On August 12, the Taiji Laboratory for Gravitational Wave Universe of the Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), held a seminar on tackling the difficulties in key technologies of payloads in Hangzhou. Wang Jianyu, a member of CAS and President of HIAS, Zheng Chonghui, Executive Vice President of HIAS, Wu Yueliang, a member of CAS, Vice President of UCAS, and Director of HIAS Taiji Laboratory, and Dong Xiaolong, Deputy Director of the National Center for CAS National Space Science Center, were present. The seminar was presided over by Research Fellow Luo Ziren, Deputy Director of Taiji Laboratory.
The seminar was attended by nearly 50 representatives from 10 institutions, including the CAS National Space Science Center, UCAS, Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Institute of Mechanics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Lanzhou University, and HIAS.
In his speech, Zheng Chonghui introduced the strategic positioning, discipline layout, long-term planning, and construction progress of campus areas of HIAS. He fully affirmed the work done by the laboratory since its establishment, and hoped it will make due contributions to tackling the difficulties in key technologies based on Taiji-1 and relying on the advantages of the new organization of HIAS. Zheng Chonghui said that HIAS is confident and capable of conducting follow-up payload development for space-borne gravitational wave detection, and will continue to pay attention to and support the development of Taiji Laboratory.
After that, the heads of various orientations of the laboratory introduced the research progress in their orientation. Centering on tackling the difficulties in key technologies, the experts present summarized the key tasks in the next stage and conducted discussions on major needs for key technologies such as laser interferometers, gravitational reference sensors, micro-thrusters, and drag-free control, which are required for space-borne gravitational wave detection. They also deployed subsequent plans.
The overall goal of the Taiji Laboratory for Gravitational Wave Universe (Hangzhou) is to build a world-leading research group in the field of gravitational waves, achieve pioneering results in related fields after five to ten years of development, lead the research and development in related fields, and build a world-leading gravitational wave experimental platform.
Author | Wang Jian
Editor | Jiang Xuchen
