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As of 2023, the low-frequency part of the Square Kilometre Array will go online in Australia. It will constitute the largest and most powerful low-frequency radio-astronomical observatory to date, and will facilitate a rich science…

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

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) represents the next major, and natural, step in radio astronomical facilities, providing two orders of magnitude increase in collecting area over existing telescopes. In a series of meetings, starting in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 C. Carilli , S. Rawlings

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be both the largest radio telescope ever constructed and the largest Big Data project in the known Universe. The first phase of the project will generate on the order of 5 zettabytes of data per year. A…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-21 Jamie Farnes , Ben Mort , Fred Dulwich , Stef Salvini , Wes Armour

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will offer an unprecedented view onto the early Universe, using interferometric observations of the redshifted 21cm line. The 21cm line probes the thermal and ionization state of the cosmic gas, which is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Andrei Mesinger , Andrea Ferrara , Bradley Greig , Ilian Iliev , Garrelt Mellema , Jonathan Pritchard , Mario G. Santos

The cosmological case for a next generation radio observatory, the Square Kilometer Array, is discussed and reviewed. An instrument like the SKA would be able to measure galaxy redshifts of normal late-type galaxies, via the 21 cm line of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rien van de Weygaert , Tjeerd S. van Albada

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…

[ABRIDGED VERSION] The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries. The SKA will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio facility. A…

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

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world's most sensitive radio telescope operating in the 50 MHz to 14 GHz frequency range. Construction of the SKA is divided into phases, with the first phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 Sascha Schediwy , David Gozzard

The upcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will become the largest astronomical observation facility, and is expected to introduce revolutionary changes in major fields of natural sciences. These revolutionary changes help us…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-24 Tao An

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world's most sensitive radio telescope operating in the 50 MHz to 14 GHz frequency range. Construction of the SKA is divided into phases, with the first phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-31 Sascha Schediwy , David Gozzard

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), with the aim of achieving a collecting area of one square kilometre, will be the world's largest radio telescope. A scientific collaboration between 12 countries (with more to join), it will consist of one…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-21 Cristina García-Miró , Antonio Chrysostomou , Zsolt Paragi , Ilse van Bemmel

As the largest radio telescope in the world, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will lead the next generation of radio astronomy. The feats of engineering required to construct the telescope array will be matched only by the techniques…

The unprecedented sensitivity, angular resolution and broad bandwidth coverage of Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio polarimetric observations will allow us to address many long-standing mysteries in cosmic magnetism science. I will…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-04 S. A. Mao

The study of the Universe on ultra-large scales is one of the major science cases for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The SKA will be able to probe a vast volume of the cosmos, thus representing a unique instrument, amongst…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 S. Camera , A. Raccanelli , P. Bull , D. Bertacca , X. Chen , P. G. Ferreira , M. Kunz , R. Maartens , Y. Mao , M. G. Santos , P. R. Shapiro , M. Viel , Y. Xu

One of the five key science projects for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is "The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Magnetism", in which radio polarimetry will be used to reveal what cosmic magnets look like and what role they have played in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bryan M. Gaensler

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will conduct the biggest spectroscopic galaxy survey ever, by detecting the 21cm emission line of neutral hydrogen (HI) from around a billion galaxies over 3/4 of the sky, out to a redshift of z~2. This will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-08 S. Yahya , P. Bull , M. G. Santos , M. Silva , R. Maartens , P. Okouma , B. Bassett

Over the next few years the new radio telescopes, such as the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) will greatly enhance our knowledge of the active history of the Universe. Large-area surveys with these new telescopes will no longer be dominated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matt J. Jarvis