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In this Chapter we present the motivation for undertaking both a wide and deep survey with the SKA in the context of studying AGN activity across cosmic time. With an rms down to 1 $\mu$Jy/beam at 1 GHz over 1,000 - 5,000 deg$^2$ in 1 year…

For radio transients, an inverted spectrum (defined as $\alpha > 0$ for a power law spectrum $S_{\nu}\propto \nu^{\alpha}$) constrains physical properties, which in principle can be a useful criterion for selecting specific targets of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-13 Yuyang Chen , B. M. Gaensler , Tracy Clarke , Wendy Peters , Emil Polisensky , Kovi Rose

There are several unexplored regions of the short-duration radio transient phase space. One such unexplored region is the luminosity gap between giant pulses (from pulsars) and cosmologically located fast radio bursts (FRBs). The Survey for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-05 Christopher D. Bochenek , Daniel L. McKenna , Konstantin V. Belov , Jonathon Kocz , Shri R. Kulkarni , James Lamb , Vikram Ravi , David Woody

The nature of scientific and technological data collection is evolving rapidly: data volumes and rates grow exponentially, with increasing complexity and information content, and there has been a transition from static data sets to data…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-17 S. G. Djorgovski , A. A. Mahabal , C. Donalek , M. J. Graham , A. J. Drake , M. Turmon , T. Fuchs

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the next generation radio telescope distinguished by a superb sensitivity due to its large aperture (about one square kilometre) and advanced instrumentation. It will cover a broad range of observing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-25 J. G. Bij de Vaate , L. I. Gurvits , S. V. Pogrebenko , C. G. M. van t Klooster

Here I will review the high time resolution radio sky, focusing on millisecond scales. This is primarily occupied by neutron stars, the well-known radio pulsars and the recently identified group of transient sources known as Rotating RAdio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-24 E. F. Keane

The forthcoming new-generation radio telescope SKA (Square Kilometre Array) and its precursors will provide a rapidly growing number of polarized radio sources. Our analysis aims on what can be learned from these sources concerning the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rodion Stepanov , Tigran G. Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Peter Frick , Marita Krause

In this paper, we explore how the forthcoming generation of large-scale radio continuum surveys, with the inclusion of some degree of redshift information, can constrain cosmological parameters. By cross-matching these radio surveys with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-20 Stefano Camera , Mário G. Santos , David J. Bacon , Matt J. Jarvis , Kim McAlpine , Ray P. Norris , Alvise Raccanelli , Huub Röttgering

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

Although radio observations have been historically seen as less valuable than optical observations, today's broadband radio spectra of peaked spectrum sources reveal detailed physics from within the inner region of the galaxy, on spatial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-05 Jordan D Collier

We present a search for transient radio sources on timescales of 2 to 9 yr at 150 MHz. This search is conducted by comparing the first Alternative Data Release of the TIFR GMRT Sky Survey (TGSS ADR1) and the second data release of the LOFAR…

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are short-duration radio transients that occur at random times in host galaxies distributed all over the sky. Large field of view instruments can play a critical role in the blind search for rare FRBs. We present a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-04 R. Luo , R. D. Ekers , G. Hobbs , A. Dunning , C. W. James , M. E. Lower , V. Gupta , A. Zic , M. Sokolowski , C. Phillips , A. T. Deller , L. Staveley-Smith

Exploration of the time variability on the sky over a broad range of flux levels and wavelengths is rapidly becoming a new frontier of astronomical research. We describe here briefly the Palomar-QUEST survey being carried out from the…

Fast radio bursts are mysterious millisecond-duration transients prevalent in the radio sky. Rapid accumulation of data in recent years has facilitated an understanding of the underlying physical mechanisms of these events. Knowledge gained…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 Bing Zhang

We construct forecasts for cosmological parameter constraints from weak gravitational lensing surveys involving the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Considering matter content, dark energy and modified gravity parameters, we show that the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Ian Harrison , Stefano Camera , Joe Zuntz , Michael L. Brown

The domain of radio astronomy is currently facing significant computational challenges, foremost amongst which are those posed by the development of the world's largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Preliminary…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-17 R. J. Lyon , J. M. Brooke , J. D. Knowles , B. W. Stappers

Radio astronomical observations have very poor signal to noise ratios, unlike in other disciplines. On the other hand, it is possible to observe the object of interest for long time intervals as well as using a wider bandwidth.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-02 Sarod Yatawatta

The number of strong lensing systems will soon increase by orders of magnitude thanks to sensitive, wide-field optical and infrared imaging surveys such as Euclid, Rubin-LSST, and Roman. A dramatic increase in strong lenses will also occur…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-10 Samuel McCarty , Liam Connor

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is expected to start science operations in 2030 and by that time there could be up to 10$^5$ artificial satellites in Earth's orbit, comprising an increase of an order of magnitude compared to 2024. Most of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-27 Nicolas Cerardi , Emma Tolley , Federico di Vruno