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Science with the Square Kilometer Array: Motivation, Key Science Projects, Standards and Assumptions

Astrophysics 2015-06-24 v1

Abstract

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 Groningen, the Netherlands (August 2002) and culminating in a `science retreat' in Leiden (November 2003), the SKA International Science Advisory Committee (ISAC), conceived of, and carried-out, a complete revision of the SKA science case (to appear in New Astronomy Reviews). This preface includes: (i) general introductory material, (ii) summaries of the key science programs, and (iii) a detailed listing of standards and assumptions used in the revised science case.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0409274,
  title  = {Science with the Square Kilometer Array: Motivation, Key Science Projects, Standards and Assumptions},
  author = {C. Carilli and S. Rawlings},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0409274},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 3 tables, espcrc2.sty. to appear in Science with the square kilometer array, New Astronomy Reviews, (Elsevier, Amsterdam), eds. C. Carilli & S. Rawlings

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