TianQin

For Chinese slalom canoer, see Tian Qin.
TianQin
Organisation Sun Yat-sen University
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Telescope style gravitational-wave detector, space observatory
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TianQin (Chinese: 天琴计划) is a proposed space-borne gravitational-wave observatory (gravitational-wave detector) consisting of three spacecraft in Earth orbit. As of 2015, TianQin is in a preliminary concept stage, with a projected launch date between 2025 and 2030.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Jun Luo; et al. (2016). "TianQin: a space-borne gravitational wave detector". Classical and Quantum Gravity. 33 (3): 035010. arXiv:1512.02076Freely accessible. Bibcode:2016CQGra..33c5010L. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/33/3/035010.
  2. ↑ Jianwei Mei; Chenggang Shao; Yan Wang (2015). Fundamentals of the TianQin mission. XIIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, PFUR, Moscow, Russia, 2015-07. arXiv:1510.04754Freely accessible. proceedings not yet published as of 2015-12.
  3. ↑ Hsien-Chi Yeh. (2015). Current progress of developing inter-satellite laser interferometry for TIANQIN missions. XIIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, PFUR, Moscow, Russia, 2015-07. proceedings not yet published as of 2015-12.
  4. ↑ J. Luo; J. Mei; H.-C. Yeh; C. Shao; M.V. Sazhin; V. Milyukov. (2015). TIANQIN mission concept. XIIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, PFUR, Moscow, Russia, 2015-07. proceedings not yet published as of 2015-12.


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