Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 424-434.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2015.06.005

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Progress and outlook of FAST

LI Huixian①②,  NAN Rendong①②   

  1. ①National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; ②Key Laboratory for Radio Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
  • Received:2015-05-14 Online:2015-12-25 Published:2015-12-22

Abstract:  Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is a Chinese mega-science project to build the largest single dish radio telescope in the world. FAST will enable astronomers to jump-start many science goals, for example, surveying the neutral hydrogen in the Milky Way and other galaxies, detecting faint pulsars, hearing the possible signals from other civilizations, etc. The  construction content and scienti?c objectives of FAST are overviewed as well as the latest progress and prospects.

Key words:  , radio astronomy, single-dish radio telescope, FAST