脉冲星发现40年——爱因斯坦预言引力波的验证

The 40th Anniversary of Pulsar Discovery-The Confirmation of the Einstein's Prediction on Gravitational Wave

2007年是脉冲星发现40周年,其间,诺贝尔物理学奖曾两次光顾脉冲星的发现,其原因何在？爱因斯坦关于引力波的预言是如何被验证的？脉冲星发现者的举世成就和诺贝尔奖的是非恩怨再次成为关注话题.

The historical events in the discovery of pulsar in the past 40 years is introduced,and the confirmation of the gravitational wave predicted by Einstein's general relativity is described.Furthermore,the related developments in China,such as FAST project,is mentioned also.