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2022 , Vol. 40 >Issue 24: 72 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2022.24.008

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55 years after pulsar discovery: Future of FAST telescope

  • ZHANG Chengmin ,
  • CUI Xianghan ,
  • WANG Dehua ,
  • YANG Yiyan ,
  • ZHANG Jianwei ,
  • YU Jing ,
  • SUN Yihong ,
  • WANG Shuangqiang ,
  • WU Qingdong ,
  • PAN Yuanyue ,
  • ZHOU Shiqi ,
  • YE Changqing
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  • 1. National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
    2. School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3. CAS Key Laboratory of FAST, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
    4. School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China;
    5. School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China;
    6. Xinjiang Observatories, CAS, Urumqi 830011, China;
    7. Key Laboratory of Stars and Interstellar Medium, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China;
    8. School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China

Received date: 2022-01-02

  Revised date: 2022-07-01

  Online published: 2023-01-11

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Abstract

Pulsars discovery is one of the important milestones in human understanding of the universe. In this paper, we briefly introduce the pulsar research of recent 55 years, including the verification of gravitational waves and general relativity, the findings of millisecond pulsars, pulsar periodic jumps, pulsar radio radiation efficiency, fast radio bursts and extragalactic pulsars. we look forward to the potential of the Chinese FAST telescope for the discovery of new types of special pulsars in the future, including black hole pulsar, sub-millisecond pulsar, and new double pulsar systems, which will lead to more accurate validation of gravitational wave experiments; the fine structure of pulsar radiation is also studied by FAST with high sensitivity and high precision, and the physical mechanism of pulsar radiation will be deeply understood.

Key words： pulsar; neutron star; gravitational wave; FAST telescope

Cite this article

ZHANG Chengmin , CUI Xianghan , WANG Dehua , YANG Yiyan , ZHANG Jianwei , YU Jing , SUN Yihong , WANG Shuangqiang , WU Qingdong , PAN Yuanyue , ZHOU Shiqi , YE Changqing . 55 years after pulsar discovery: Future of FAST telescope[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2022 , 40(24) : 72 -77 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2022.24.008

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