipa Majstorovic
  • Taichi Kawamura
  • Valerio Boschi
  • Pascal Bernard
  • Sabrina Menina
  • Doyeon Kim
  • Karan Jani
  • James Trippe
  • Simone Dell’Agnello
  • Volker Quetschke
  • Abhinav Prasad

Travel Options

The most common route from Paris to Belle Île en Mer is shown below. While train and ferry tickets may be available the day of travel, it is recommended that you purchase these ahead of time. Bus tickets can be purchased on the day of travel. Hotel shuttle is complimentary, but must be reserved ahead of time.

  1. First take a train from Paris Montparnasse Station->Auray Station by TGV train.
    We recommend the direct TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) route and tickets can be purchased at Ouigo. On 30 September, the TGV schedule is:
    • Departure 12:38; Arrival 15:59 (3h21m)
  2. Second, go from Auray Station->Quiberon by Bus Line 1 or possibly reserved taxi. On 30 September, the Bus Line 1 schedule is:
    • Departure 15:50; Arrival 16:40
    • Departure 16:20; Arrival 17:30
    • Departure 17:55; Arrival 18:51

    See this PDF from the BreizhGo website for a more thorough schedule. Note that this schedule is only available in French.

  3. Third, take the ferry from Quiberon->Belle Île en Mer. Tickets can be purchased at Compagnie Océane for the following schedule:
    • Departure 17:15; Arrival 18:05
    • Departure 19:00 ; Arrival 19:50
    • Departure 20:00; Arrival 20:50
  4. Finally, take the hotel shuttle from Belle Île en Mer to Hôtel Le Grand Large. Hotel shuttle from the dock is complimentary, but must be reserved ahead of time.