Taiji-2 project is the second step of Taiji program,which is to verify the required technology for Taiji-3 mission.The feasibility study of Taiji-2 is successfully finished,and some of the main progress is introduced ...Taiji-2 project is the second step of Taiji program,which is to verify the required technology for Taiji-3 mission.The feasibility study of Taiji-2 is successfully finished,and some of the main progress is introduced here.展开更多
The Taiji-1 satellite is a pilot satellite mission of Taiji program,which is used to verify Taiji’s key technology and also to testify the feasibility of Taiji roadmap.Taiji-1 was launched on 31 August 2019 and its d...The Taiji-1 satellite is a pilot satellite mission of Taiji program,which is used to verify Taiji’s key technology and also to testify the feasibility of Taiji roadmap.Taiji-1 was launched on 31 August 2019 and its designed mission was successfully completed.The in-orbit scientific achievements of Taiji-1 satellite in the first stage have been published and now it has entered the extended task phase.Taiji-2 will prepare all the technology needed by Taiji-3,and remove all the technical obstacles faced by Taiji-3.展开更多
China’s first satellite to conduct experiments on key technologies related to space-based gravitational wave detection,Taiji-1,has successfully completed its in-orbit tests,making a breakthrough in the country’s gra...China’s first satellite to conduct experiments on key technologies related to space-based gravitational wave detection,Taiji-1,has successfully completed its in-orbit tests,making a breakthrough in the country’s gravitational wave detection.With the success of Taiji-1’s in-orbit tests,the first goal of Chinese Academy of Science’s three-step strategy to implement the Taiji program has been successfully achieved.展开更多
With the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment {GRACE） mission as the prime example, an overview is given on the management and processing of Level IA data of a low-low satellite to satellite tracking mission. To i...With the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment {GRACE） mission as the prime example, an overview is given on the management and processing of Level IA data of a low-low satellite to satellite tracking mission. To illustrate the underlying principle and algorithm, a detailed study is made on the K-band ranging （KBR） assembly, which includes the measurement principles, modeling of noises, the generation of Level 1A data from that of Level 0 as well as Level IA to Level IB data processing.展开更多
空间引力波探测任务测量频段为0.1 m Hz-1 Hz,该频段内的波源信息非常丰富.但受限于引力波微弱的信号强度,需要惯性基准——测试质量的残余加速度噪声水平低于10^(-15)m s^(-2)/Hz^(1/2).惯性传感器作为空间引力波探测核心的载荷之一,...空间引力波探测任务测量频段为0.1 m Hz-1 Hz,该频段内的波源信息非常丰富.但受限于引力波微弱的信号强度,需要惯性基准——测试质量的残余加速度噪声水平低于10^(-15)m s^(-2)/Hz^(1/2).惯性传感器作为空间引力波探测核心的载荷之一,一方面通过一系列的功能设置和灵巧设计来屏蔽外界杂散力对测试质量的影响,另一方面与微推进器构成无拖曳控制系统,利用电容位移传感器的高精度测量以及多自由度驱动控制来维持测试质量在空间中的高精度free-fall运动,从而为激光干涉测量提供超稳惯性基准.为了满足测试质量苛刻的加速度噪声要求惯性传感器在构建过程中,会涉及多种具有不同功能的子系统和关键技术.本文从空间引力波探测背景出发,介绍空间惯性传感器的基本工作原理和设计约束,进而对惯性传感器的相关关键技术进行探讨,并在最后对惯性传感器的应用和研究进行展望.展开更多
Due to high data rates and reliability,inter-satellite laser communication has developed rapidly in these days.However,the stability of the laser beam pointing is still a key technique which needs to be solved;otherwi...Due to high data rates and reliability,inter-satellite laser communication has developed rapidly in these days.However,the stability of the laser beam pointing is still a key technique which needs to be solved;otherwise,the beam pointing jitter noise would reduce the communication quality or,even worse,would make the inter-satellite laser communication impossible.For this purpose,a bench-top of the fine beam pointing control system has been built and tested for inter-satellite laser communication.The pointing offset of more than 100rad is produced by the steering mirror.With beam pointing control system turned on,the offset could be rapidly suppressed to lower than 100 nrad in less than 0.5 s.Moreover,the pointing stability can be kept at 40 nrad for yaw motion and 62 nrad for pitch motion,when the received beam jitter is set at 20rad.展开更多
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. Se...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.展开更多
A comprehensive simulation was performed to better understand the impacts and effects of the additional technical noises on weak-light phase-locking for LISA. The result showed that the phase of the slave laser tracke...A comprehensive simulation was performed to better understand the impacts and effects of the additional technical noises on weak-light phase-locking for LISA. The result showed that the phase of the slave laser tracked well with the received transmitting light under different noise level, and the locking precision was limited by the phase readout noise when the laser frequency noise and clock jitter noise were removed. This result was then confirmed by a benchtop experimental test. The required LISA noise floor was recovered from the simulation which proved the validity of the simulation program. In order to convert the noise function into real time data with random characteristics, an algorism based on Fourier transform was also invented.展开更多
基金Supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA15021100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12147103)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘Taiji-2 project is the second step of Taiji program,which is to verify the required technology for Taiji-3 mission.The feasibility study of Taiji-2 is successfully finished,and some of the main progress is introduced here.
基金Supported by Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA15021100)。
文摘The Taiji-1 satellite is a pilot satellite mission of Taiji program,which is used to verify Taiji’s key technology and also to testify the feasibility of Taiji roadmap.Taiji-1 was launched on 31 August 2019 and its designed mission was successfully completed.The in-orbit scientific achievements of Taiji-1 satellite in the first stage have been published and now it has entered the extended task phase.Taiji-2 will prepare all the technology needed by Taiji-3,and remove all the technical obstacles faced by Taiji-3.
基金Supported by Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science(XDA15020709)。
文摘China’s first satellite to conduct experiments on key technologies related to space-based gravitational wave detection,Taiji-1,has successfully completed its in-orbit tests,making a breakthrough in the country’s gravitational wave detection.With the success of Taiji-1’s in-orbit tests,the first goal of Chinese Academy of Science’s three-step strategy to implement the Taiji program has been successfully achieved.
基金the project entitled"Advanced Gravity Measurement in Space"supported by the National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences Profs.Wenrui Hu and Houze Xu's effort to promote satellite gravity research in China motivated the feasibility study in the first placeSupport from National Natural Science Foundation of China(11305255,11171329 and 41404019)funding from State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth's Dynamics,Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(SKLGED2013-3-8-E)are acknowledged
文摘With the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment {GRACE） mission as the prime example, an overview is given on the management and processing of Level IA data of a low-low satellite to satellite tracking mission. To illustrate the underlying principle and algorithm, a detailed study is made on the K-band ranging （KBR） assembly, which includes the measurement principles, modeling of noises, the generation of Level 1A data from that of Level 0 as well as Level IA to Level IB data processing.
文摘空间引力波探测任务测量频段为0.1 m Hz-1 Hz,该频段内的波源信息非常丰富.但受限于引力波微弱的信号强度,需要惯性基准——测试质量的残余加速度噪声水平低于10^(-15)m s^(-2)/Hz^(1/2).惯性传感器作为空间引力波探测核心的载荷之一,一方面通过一系列的功能设置和灵巧设计来屏蔽外界杂散力对测试质量的影响,另一方面与微推进器构成无拖曳控制系统,利用电容位移传感器的高精度测量以及多自由度驱动控制来维持测试质量在空间中的高精度free-fall运动,从而为激光干涉测量提供超稳惯性基准.为了满足测试质量苛刻的加速度噪声要求惯性传感器在构建过程中,会涉及多种具有不同功能的子系统和关键技术.本文从空间引力波探测背景出发,介绍空间惯性传感器的基本工作原理和设计约束,进而对惯性传感器的相关关键技术进行探讨,并在最后对惯性传感器的应用和研究进行展望.
基金supported by the Space Science Research Projects in Advance(SSRPA:O930143XM1)the Scientific Equipment Development and Research Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(SEDRP:Y231411YB1)
文摘Due to high data rates and reliability,inter-satellite laser communication has developed rapidly in these days.However,the stability of the laser beam pointing is still a key technique which needs to be solved;otherwise,the beam pointing jitter noise would reduce the communication quality or,even worse,would make the inter-satellite laser communication impossible.For this purpose,a bench-top of the fine beam pointing control system has been built and tested for inter-satellite laser communication.The pointing offset of more than 100rad is produced by the steering mirror.With beam pointing control system turned on,the offset could be rapidly suppressed to lower than 100 nrad in less than 0.5 s.Moreover,the pointing stability can be kept at 40 nrad for yaw motion and 62 nrad for pitch motion,when the received beam jitter is set at 20rad.
基金supported by the US National Science Foundation(Grant No.PHY-0757058)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11443008 and 11503003)+2 种基金a Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars Foundation grant,and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2015KJJCB06)supported by the National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.XDA04070400 and XDA04077700)Partial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11305255,11171329 and 41404019)
文摘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.
基金supported by the Space Science Research Projects in Advance(Grant No.O930143XM1)the Scientific Equipment Development and Research Project(Grant No.Y231411YB1) of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘A comprehensive simulation was performed to better understand the impacts and effects of the additional technical noises on weak-light phase-locking for LISA. The result showed that the phase of the slave laser tracked well with the received transmitting light under different noise level, and the locking precision was limited by the phase readout noise when the laser frequency noise and clock jitter noise were removed. This result was then confirmed by a benchtop experimental test. The required LISA noise floor was recovered from the simulation which proved the validity of the simulation program. In order to convert the noise function into real time data with random characteristics, an algorism based on Fourier transform was also invented.
