The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned next-generation radio telescope to be constructed at two locations, in Western Australia and Southern Africa, utilising a range of antenna technologies to cover the radio frequency range required to satisfy its science goals. The SKA pushes the boundarie...
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| description | The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned next-generation radio telescope to be constructed at two locations, in Western Australia and Southern Africa, utilising a range of antenna technologies to cover the radio frequency range required to satisfy its science goals. The SKA pushes the boundaries of physics and engineering on a number of fronts simultaneously and is thus a very ambitious project with innovation at its heart. In this article we consider the component of the SKA to be built in Western Australia in full scope, a survey telescope designed for very early Universe cosmology, operating at low radio frequencies. The path to the low frequency SKA in Australia involves precursor instrumentation, SKA pre-construction activities, and the deployment of the final instrument in two phases over approximately the next decade. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-344812017-01-30T13:43:45Z The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia Tingay, Steven Hall, Peter The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned next-generation radio telescope to be constructed at two locations, in Western Australia and Southern Africa, utilising a range of antenna technologies to cover the radio frequency range required to satisfy its science goals. The SKA pushes the boundaries of physics and engineering on a number of fronts simultaneously and is thus a very ambitious project with innovation at its heart. In this article we consider the component of the SKA to be built in Western Australia in full scope, a survey telescope designed for very early Universe cosmology, operating at low radio frequencies. The path to the low frequency SKA in Australia involves precursor instrumentation, SKA pre-construction activities, and the deployment of the final instrument in two phases over approximately the next decade. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34481 http://astronomy.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/SKA.pdf restricted |
| spellingShingle | Tingay, Steven Hall, Peter The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia |
| title | The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia |
| title_full | The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia |
| title_fullStr | The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia |
| title_short | The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia |
| title_sort | path to the low frequency square kilometre array in australia |
| url | http://astronomy.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/SKA.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34481 |