TianQin: a space-borne gravitational wave detector

被引:1577
作者
Luo, Jun [1 ]
Chen, Li-Sheng [4 ]
Duan, Hui-Zong [2 ]
Gong, Yun-Gui [2 ]
Hu, Shoucun [6 ]
Ji, Jianghui [6 ]
Liu, Qi [2 ]
Mei, Jianwei [2 ]
Milyukov, Vadim [3 ]
Sazhin, Mikhail [3 ]
Shao, Cheng-Gang [2 ]
Toth, Viktor T.
Tu, Hai-Bo [5 ]
Wang, Yamin [7 ]
Wang, Yan [2 ]
Yeh, Hsien-Chi [2 ]
Zhan, Ming-Sheng [4 ]
Zhang, Yonghe
Zharov, Vladimir [3 ]
Zhou, Ze-Bing [2 ]
机构
[1] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[2] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Phys, MOE Key Lab Fundamental Phys Quant Measurement, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China
[3] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Sternberg Astron Inst, Moscow 119992, Russia
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Wuhan Inst Phys & Math, State Key Lab Magnet Resonance & Atom & Mol Phys, Wuhan 430071, Peoples R China
[5] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geodesy & Geophys, Wuhan 430077, Peoples R China
[6] Chinese Acad Sci, Purple Mt Observ, Key Lab Planetary Sci, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[7] Shanghai Engn Ctr Microsatellites, Shanghai 201203, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
关键词
gravitational waves; spaceborne detector; laser Interferometer; MINUTE ORBITAL PERIOD; RX J0806.3+1527; PERFORMANCE; BINARY; ASTROD;
D O I
10.1088/0264-9381/33/3/035010
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
TianQin is a proposal for a space-borne detector of gravitational waves in the millihertz frequencies. The experiment relies on a constellation of three dragfree spacecraft orbiting the Earth. Inter-spacecraft laser interferometry is used to monitor the distances between the test masses. The experiment is designed to be capable of detecting a signal with high confidence from a single source of gravitational waves within a few months of observing time. We describe the preliminary mission concept for TianQin, including the candidate source and experimental designs. We present estimates for the major constituents of the experiment's error budget and discuss the project's overall feasibility. Given the current level of technological readiness, we expect TianQin to be flown in the second half of the next decade.
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