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
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							Affiliations: 
							- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
- CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
- Grupo de Radio Astronomia, Basic Sciences & Enabling Technologies, Instituto de Telecomunicações
- Persistent Systems Limited, Pune
- Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE)
- National Physical Laboratory
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- SKA South Africa
- Department of Physics
- School of Physics
- STFC
- Joint Institute for Measurement Science, The state key lab of precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments
- National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
- South African National Research Network
- GÉANT
- Tata Consultancy Services
- 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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Abstract
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.
About the authors
K. Grainge
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
							Author for correspondence.
							Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
B. Alachkar
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
Shaun Amy
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	Australia, 							Epping						
D. Barbosa
Grupo de Radio Astronomia, Basic Sciences & Enabling Technologies, Instituto de Telecomunicações
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	Portugal, 							Aveiro						
M. Bommineni
Persistent Systems Limited, Pune
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	India, 							Maharashtra						
P. Boven
Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE)
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	Netherlands, 							Dwingeloo						
R. Braddock
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
J. Davis
National Physical Laboratory
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Teddington, Middlesex						
P. Diwakar
Persistent Systems Limited, Pune
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	India, 							Maharashtra						
V. Francis
STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Harwell Campus						
R. Gabrielczyk
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
R. Gamatham
SKA South Africa
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	South Africa, 							Pinelands						
S. Garrington
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
T. Gibbon
Department of Physics
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	South Africa, 							Port Elizabeth						
D. Gozzard
School of Physics
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	Australia, 							Perth						
S. Gregory
STFC
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Warrington, Cheshire						
Y. Guo
Joint Institute for Measurement Science, The state key lab of precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	China, 							Beijing						
Y. Gupta
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	India, 							Pune, Maharashtra						
J. Hammond
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
D. Hindley
National Physical Laboratory
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Teddington, Middlesex						
U. Horn
South African National Research Network
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	South Africa, 							Pretoria						
R. Hughes-Jones
GÉANT
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Cambridge						
M. Hussey
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
S. Lloyd
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
S. Mammen
Tata Consultancy Services
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	India, 							Mumbia, Maharashtra						
S. Miteff
South African National Research Network
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	South Africa, 							Pretoria						
V. Mohile
Persistent Systems Limited, Pune
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	India, 							Maharashtra						
J. Muller
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
S. Natarajan
Tata Consultancy Services
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	India, 							Mumbia, Maharashtra						
J. Nicholls
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
R. Oberland
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
M. Pearson
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
T. Rayner
AARNet
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	Australia, 							North Ryde						
S. Schediwy
School of Physics
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	Australia, 							Perth						
R. Schilizzi
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
S. Sharma
Persistent Systems Limited, Pune
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	India, 							Maharashtra						
S. Stobie
School of Physics
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	Australia, 							Perth						
M. Tearle
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
B. Wang
Joint Institute for Measurement Science, The state key lab of precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	China, 							Beijing						
B. Wallace
SKA South Africa
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	South Africa, 							Pinelands						
L. Wang
Joint Institute for Measurement Science, The state key lab of precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	China, 							Beijing						
R. Warange
Persistent Systems Limited, Pune
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	India, 							Maharashtra						
R. Whitaker
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
A. Wilkinson
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
N. Wingfield
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics & Astronomy
														Email: boch@sai.msu.ru
				                					                																			                												                	United Kingdom, 							Manchester						
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