Progress of FAST in science, technique and instrument
Abstract
High-sensitive and large aperture telescope is the key equipment for radio observation. Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is a Chinese mega-science project to build the largest single dish radio telescope in the world. FAST will enable astronomers to jump-start many science goals, for example, surveying the neutral hydrogen in the Milky Way and other galaxies, detecting faint pulsars, hearing the possible signals from other civilizations, etc. The paper aims to overview the latest progress of FAST including science, technique and equipment.
