FAST: The Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope

Peng Jiang; Hengqian Gan; Rui Yao; Jinghai Sun; Jiguang Lu; Dongjun Yu; Hui Li; Jinglong Yu; Bin Dong; Xiaoming Chai; Jianing Yin

doi:10.1016/j.eng.2023.04.001

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Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (9) : 21-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2023.04.001

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FAST: The Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope

Peng Jiang^a^,^b ,
Hengqian Gan^a^,^b ,
Rui Yao^a^,^b ,
Jinghai Sun^a^,^b ,
Jiguang Lu^a^,^b ,
Dongjun Yu^a^,^b ,
Hui Li^a^,^b ,
Jinglong Yu^a^,^b ,
Bin Dong^a^,^b ,
Xiaoming Chai^a^,^b ,
Jianing Yin^a^,^b

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Peng Jiang, Hengqian Gan, Rui Yao, Jinghai Sun, Jiguang Lu, Dongjun Yu, Hui Li, Jinglong Yu, Bin Dong, Xiaoming Chai, Jianing Yin. FAST: The Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. Engineering, 2023, 28(9): 21‒25 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2023.04.001

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