Abstract:
On September 25, 2016, the 500-meter aperture spherical radio telescope FAST was inaugurated in Guizhou. From September 22 to 24, the “FAST 10th Anniversary Academic Exchange Meeting” was held in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province. The reporter learned from this academic exchange meeting that FAST has achieved a series of landmark innovations since its launch, and has achieved many achievements in engineering technology, cutting-edge science, applications and other fields.
Technological innovations in measurement and control technology methods, development of domestically produced steel wire ropes and high-performance receivers ensure the stable and efficient operation of the telescope.
A series of internationally influential scientific results have been achieved in the study of pulsars, neutral hydrogen galaxies, fast radio bursts and gravitational waves, and it has become one of the most important astronomical observation equipment in the world.
Making important progress in application fields such as cis-lunar space target detection, pulsar time reference, and asteroid defense, serving national aerospace security and major strategic needs.
So far, based on FAST observation data, scientists have published a total of 13 papers in the international academic journals "Science" and "Nature". Relevant results have been selected twice as one of the top ten scientific breakthroughs by Science, once as one of the top ten scientific discoveries by Nature, and ten times as one of the top ten scientific advances in China, and among the top ten scientific and technological progress news in China.
After ten years of hard work, the FAST team has promoted a historic leap in the field of radio astronomy in my country, completing a leap-forward development from following and catching up to leading the world.
In the future, the FAST team will continue to promote the second phase of the FAST project
, continue to consolidate and enhance my country's international leading position in the field of radio astronomy, and continue to produce more major original scientific achievements.
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