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This paper presents the High-Performance computing efforts with FPGA for the accelerated pulsar/transient search for the SKA. Case studies are presented from within SKA and pathfinder telescopes highlighting future opportunities. It reviews…

Since their discovery in the late 1960's the population of known neutron stars (NSs) has grown to ~2500. The last five decades of observations have yielded many surprises and demonstrated that the observational properties of NSs are…

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned large radio interferometer designed to operate over a wide range of frequencies, and with an order of magnitude greater sensitivity and survey speed than any current radio telescope. The SKA…

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), when it becomes functional, is expected to enrich neutron star (NS) catalogues by at least an order of magnitude over their current state. This includes the discovery of new NS objects leading to better…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Mihir Arjunwadkar , Akanksha Kashikar , Manjari Bagchi

We investigate the possibilities that pulsars act as the lens in gravitational microlensing events towards the galactic bulge or a spiral arm. Our estimation is based on expectant survey and observations of FAST (Five hundred meter Aperture…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Dai , R. X. Xu , A. Esamdin

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which will be the world's largest radio telescope, will enhance and boost a large number of science projects, including the search for pulsars. The frequency domain acceleration search is an efficient…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-01-07 Haomiao Wang , Prabu Thiagaraj , Oliver Sinnen

Radio emission from stars can be used, e.g., to study ionized winds or stellar flares. The radio emission is faint and studies have been limited to few objects. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will bring a survey ability to the topic of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-27 Bin Yu , Albert Zijlstra , Biwei Jiang

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

On the Large Phased Array (LPA) of Lebedev Physics Institute (LPI), a search for pulsars outside the Galaxy plane was carried out in a 300 sq. deg area. The search with a sensitivity 5-10 times better than that of previously conducted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-03 S. A. Tyul'bashev , G. E. Tyul'basheva

Both Phase 1 of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA1) and the full SKA have the potential to dramatically increase the science return from future astrophysics, heliophysics, and especially planetary missions, primarily due to the greater…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-19 Dayton L. Jones , Joseph Lazio

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 pulsar search pipeline will be used for real time detection of pulsars. Modern radio telescopes such as SKA will be generating petabytes of data in their full scale of operation. Hence experience-based and data-driven algorithms…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-10 Shashank Sanjay Bhat , Thiagaraj Prabu , Ben Stappers , Atul Ghalame , Snehanshu Saha , T. S. B Sudarshan , Zafiirah Hosenie

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

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 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 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

As of 2023, the Square Kilometre Array will constitute the world's largest radio telescope, offering unprecedented capabilities for a diverse science programme in radio astronomy. At the same time, the SKA will be ideally suited to detect…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-17 T. Huege , J. D. Bray , S. Buitink , R. Dallier , R. D. Ekers , H. Falcke , A. Haungs , C. W. James , L. Martin , B. Revenu , O. Scholten , F. G. Schröder , A. Zilles

The ionised media that permeate the Milky Way have been active topics of research since the discovery of pulsars in 1967. In fact, pulsars allow one to study several aspects of said plasma, such as their column density, turbulence,…

Next generation radio telescopes, namely the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), will revolutionize the pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) based gravitational wave (GW) searches. We review…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Yan Wang , Soumya D. Mohanty

The Parkes multibeam pulsar survey uses a 13-element receiver operating at a wavelength of 20 cm to survey the inner Galactic plane with remarkable sensitivity. To date we have collected and analyzed data from 45% of the survey region (|b|…