Square Kilometre Array: The radio telescope of the XXI century

K. Grainge; B. Alachkar; Shaun Amy; D. Barbosa; M. Bommineni; P. Boven; R. Braddock; J. Davis; P. Diwakar; V. Francis; R. Gabrielczyk; R. Gamatham; S. Garrington; T. Gibbon; D. Gozzard; S. Gregory; Y. Guo; Y. Gupta; J. Hammond; D. Hindley; U. Horn; R. Hughes-Jones; M. Hussey; S. Lloyd; S. Mammen; S. Miteff; V. Mohile; J. Muller; S. Natarajan; J. Nicholls; R. Oberland; M. Pearson; T. Rayner; S. Schediwy; R. Schilizzi; S. Sharma; S. Stobie; M. Tearle; B. Wang; B. Wallace; L. Wang; R. Warange; R. Whitaker; A. Wilkinson; N. Wingfield

doi:10.1134/S1063772917040059

Square Kilometre Array: The radio telescope of the XXI century

Authors: Grainge K.¹, Alachkar B.¹, Amy S.², Barbosa D.³, Bommineni M.⁴, Boven P.⁵, Braddock R.¹, Davis J.⁶, Diwakar P.⁴, Francis V.⁷, Gabrielczyk R.¹, Gamatham R.⁸, Garrington S.¹, Gibbon T.⁹, Gozzard D.¹⁰, Gregory S.¹¹, Guo Y.¹², Gupta Y.¹³, Hammond J.¹, Hindley D.⁶, Horn U.¹⁴, Hughes-Jones R.¹⁵, Hussey M.¹, Lloyd S.¹, Mammen S.¹⁶, Miteff S.¹⁴, Mohile V.⁴, Muller J.¹, Natarajan S.¹⁶, Nicholls J.¹, Oberland R.¹, Pearson M.¹, Rayner T.¹⁷, Schediwy S.¹⁰, Schilizzi R.¹, Sharma S.⁴, Stobie S.¹⁰, Tearle M.¹, Wang B.¹², Wallace B.⁸, Wang L.¹², Warange R.⁴, Whitaker R.¹, Wilkinson A.¹, Wingfield N.¹
Affiliations:
1. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
2. CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
3. Grupo de Radio Astronomia, Basic Sciences & Enabling Technologies, Instituto de Telecomunicações
4. Persistent Systems Limited, Pune
5. Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE)
6. National Physical Laboratory
7. STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
8. SKA South Africa
9. Department of Physics
10. School of Physics
11. STFC
12. Joint Institute for Measurement Science, The state key lab of precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments
13. National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
14. South African National Research Network
15. GÉANT
16. Tata Consultancy Services
17. AARNet
Issue: Vol 61, No 4 (2017)
Pages: 288-296
Section: Article
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7729/article/view/190480
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772917040059
ID: 190480

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The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. It will address fundamental unanswered questions about our Universe including how the first stars and galaxies formed after the Big Bang, how dark energy is accelerating the expansion of theUniverse, the role of magnetism in the cosmos, the nature of gravity, and the search for life beyond Earth. This project envisages the construction of 133 15-m antennas in South Africa and 131072 log-periodic antennas in Australia, together with the associated infrastructure in the two desert sites. In addition, the SKA is an exemplar Big Data project, with data rates of over 10 Tbps being transported from the telescope to HPC/HTC facilities.

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