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20122026
most citedThe TianQin project: current progress on science and technology

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53 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

A Systematic Gaia--ZTF Search for Short-Period Blue Compact-Binary Candidates

Jiamao Lin, Liangliang Ren, Yilong Li +7

We present a catalog of 147 short-period (10.34--106.46~min) blue compact-binary candidates, identified by combining Gaia DR3 astrometry and photometry with ZTF DR23 light curves v…

gr-qc2026

Pre-localization of Massive Black Hole Binaries in the Millihertz Band

Xue-Ting Zhang, Jonathan Gair, Chris Messenger +3

The space-borne gravitational-wave (GW) detectors will open a new mass and redshift regime, allowing us to observe massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) throughout the Universe. A su…

gr-qc2026

A Deep Learning Framework for Amplitude Generation of Generic EMRIs

Yan-bo Zeng, Jian-dong Zhang, Yi-Ming Hu +1

One of the main targets for space-borne gravitational wave detectors is the detection of Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals(EMRIs). Data analysis of EMRIs requires waveform models that a…

astro-ph.HE2026

Constructing a gravitational wave analysis pipeline for extremely large mass ratio inspirals

Tian-Xiao Wang, Yan Wang, Alejandro Torres-Orjuela +4

Extremely large mass-ratio inspirals (XMRIs), consisting of a brown dwarf orbiting a supermassive black hole, emit long-lived and nearly monochromatic gravitational waves in the mi…

astro-ph.HE2025

Probing AGN Disks Density Profiles through Gravitational Wave Observations

Xiangyu Lyu, En-Kun Li, Changfu Shi +1

Massive black holes surrounded by a gaseous disk have been a prevailing model to explain a wide spectrum of astrophysical phenomena related to active galactic nucle (AGNs). However…

gr-qc2025

Mapping Anisotropies in the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background with space detector networks

Zhi-Yuan Li, Zheng-Cheng Liang, Cong-mao Zhang +2

Future space-based gravitational-wave detectors such as TianQin, LISA, and Taiji are expected to conduct joint observations. Such a multi-detector network will provide complementar…

gr-qc2025

Inferring the stochastic gravitational-wave background from eccentric stellar-mass binary black holes with spaceborne detectors

Zheng-Cheng Liang, Zhi-Yuan Li, Yi-Ming Hu

The stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) from eccentric stellar-mass binary black holes (SBBHs) holds crucial clues to their origins. For the first time, we employ a Bay…

astro-ph.HE2025

Exploring the Link between Fast Radio Burst and Binary Neutron Star Origins with Spaceborne Gravitational Wave Observations

Yu-xuan Yin, En-kun Li, Bing Zhang +1

The origin of repeating Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is an open question, with observations suggesting that at least some are associated with old stellar populations. It has been propo…

gr-qc2025★ 8 cited

Fundamental Physics and Cosmology with TianQin

Jun Luo, Haipeng An, Ligong Bian +33

The exploration of the surrounding world and the universe is an important theme in the legacy of humankind. The detection of gravitational waves is adding a new dimension to this g…

astro-ph.HE2024

Probing the Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals Population Constraints with TianQin

Hui-Min Fan, Xiang-Yu Lyu, Jian-dong Zhang +3

Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), consisting of a massive black hole and a stellar compact object, are one of the most important sources for space-borne gravitational wave dete…

gr-qc2024

Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with TianQin: A brief progress review

Yi-Ming Hu

As a space-borne gravitational wave observatory, TianQin can observe a large variety of gravitational wave sources. The rich signals can be composed by different types of astronomi…

gr-qc2024

Mapping Anisotropies in the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background with TianQin

Zhi-Yuan Li, Zheng-Cheng Liang, En-Kun Li +2

In the milli-Hertz frequency band, stochastic gravitational-wave background can be composed of both astronomical and cosmological sources, both can be anisotropic. Numerically depi…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 56 cited

Gravitational Wave Astronomy With TianQin

En-Kun Li, Shuai Liu, Alejandro Torres-Orjuela +50

The opening of the gravitational wave window has significantly enhanced our capacity to explore the universe's most extreme and dynamic sector. In the mHz frequency range, a divers…

gr-qc2024

Unveiling a multi-component stochastic gravitational-wave background with the TianQin + LISA network

Zheng-Cheng Liang, Zhi-Yuan Li, En-Kun Li +2

Space-borne detectors, including TianQin and Laser Interferometry Space Antenna (LISA), are tasked with simultaneously observing the Galactic foreground, astrophysical and cosmolog…

astro-ph.IM2024

A new code for low-resolution spectral identification of white dwarf binary candidates

Genghao Liu, Baitian Tang, Liangliang Ren +7

Close white dwarf binaries (CWDBs) are considered to be progenitors of several exotic astronomical phenomena (e.g., type Ia supernovae, cataclysmic variables). These violent events…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 7 cited

Searching for gravitational waves from stellar-mass binary black holes early inspiral

Xue-Ting Zhang, Natalia Korsakova, Man Leong Chan +2

The early inspiral from stellar-mass binary black holes (sBBHs) can emit milli-Hertz gravitational wave signals, making them detectable sources for space-borne gravitational wave m…

gr-qc2024★ 6 cited

Dealing with data gaps for TianQin with massive black hole binary signal

Lu Wang, Hong-Yu Chen, Xiangyu Lyu +2

Space-borne gravitational wave detectors like TianQin might encounter data gaps due to factors like micrometeoroid collisions or hardware failures. Such events will cause discontin…

physics.ins-det2024

Beam test of a baseline vertex detector prototype for CEPC

Shuqi Li, Tianya Wu, Xinhui Huang +27

The Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) has been proposed to enable more thorough and precise measurements of the properties of Higgs, W, and Z bosons, as well as to search…

gr-qc2024

Revisiting Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background in the Strong Signal Case

Zheng-Cheng Liang, Zhi-Yuan Li, En-Kun Li +2

Weak-signal limit is often used in estimating stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) intensities. This approximation fails and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) can be much…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 14 cited

Improving the Cosmological Constraints by Inferring the Formation Channel of Extreme-mass-ratio Inspirals

Liang-Gui Zhu, Hui-Min Fan, Xian Chen +2

Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) could be detected by space-borne gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), TianQin and Taiji. L…

astro-ph.CO2024

An Opacity-Free Method of Testing the Cosmic Distance Duality Relation Using Strongly Lensed Gravitational Wave Signals

Shun-Jia Huang, En-Kun Li, Jian-dong Zhang +4

The cosmic distance duality relation (CDDR), expressed as DL(z) = (1 + z)2DA(z), plays an important role in modern cosmology. In this paper, we propose a new method of testing CDDR…

physics.ins-det2024

Capacitive coupling study of the HERD SCD prototype: preliminary results

Ruo-Si Lu, Rui Qiao, Ke Gong +11

The Silicon Charge Detector (SCD) is a subdetector of the High Energy Cosmic Radiation Detection payload. The dynamic range of the silicon microstrip detector can be extended by th…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Bayesian parameter estimation of massive black hole binaries with TianQin-LISA

Jie Gao, Yi-Ming Hu, En-Kun Li +2

This paper analyses the impact of various parameter changes on the estimation of parameters for massive black hole binary (MBHB) systems using a Bayesian inference technique. Sever…

physics.ins-det2023

Beam test of a 180 nm CMOS Pixel Sensor for the CEPC vertex detector

Tianya Wu, Shuqi Li, Wei Wang +28

The proposed Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) imposes new challenges for the vertex detector in terms of pixel size and material budget. A Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor…