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The digital revolution is transforming astronomy from a data-starved to a data-submerged science. Instruments such as the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), and the Square Kilometer Array…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-25 Melvyn Wright

Recently, a full-scale data processing workflow of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Phase 1 was successfully executed on the world's fastest supercomputer Summit, proving that scientists have the expertise, software tools and computing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-13 Ruonan Wang , Andreas Wicenec , Tao An

[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 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 have the sensitivity, spatial resolution, and frequency resolution to provide new scientific knowledge of evolved stars. Four basic areas of scientific exploration are enhanced by the construction of the SKA:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kevin Marvel

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) has the potential to produce galaxy redshift surveys which will be competitive with other state of the art cosmological experiments in the next decade. In this chapter we summarise what capabilities the…

Concerted effort is currently ongoing to open up the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) ($z\sim$15-6) for studies with IR and radio telescopes. Whereas IR detections have been made of sources (Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters, quasars and drop-outs) in…

Modern radio telescopes will daily generate data sets on the scale of exabytes for systems like the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Massive data sets are a source of unknown and rare astrophysical phenomena that lead to discoveries.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-08 Steven Ndung'u , Trienko Grobler , Stefan J. Wijnholds , Dimka Karastoyanova , George Azzopardi

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 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) provides an excellent opportunity for low cost searches for fast radio transients. The increased sensitivity and field of view of the SKA compared with other radio telescopes will make it an ideal instrument…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 T. M. Colegate , N. Clarke

We argue that the Square Kilometre Array has the potential to make both redshift (HI) surveys and radio continuum surveys that will revolutionize cosmological studies, provided that it has sufficient instantaneous field-of-view that these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Chris Blake , Filipe Abdalla , Sarah Bridle , Steve Rawlings

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…

The new frontier of cosmology will be led by three-dimensional surveys of the large-scale structure of the Universe. Based on its all-sky surveys and redshift depth, the SKA is destined to revolutionize cosmology, in combination with future…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Roy Maartens , Filipe B. Abdalla , Matt Jarvis , Mario G. Santos

Large, self-supervised vision models have led to substantial advancements for automatically interpreting natural images. Recent works have begun tailoring these methods to remote sensing data which has rich structure with multi-sensor,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Jeremy Irvin , Lucas Tao , Joanne Zhou , Yuntao Ma , Langston Nashold , Benjamin Liu , Andrew Y. Ng

21cm intensity mapping experiments aim to observe the diffuse neutral hydrogen (HI) distribution on large scales which traces the Cosmic structure. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will have the capacity to measure the 21cm signal over a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-19 Laura Wolz , Filipe B. Abdalla , David Alonso , Chris Blake , Philip Bull , Tzu-Ching Chang , Pedro G. Ferreira , Cheng-Yu Kuo , Marios G. Santos , Richard Shaw

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will form the largest radio telescope ever built and such a huge instrument in the desert poses enormous engineering and logistic challenges. Algorithmic and architectural breakthroughs are needed. Data is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-17 Orhan Ocal , Paul Hurley , Giovanni Cherubini , Sanaz Kazemi

Radio observations with the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) provide the agility, sensitivity, and spectral coverage to trace the evolution of the size, shape and spectra of gamma-ray burst (GRB) remnants from the earliest moments on. In the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. J. Galama , A. G. De Bruyn

When completed the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will feature an unprecedented rate of image generation. While previous generations of telescopes have relied on human expertise to extract scientifically interesting information from the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-19 C. Hollitt , M. Johnston-Hollitt , S. Dehghan , M. Frean , T. Bulter-Yeoman

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