China to aid gravitational wave study
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Tianqin, China鈥檚 domestic gravitational wave research project initiated by the Sun Yat-sen University in July last year, is awaiting governmental approval.
Last week, the United States-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced its discovery of gravitational waves, fulfilling predictions made a century ago by Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity.
Li Miao, dean of the university鈥檚 Institute of Astronomy and Space Science, said the US discovery had encouraged further studies into gravitational waves around the world.
The university plans to build an observatory and laboratory on Fenghuang Mountain in south China鈥檚 Guangdong, its home province.
鈥淭ianqin will likely collect more information about the phenomenon, as a larger black hole may be detected in space compared with one detected on the ground,鈥 said Chen Yanbei, a scientist with LIGO.
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