Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs, $10^2 < m_{\rm BH}/\mathrm{M}_\odot < 10^5$) populate the poorly constrained mass range between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. Upcoming gravitational-wave facilities will play a key role in probing this population and its formation channels. In particular, IMBHs and intermediate mass-ratio inspirals involving an IMBH and a stellar-mass compact...
Understanding the formation and evolution of intermediate-mass (IMBH; $10^3 M_\odot < M_\mathrm{BH} < 10^5 M_\odot$) and supermassive black holes (SMBH; $M_\mathrm{BH} ≥ 10^5 M_\odot$) is among the hottest and most challenging open topics in astrophysics. The proposed Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (LGWA) will open a new observational window on the mergers of these systems, probing a...
LGWA will expand our observational reach and help us access new sources of GWs. At the same time, third-generation (3G) gravitational-wave (GW) detectors will usher GW science into the big-data era, with tens to hundreds of thousands of detections each year. In this talk, I will discuss the complementarity of ground-based detectors and LGWA, with a focus on the multiband observation potential...
The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (LGWA) mission aims to deploy a network of highly sensitive inertial sensors on the Moon, providing unprecedented observations in the decihertz gravitational-wave band. To successfully manage the data flow and fully exploit the scientific capabilities of the mission, a robust and distributed Science Ground Segment (SGS) must be designed from the earliest...
