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We give an overview of complementarity and synergy in cosmology between the Square Kilometre Array and future survey projects in other wavelengths. In the SKA era, precision cosmology will be limited by systematic errors and cosmic…

In recent years cosmology has undergone a revolution, with precise measurements of the microwave background radiation, large galaxy redshift surveys, and the discovery of the recent accelerated expansion of the Universe using observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-19 H. -R. Klöckner , D. Obreschkow , C. Martins , A. Raccanelli , D. Champion , A. Roy , A. Lobanov , J. Wagner , R. Keller

The Square Kilometre Array will be a revolutionary instrument for the study of gas in the distant Universe. SKA1 will have sufficient sensitivity to detect and image atomic 21 cm HI in individual galaxies at significant cosmological…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-12-19 J. Wagg , E. Da Cunha , C. L. Carilli , F. Walter , M. Aravena , I. Heywood , J. Hodge , E. Murphy , D. Riechers , M. Sargent , R. Wang

HI intensity mapping (IM) is a novel technique capable of mapping the large-scale structure of the Universe in three dimensions and delivering exquisite constraints on cosmology, by using HI as a biased tracer of the dark matter density…

Radio continuum surveys have, in the past, been of restricted use in cosmology. Most studies have concentrated on cross-correlations with the cosmic microwave background to detect the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect, due to the large sky…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-19 Matt J. Jarvis , David Bacon , Chris Blake , Michael L. Brown , Sam N. Lindsay , Alvise Raccanelli , Mario Santos , Dominik Schwarz

In this work, we investigate what role the redshift drift data of Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will play in the cosmological parameter estimation in the future. To test the constraint capability of the redshift drift data of SKA-only, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Yan Liu , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

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 Kilometre Array (SKA) will make ground breaking discoveries in pulsar science. In this chapter we outline the SKA surveys for new pulsars, as well as how we will perform the necessary follow-up timing observations. The SKA's wide…

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the premier instrument to study radiation at centimetre and metre wavelengths from the cosmos, and in particular hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe. The SKA will probe the dawn of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-19 Minh Huynh , Joseph Lazio

Probing the nature of dark matter (DM) remains an outstanding problem in modern cosmology. The 21 cm signal, as a sensitive tracer of neutral hydrogen during cosmic dawn, provides a unique means to investigate DM nature during this critical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-24 Meng-Lin Zhao , Yue Shao , Sai Wang , Xin Zhang

Future observations of 21 cm emission from neutral hydrogen survey will become a promising approach to probe the large scale structure of Universe. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of Square Kilometer Array (SKA) 21 cm observation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-12 Jing-Fei Zhang , Li-Yang Gao , Dong-Ze He , Xin Zhang

The SKA will build upon early detections of the EoR by precursor instruments, such as MWA, PAPER, and LOFAR, and planned instruments, such as HERA, to make the first high signal-to-noise measurements of fluctuations in the 21 cm brightness…

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 extremely high sensitivity and resolution of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be useful for addressing a wide set of themes relevant for cosmology, in synergy with current and future cosmic microwave background (CMB) projects. Many…

We review some of the major contributions that the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will provide for Cosmology. We discuss the SKA measurements of the equation of state parameter for dark energy from Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations (BAO), of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-25 Orfeu Bertolami , Cláudio Gomes

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…

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

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 Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the radio telescope of the next generation, providing an increase in sensitivity and angular resolution of two orders of magnitude over existing telescopes. Currently, the SKA is expected to span the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. J. Green , W. A. Baan