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Chinese scientists selected 'Successor' as the eXTP space observatory for the first space telescope in China that is undergoing space operations. The eXTP background model project was launched in Beijing on February 2. The main eXTP The scientific goal is summarized as 'an odd two stars three extreme'.

In other words, based on the observations of an odd (black hole) and two stars (neutron star and quark star), the general theory of relativity in extreme gravitation, quantum electrodynamics in extreme magnetic field and quantum chromodynamics in extreme density are studied.

What is the use of these theories? Wu Ji, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the head of the leading science program for space science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told China News Service that mankind may reveal what will happen near the black hole, what happens in the vacuum quantum fluctuations, what is inside the neutron star Material status' and other major scientific issues.

China successfully launched 'Goggles' on June 15, 2017. Its full name is the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope Satellite (HXMT) with a design life of 4 years. During the orbital test, Goggles has conducted scanning imaging of multiple days Observations and directed observations of specific celestial bodies have achieved initial results in binary observation of black holes and neutron stars.

Compared with X-ray astronomy satellites such as 'Goggles', eXTP integrates a large-area focusing telescope array, a large-area collimation telescope array and a high-sensitivity polarization telescope with an additional multi-parameter simultaneous observation capability, which improves the overall performance by an order of magnitude. It is obvious that eXTP is expected to become the international flagship X-ray space observatory from 2025 to 2035 in the field of observing and researching various astronomical fronts such as various types of high-energy celestial bodies, detecting gamma-ray storms and corresponding gravitational wave electromagnetic waves.

eXTP Background Model research project team needs to further deepen key technology research and satellite program design.As eXTP is initiated and led by Chinese scientists a major international cooperation in space science and technology projects, members from more than 20 countries, regions and organizations, to attract Europe Large-scale X-ray time-varying Observatory (LOFT) to join, the project team also need to coordinate the division of labor and management cooperation to ensure that in the short term have the conditions to formally begin engineering.

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