KMS Of Academy of mathematics and systems sciences, CAS
Gravitational wave astronomy: the current status | |
Blair David1; Ju Li1; Zhao ChunNong1; Wen LinQing1; Chu Qi1; Fang Qi1; Cai RongGen2; Gao JiangRui3; Lin XueChun4; Liu Dong5; Wu Ling-An6; Zhu ZongHong7; Reitze, David H.8,9; Arai Koji8; Zhang Fan7,10; Flaminio Raffaele11; Zhu XingJiang1,12; Hobbs George12; Manchester, Richard N.12; Shannon, Ryan M.12,13; Baccigalupi Carlo14; Gao Wei15,16; Xu Peng15,17![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
2015-12-01 | |
Source Publication | SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY
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ISSN | 1674-7348 |
Volume | 58Issue:12Pages:41 |
Abstract | In the centenary year of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, this paper reviews the current status of gravitational wave astronomy across a spectrum which stretches from attohertz to kilohertz frequencies. Sect. 1 of this paper reviews the historical development of gravitational wave astronomy from Einstein's first prediction to our current understanding the spectrum. It is shown that detection of signals in the audio frequency spectrum can be expected very soon, and that a north-south pair of next generation detectors would provide large scientific benefits. Sect. 2 reviews the theory of gravitational waves and the principles of detection using laser interferometry. The state of the art Advanced LIGO detectors are then described. These detectors have a high chance of detecting the first events in the near future. Sect. 3 reviews the KAGRA detector currently under development in Japan, which will be the first laser interferometer detector to use cryogenic test masses. Sect. 4 of this paper reviews gravitational wave detection in the nanohertz frequency band using the technique of pulsar timing. Sect. 5 reviews the status of gravitational wave detection in the attohertz frequency band, detectable in the polarisation of the cosmic microwave background, and discusses the prospects for detection of primordial waves from the big bang. The techniques described in sects. 1-5 have already placed significant limits on the strength of gravitational wave sources. Sects. 6 and 7 review ambitious plans for future space based gravitational wave detectors in the millihertz frequency band. Sect. 6 presents a roadmap for development of space based gravitational wave detectors by China while sect. 7 discusses a key enabling technology for space interferometry known as time delay interferometry. |
Keyword | gravitational waves ground based detectors pulsar timing spaced based detectors CMB |
DOI | 10.1007/s11433-015-5748-6 |
Language | 英语 |
Funding Project | Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, China ; US National Science Foundation[PHY-0757058] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11443008] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11503003] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11305255] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11171329] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41404019] ; Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars Foundation grant ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[2015KJJCB06] ; Australian Research Council ; National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA04070400] ; National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA04077700] |
WOS Research Area | Physics |
WOS Subject | Physics, Multidisciplinary |
WOS ID | WOS:000365817400003 |
Publisher | SCIENCE PRESS |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.amss.ac.cn/handle/2S8OKBNM/21428 |
Collection | 应用数学研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Blair David |
Affiliation | 1.Univ Western Australia, Sch Phys, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Theoret Phys, State Key Lab Theoret Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 3.Shanxi Univ, Sch Phys & Elect Engn, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Semicond, Lab All Solid State Light Sources, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 5.Zhejiang Univ, Dept Opt Engn, State Key Lab Modern Opt Instrumentat, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Lab Opt Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 7.Beijing Normal Univ, Dept Astron, Gravitat Wave & Cosmol Lab, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 8.CALTECH, LIGO Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA 9.Univ Florida, Dept Phys, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA 10.Univ Virginia, Dept Phys, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA 11.Natl Astron Observ Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 1818588, Japan 12.CSIRO Astron & Space Sci, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia 13.Curtin Univ, Int Ctr Radio Astron Res, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia 14.SISSA, Astrophys Sect, I-34136 Trieste, Italy 15.Chinese Acad Sci, Acad Math & Syst Sci, Inst Appl Math, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 16.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 17.Chinese Acad Sci, Morningside Ctr Math, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 18.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Sci & Engn Comp, Acad Math & Syst Sci, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 19.Henan Univ, Dept Math, Kaifeng 475001, Peoples R China 20.Capital Normal Univ, Dept Math, Beijing 100089, Peoples R China 21.Changan Univ, Dept Geophys, Coll Geol Engn & Geomat, Xian 710054, Peoples R China 22.Leibniz Univ Hannover, QUEST Ctr Quantum Engn & Space Time Res, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 23.Max Planck Inst Gravitat Phys, Albert Einstein Inst, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 24.Beijing Aerosp Control Ctr, Aerosp Flight Dynam Lab, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China 25.Qian Xuesen Lab Launch Vehicle Technol, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China 26.Tsing Hua Univ, Dept Phys, Ctr Gravitat & Cosmol, Hsinchu 30013, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Blair David,Ju Li,Zhao ChunNong,et al. Gravitational wave astronomy: the current status[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY,2015,58(12):41. |
APA | Blair David.,Ju Li.,Zhao ChunNong.,Wen LinQing.,Chu Qi.,...&Ni Wei-Tou.(2015).Gravitational wave astronomy: the current status.SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY,58(12),41. |
MLA | Blair David,et al."Gravitational wave astronomy: the current status".SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY 58.12(2015):41. |
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