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The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will have a low frequency component (SKA-low) which has as one of its main science goals the study of the redshifted 21cm line from the earliest phases of star and galaxy formation in the Universe. This 21cm…

Over the next decade, we can expect time domain astronomy to flourish at optical and radio wavelengths. In parallel with these efforts, a dedicated transient "machine" operating at higher energies (X-ray band through soft gamma-rays) is…

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 that will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio facility. Most of the key science…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-25 Simon Johnston , Ilana J. Feain , Neeraj Gupta

The Square Kilometer Array will initiate a new era of radio astronomy by allowing 3D imaging of the Universe during Cosmic Dawn and Reionization. Modern machine learning is crucial to analyse the highly structured and complex signal.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-15 Ayodele Ore , Caroline Heneka , Tilman Plehn

Astronomical objects that change rapidly give us insight into extreme environments, allowing us to identify new phenomena, test fundamental physics, and probe the Universe on all scales. Transient and variable radio sources range from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Tara Murphy , David L. Kaplan

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the largest radio telescope ever built, aiming to provide collecting area larger than 1 km$^2$. The SKA will have two independent instruments, SKA-LOW comprising of dipoles organized as aperture…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 A. Nindos , E. P. Kontar , D. Oberoi

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…

The field of astrophysics is continuously advancing, with an ever-growing influx of data requiring robust and efficient analysis tools. As the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescopes come fully operational, we anticipate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-01 Giuseppe Tudisco , Fabio Vitello , Eva Sciacca , Ugo Becciani

The MeerKAT radio telescope array, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), and eventually the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will usher in a remarkable new era in astronomy, with thousands of transients being discovered and transmitted to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-02 John A. Booth , Michael Shara , Steven M. Crawford , Lisa A. Crause

We present an update on the NZ-wide advances in the field of Radio Astronomy and Radio Engineering with a particular focus on contributions, not thus reported elsewhere, which hope to either directly or indirectly contribute to New…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-08 M. Johnston-Hollitt , V. Kitaev , C. P. Hollitt , N. Jones , T. C. Motleno

Cosmic reionization is known to be a major phase transition of the gas in the Universe. Since astronomical objects formed in the early Universe, such as the first stars, galaxies and black holes, are expected to have caused cosmic…

The unsurpassed sensitivity and resolution of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will make it possible for the first time to probe the continuum emission of normal star forming galaxies out to the edges of the universe. This opens the…

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 low-frequency radio telescope of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is being built by the international radio astronomical community to (i) have orders of magnitude higher sensitivity and (ii) be able to map the sky several hundred times…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-29 Agaram Raghunathan , Keerthipriya Satish , Arasi Sathyamurthy , T. Prabu , B. S. Girish , K. S. Srivani , Shiv K. Sethi

The present-day Universe is seemingly dominated by dark energy and dark matter, but mapping the normal (baryonic) content remains vital for both astrophysics - understanding how galaxies form - and astro-particle physics - inferring…

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

It is an exceptionally opportune time for Astrophysics when a number of next-generation mega-instruments are poised to observe the universe across the entire electromagnetic spectrum with unprecedented data quality. The Square Kilometre…

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will enable studies of star formation in nearby galaxies with a level of detail never before possible outside of the Milky Way. Because the earliest stages of stellar evolution are often inaccessible at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kelsey E. Johnson

The "Square Kilometre Array" (SKA) is a large international radio telescope project characterised, as suggested by its name, by a total collecting area of approximately one square kilometre, and consisting of several interferometric arrays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-29 F. Acero , J. -T. Acquaviva , R. Adam , N. Aghanim , M. Allen , M. Alves , R. Ammanouil , R. Ansari , A. Araudo , E. Armengaud , B. Ascaso , E. Athanassoula , D. Aubert , S. Babak , A. Bacmann , A. Banday , K. Barriere , F. Bellossi , J. -P. Bernard , M. G. Bernardini , M. Béthermin , E. Blanc , L. Blanchet , J. Bobin , S. Boissier , C. Boisson , A. Boselli , A. Bosma , S. Bosse , S. Bottinelli , F. Boulanger , R. Boyer , A. Bracco , C. Briand , M. Bucher , V. Buat , L. Cambresy , M. Caillat , J. -M. Casandjian , E. Caux , S. Célestin , M. Cerruti , P. Charlot , E. Chassande-Mottin , S. Chaty , N. Christensen , L. Ciesla , N. Clerc , J. Cohen-Tanugi , I. Cognard , F. Combes , B. Comis , S. Corbel , B. Cordier , M. Coriat , R. Courtin , H. Courtois , B. Da Silva , E. Daddi , R. Dallier , E. Dartois , K. Demyk , J. -M. Denis , L. Denis , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. -F. Donati , M. Douspis , W. van Driel , M. N. El Korso , E. Falgarone , A. Fantina , T. Farges , A. Ferrari , C. Ferrari , K. Ferrière , R. Flamary , N. Gac , S. Gauffre , F. Genova , J. Girard , I. Grenier , J. -M. Griessmeier , P. Guillard , L. Guillemot , F. Gulminelli , A. Gusdorf , E. Habart , F. Hammer , P. Hennebelle , F. Herpin , O. Hervet , A. Hughes , O. Ilbert , M. Janvier , E. Josselin , A. Julier , C. Lachaud , G. Lagache , R. Lallement , S. Lambert , L. Lamy , M. Langer , P. Larzabal , G. Lavaux , T. Le Bertre , O. Le Fèvre , A. Le Tiec , B. Lefloch , M. Lehnert , M. Lemoine-Goumard , F. Levrier , M. Limousin , D. Lis , A. López-Sepulcre , J. Macias-Perez , C. Magneville , A. Marcowith , J. Margueron , G. Marquette , D. Marshall , L. Martin , D. Mary , S. Masson , S. Maurogordato , C. Mazauric , Y. Mellier , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , L. Montier , F. Mottez , D. Mourard , N. Nesvadba , J. -F. Nezan , P. Noterdaeme , J. Novak , P. Ocvirk , M. Oertel , X. Olive , V. Ollier , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , M. Pandey-Pommier , Y. Pennec , M. Pérault , C. Peroux , P. Petit , J. Pétri , A. Petiteau , J. Pety , G. W. Pratt , M. Puech , B. Quertier , E. Raffin , S. Rakotozafy Harison , S. Rawson , M. Renaud , B. Revenu , C. Richard , J. Richard , F. Rincon , I. Ristorcelli , J. Rodriguez , M. Schultheis , C. Schimd , B. Semelin , H. Sol , J. -L. Starck , M. Tagger , C. Tasse , G. Theureau , S. Torchinsky , C. Vastel , S. D. Vergani , L. Verstraete , X. Vigouroux , N. Vilmer , J. -P. Vilotte , N. Webb , N. Ysard , P. Zarka

Continuum and HI surveys with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will allow us to probe some of the most fundamental assumptions of modern cosmology, including the Cosmological Principle. SKA all-sky surveys will map an enormous slice of…