Pathway to the Square Kilometre Array - The German White Paper -
Abstract
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the most ambitious radio telescope ever planned. With a collecting area of about a square kilometre, the SKA will be far superior in sensitivity and observing speed to all current radio facilities. The scientific capability promised by the SKA and its technological challenges provide an ideal base for interdisciplinary research, technology transfer, and collaboration between universities, research centres and industry. The SKA in the radio regime and the European Extreme Large Telescope (E-ELT) in the optical band are on the roadmap of the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and have been recognised as the essential facilities for European research in astronomy. This "White Paper" outlines the German science and R&D interests in the SKA project and will provide the basis for future funding applications to secure German involvement in the Square Kilometre Array.
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@article{arxiv.1301.4124,
title = {Pathway to the Square Kilometre Array - The German White Paper -},
author = {F. Aharonian and T. G. Arshakian and B. Allen and R. Banerjee and R. Beck and W. Becker and D. J. Bomans and D. Breitschwerdt and M. Brüggen and A. Brunthaler and B. Catinella and D. Champion and B. Ciardi and R. Crocker and M. A. de Avillez and R. J. Dettmar and D. Engels and T. Enßlin and H. Enke and T. Fieseler and L. Gizon and E. Hackmann and B. Hartmann and C. Henkel and M. Hoeft and L. Iapichino and D. Innes and C. James and J. Jasche and D. Jones and V. Kagramanova and G. Kauffmann and E. Keane and J. Kerp and H. -R. Klöckner and K. Kokkotas and M. Kramer and M. Krause and M. Krause and N. Krupp and J. Kunz and C. Lämmerzahl and K. J. Lee and M. List and K. Liu and A. Lobanov and G. Mann and A. Merloni and E. Middelberg and J. Niemeyer and A. Noutsos and V. Perlick and W. Reich and P. Richter and A. Roy and A. Saintonge and G. Schäfer and J. Schaffner-Bielich and E. Schinnerer and D. Schleicher and P. Schneider and D. J. Schwarz and A. Sedrakian and A. Sesana and V. Smolčić and S. Solanki and R. Tuffs and M. Vetter and E. Weber and J. Weller and N. Wex and O. Wucknitz and M. Zwaan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.4124},
year = {2013}
}
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Editors: H. R. Kl\"ockner, M. Kramer, H. Falcke, D.J. Schwarz, A. Eckart, G. Kauffmann, A. Zensus; 150 pages (low resolution- and colour-scale images), published in July 2012, language English (including a foreword and an executive summary in German), the original file is available via the MPIfR homepage