中国公布“太极”引力波研究计划
Chinese scientists have announced a gravitational wave research plan they're dubbing "Taiji."
中国科学家公布了一项名为“太极”的引力波研究计划。
The Chinese Academy of Sciences says their research plans will be finalized later this year.
Academy member Wu Yueliang says their research will focus on low and medium-frequency gravitational wave signals, which would be different from those which US researchers confirmed they'd found last week using their Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO.
"Gravitational waves can be categorized into three types according to their frequency bands. Low-frequency gravitational waves come from a larger variety of sources than the other two types, like the merger of binary galaxies or supermassive binary black holes and celestial body explosions. But these sources are yet to be found and this is what we are striving for."