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 **=

First International ASTROD School and Symposium
=**Contents**=

=Concept and Progress= =Orbit Design and Simulation= =G Measurement and Asteroid Perturbations= =Solar Seismology and Gravitational-Wave Detection= =Technological Study=
 * **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
 * **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 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
 * **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
 * **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
 * **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