The paper in this volume by Hong et al.[1]describing a new survey of the radio frequency spectral line of hydrogen,that astronomers call the HI line,shows some dramatic images of the Milky Way galaxy.The Five-hundred-...The paper in this volume by Hong et al.[1]describing a new survey of the radio frequency spectral line of hydrogen,that astronomers call the HI line,shows some dramatic images of the Milky Way galaxy.The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope,FAST,has done this survey as part of the Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot(GPPS)Survey[2].展开更多
The FAST radio telescope has significantly better sensitivity than any other current radio telescope.Consequently,FAST has discovered over a thousand new pulsars in sky regions already searched for 50 yr.The Galactic ...The FAST radio telescope has significantly better sensitivity than any other current radio telescope.Consequently,FAST has discovered over a thousand new pulsars in sky regions already searched for 50 yr.The Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot(GPPS)survey found three-quarters of these new pulsars.The article by Han et al.(2025)details the latest batch of 473 discoveries,bringing the total to 751.展开更多
文摘The paper in this volume by Hong et al.[1]describing a new survey of the radio frequency spectral line of hydrogen,that astronomers call the HI line,shows some dramatic images of the Milky Way galaxy.The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope,FAST,has done this survey as part of the Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot(GPPS)Survey[2].
文摘The FAST radio telescope has significantly better sensitivity than any other current radio telescope.Consequently,FAST has discovered over a thousand new pulsars in sky regions already searched for 50 yr.The Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot(GPPS)survey found three-quarters of these new pulsars.The article by Han et al.(2025)details the latest batch of 473 discoveries,bringing the total to 751.
