ASTROD


ASTROD

Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity using Optical Devices

An international and interdisciplinary project in the fields of

Fundamental Physics, Solor-System Exploration and

Gravitational-Wave Astronomy in Space



Meetings


2005

Second International ASTROD Symposium

2001

First International ASTROD School and Symposium




Contents


  • Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity using Optical Devices ASTROD --- A Proposal Submitted to ESA in Response to Call for Mission Proposals for Two Flexi-Missions F2/F3, co-proposed by Annick Bec-Borsenberger, Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Mike Cruise, Angela Di Virgilio, Douglas Gouph, Mac Keiser, Alexander Kosovichev, Claus Laemmerzahl, Jun Luo, Wei-Tou Ni, Achim Peters, Etienne Samain, Philip H. Scherrer, Jow-Tsong Shy, Pierre Touboul, Kimio Tsubono, An-Ming Wu, Hsien-Chi Yeh, January 31, 2000. ........................................... 1

Concept and Progress

  • A Mission Concept to Measure Second-Order Relativistic Effect, Solar Angular Momentum and Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves, by W.-T. Ni, A.-M. Wu, and J.-T. Shy, pp.1519-1521 in Proceedings of the Seventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Stanford, California, July 23-30, 1994, (World Scientific, 1996). .................................. 31
  • Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity Using Optical Devices, by W.-T. Ni, M.C.W. Sandford, C. Veillet, A.-M. Wu, P. Fridelance, E. Samain, G. Spalding, and X. Xu, presented to 31st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Birmingham, 14-21 July, 1996 (National Tsing Hua University Preprint GP-074, July, 1996) .................................. 34
  • Progress in Mission Concept Study and Laboratory Development for the ASTROD --- Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity using Optical Devices, by W.-T. Ni, J.-T. Shy, S.-M. Tseng, X. Xu, H.-C. Yeh, W.-Y. Hsu, W.-L. Liu, S.-D. Tzeng, P. Fridelance, E. Samain, A.-M. Wu, pp.105-116 in the Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 3116: Small Spacecraft, Space Environments, and Instrumentation Technologies, ed. F. A. Allahdadi, E. K. Casani, and T. D. Maclay (SPIE, 1997) .................................. 38
  • Mini-ASTROD (Abstract), by Wei-Tou Ni, Chung-Hao Chang, and An-Ming Wu ..... 50

Orbit Design and Simulation

  • Orbit Design and Analysis for the ASTROD Mission Concept, by A.-M. Wu, X. Xu, and W.-T. Ni, Int. J. of Mod. Phys. D 9, pp. 201-214 (2000). .................................. 51
  • ASTROD Orbit Simulation and Accuracy of Relativistic Parameter Determination, by D.-W. Chiou, and W.-T. Ni, Advances in Space Research 25, 6, pp. 1259-1262 (2000). .................................. 65
  • Orbit Simulation for the Determination of Relativistic and Solar-System Parameters for the ASTROD Space Mission (Abstract), by D.-W. Chiou, and W.-T. Ni, presented to 33rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Warsaw, 16-23 July, 2000 .................................. 69

G Measurement and Asteroid Perturbations

  • ASTROD Mission Concept and Measurement of the Temporal Variation of the Gravitation Constant, by W.-T. Ni, pp. 309-320 in Proceedings of the Pacific Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, February 1-6, 1996, Seoul, Korea, ed. Y. M. Cho, C. H. Lee and S.-W. Kim (World Scientific, Singapore, 1996) ................................... 70
  • Asteroid Perturbations and Possible Determination of Asteroid Masses Through the ASTROD Space Mission, by Z.-Y. Su, A.-M. Wu, Daniel Lee, W.-T. Ni, S.-C. Lin, Planetary and Space Science 47, pp. 339-343, 1999 ................................... 82
  • Asteroid Perturbations and Mass Determination for the ASTROD Space Mission (Abstract), by Chien-Jen Tang and Wei-Tou Ni, presented to 33rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Warsaw, 16-23 July, 2000 ................................... 87

Solar Seismology and Gravitational-Wave Detection

  • ASTROD and Gravitational Waves, by W.-T. Ni, pp. 117-129 in Gravitational Wave Detection, edited by K. Tsubono, M.-K. Fujimoto and K. Kuroda, (Universal Academy Press, Tokyo, Japan, 1997) ................................... 88
  • Separation of the Gravitational-Wave Signals and the Solar Oscillation Signals, by W.-T. Ni, X. Xu, pp. 459-460 in Proceedings of the 3rd Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, edited by Sydney Meshkov, (AIP, 2000). ................................... 101

Technological Study

  • Progress in Laboratory R & D for Fundamental Physics Space Missions -- Weak Light Phase-Locking, Fibre-Linked Heterodyne Interferometry, Fibre Delay-Line and Picometer Real-time Control, by W.-T. Ni, S.-s. Pan, G.-S. Peng, J.-T. Shy, S.-M. Tseng, S.-L. Tsao, S.-E. Wang, J. Wu, S.-A. Wu, H.-C. Yeh, Class. Quantum Grav. 13, pp. A311-A315 (1996) ................................... 103
  • Gravitational Modelling of the Proof-Mass for the ASTROD Mission, by X. Xu, and W.-T. Ni, presented to 31st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Birmingham, 14-21 July, 1996 (National Tsing Hua University Preprint GP-076, July, 1996). ................................... 108
  • Cancellation of Fiber Induced Phase Fluctuations Between Two Laser Lights in a 26 km Long Fiber, by J.-T. Shy, W.-T. Ni, S.-A. Wu, S.-E. Wang, S.-L. Tsao and J. Wu, pp. 216-223 in the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Gravitation and Cosmology, Hsinchu, December 14-17 (National Tsing Hua University, 1995) ................................... 112
  • Sub-Milli-Hertz Relative Optical Frequency Stabilization for Subcarrier Multiplexing Optical Fiber Communications, by S.-L. Tsao, J.-T. Shy, and W.-T. Ni, First Opto Electronics and Communications Conference OECC'96, Tokyo, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan (1996)...................... 120
  • Subnanometer Laser Metrology and Subnanometer Real-Time Motion Control, by Hsien-Chi Yei, Wei-Tou Ni, and Sheau-shi Pan, National Tsing Hua University Preprint GP-099 (1998) ...... 122
  • Study in 3-dimensional 6-axis Subnanometer Laser Metrology and Subnanometer Realtime Motion Control (in Chinese), by Wei-Fen Bair, Hsien-Chi Yeh, Chun-Hsiung Chang, Sheau-shi Pan, and Wei-Tou Ni, Proceedings of the sixth conference of the Chinese metrology society, pp.87-96, May 21, 1999 ................................... 145
  • Weak-Light Phase Locking and Some Technological Developments for Optical Space Missions (Abstract), by An-Chi Liao, Wei-Tou Ni, Jow-Tsong Shy and Hsien-Chi Yeh. ................ 155