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Visualisation and analysis of terabyte-scale datacubes, as will be produced with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), will pose challenges for existing astronomy software and the work practices of astronomers. Focusing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-18 Christopher J. Fluke , David G. Barnes , Amr H. Hassan

The Square Kilometre Array will revolutionize pulsar studies with its wide field-of-view, wide-band observation and high sensitivity, increasing the number of observable pulsars by more than an order of magnitude. Pulsars are of interest…

The lunar Askaryan technique is a method to study the highest-energy cosmic rays, and their predicted counterparts, the ultra-high-energy neutrinos. By observing the Moon with a radio telescope, and searching for the characteristic…

The detection of a neutron star merger by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Advanced Virgo gravitational wave detectors and the subsequent detection of an electromagnetic counterpart has opened a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-08 D. Dobie , T. Murphy , D. L. Kaplan , S. Ghosh , K. W. Bannister , R. W. Hunstead

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is intended as the next-generation radio telescope and will address fundamental questions in astrophysics, physics, and astrobiology. The international science community has developed a set of Key Science…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-06 Joseph Lazio

The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) is the first large sky survey using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), covering the sky south of +41$^\circ$ declination. With ASKAP's large, instantaneous field of view, $\sim…

We investigate the capabilities of various stages of the SKA to perform world-leading weak gravitational lensing surveys. We outline a way forward to develop the tools needed for pursuing weak lensing in the radio band. We identify the key…

The SKA at mid and low frequencies will be constructed in two distinct phases, the first being a subset of the second. This document defines the main scientific goals and baseline technical concept for the SKA Phase 1 (SKA_1). The major…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-18 M. A. Garrett , J. M. Cordes , D. R. Deboer , J. L. Jonas , S. Rawlings , R. T. Schilizzi

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA, https://skatelescope.org) will be the world's largest radio telescope. SKA Science Data Challenges will be regularly issued to the community as part of the science preparatory activities. The purpose of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Anna Bonaldi , Robert Braun

This is a design study into the capabilities of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder in performing a full-sky low redshift neutral hydrogen survey, termed WALLABY, and the potential cosmological constraints one can attain from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Alan R. Duffy , Adam Moss , Lister Staveley-Smith

The Arecibo Pulsar-ALFA (PALFA) survey of the Galactic plane began in 2004 when the new ALFA (Arecibo L-band Feed Array) receiver was commissioned. It is slated to continue for the next 3-5 years and is expected to discover hundreds of new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. S. Deneva

The Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope has carried out a survey of the entire Southern Sky at 887.5MHz. The wide area, high angular resolution, and broad bandwidth provided by the low-band Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey…

I summarize the science drivers presented at the workshop for Phase I of the Square Kilometre Array: 'Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array'. I build from the historical perspective of the original Key Science programs:…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-25 Christopher L. Carilli

EMU is a wide-field radio continuum survey planned for the new Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, due to be completed in 2012. The primary goal of EMU is to make a deep ($\sim 10\mu$Jy/bm rms) radio continuum…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Ray P. Norris

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is called to revolutionise essentially all areas of Astrophysics. With a collecting area of about a square kilometre, the SKA will be a transformational instrument, and its scientific potential will go…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 J. A. Acosta-Pulido , I. Agudo , A. Alberdi , J. Alcolea , E. J. Alfaro , A. Alonso-Herrero , G. Anglada , P. Arnalte-Mur , Y. Ascasibar , B. Ascaso , R. Azulay , R. Bachiller , A. Baez-Rubio , E. Battaner , J. Blasco , C. B. Brook , V. Bujarrabal , G. Busquet , M. D. Caballero-Garcia , C. Carrasco-Gonzalez , J. Casares , A. J. Castro-Tirado , L. Colina , F. Colomer , I. de Gregorio-Monsalvo , A. del Olmo , J. -F. Desmurs , J. M. Diego , R. Dominguez-Tenreiro , R. Estalella , A. Fernandez-Soto , E. Florido , J. Font , J. A. Font , A. Fuente , R. Garcia-Benito , S. Garcia-Burillo , B. Garcia-Lorenzo , A. Gil de Paz , J. M. Girart , J. R. Goicoechea , J. F. Gomez , M. Gonzalez-Garcia , O. Gonzalez-Martin , J. I. Gonzalez-Serrano , J. Gorgas , J. Gorosabel , A. Guijarro , J. C. Guirado , L. Hernandez-Garcia , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , R. Herrero-Illana , Y. -D. Hu , N. Huelamo , M. Huertas-Company , J. Iglesias-Paramo , S. Jeong , I. Jimenez-Serra , J. H. Knapen , R. A. Lineros , U. Lisenfeld , J. M. Marcaide , I. Marquez , J. Marti , J. M. Marti , I. Marti-Vidal , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , J. Martin-Pintado , J. Masegosa , J. M. Mayen-Gijon , M. Mezcua , S. Migliari , P. Mimica , J. Moldon , O. Morata , I. Negueruela , S. R. Oates , M. Osorio , A. Palau , J. M. Paredes , J. Perea , P. G. Perez-Gonzalez , E. Perez-Montero , M. A. Perez-Torres , M. Perucho , S. Planelles , J. A. Pons , A. Prieto , V. Quilis , P. Ramirez-Moreta , C. Ramos Almeida , N. Rea , M. Ribo , M. J. Rioja , J. M. Rodriguez Espinosa , E. Ros , J. A. Rubiño-Martin , B. Ruiz-Granados , J. Sabater , S. Sanchez , C. Sanchez-Contreras , A. Sanchez-Monge , R. Sanchez-Ramirez , A. M. Sintes , J. M. Solanes , C. F. Sopuerta , M. Tafalla , J. C. Tello , B. Tercero , M. C. Toribio , J. M. Torrelles , M. A. P. Torres , A. Usero , L. Verdes-Montenegro , A. Vidal-Garcia , P. Vielva , J. Vilchez , B. -B. Zhang

We present observations of linear polarisation in the southern radio lobe of Centaurus A, conducted during commissioning of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. We used 16 antennas to observe a 30 square…

The SKA will be transformational for many areas of science, but in particular for the study of neutron stars and their usage as tools for fundamental physics in the form of radio pulsars. Since the last science case for the SKA, numerous…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-17 Michael Kramer , Ben Stappers

We revisit the "Cluster-Cluster" or multi-view Very-Long-Baseline-Interferometry (VLBI) technique from the perspective of its synergy with the multi-beam features inherent in the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)and its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 M. J. Rioja , R. Dodson , R. W. Porcas , D. Ferris , J. Reynolds , T. Sasao , R. T. Schilizzi

In Dai et al. (2016) we developed a formalism for computing variance images from standard, interferometric radio images containing time and frequency information. Variance imaging with future radio continuum surveys allows us to identify…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 S. Dai , S. Johnston , G. Hobbs

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will be the largest Global science project of the next two decades. It will encompass a sensor network dedicated to radioastronomy, covering two continents. It will be constructed in remote areas of South…