Facilities For The Next Decade (and Beyond): Future Directions For Cm-/m-wavelengths

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Jan 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21333901c&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #339.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.401

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Observations at centimeter- and meter wavelengths have a rich potential for probing fundamental physics, the origin and evolution of the Universe and its constituents, the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the formation and distribution of planets. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is intended to be the cm- and m-wavelength telescope for the 21st century with a substantial increase in sensitivity relative to current facilities. In addition to answering fundamental scientific questions, centimeter- and meter wavelengths have a strong history of unexpected discoveries, including non-thermal radiation, quasars, pulsars, radio galaxies, the CMB, cosmic masers, and the first extrasolar planets. The vast increase in sensitivity provided by the SKA is likely to continue this tradition by revealing new and unexpected celestial phenomena.
In the past decade, there have been a number of significant milestones in the development of the SKA, including the identification of Key Science Projects, the establishment of an international program office, a set of scientific specifications and a reference design, an identification of a short-list of suitable sites. We summarize these developments, a technical description of the SKA facilities, and a U.S. strategy toward the SKA. Key to realizing the SKA will be the scientific and technical developments at instruments currently under construction both around the world and in the U.S.
Basic research in radio astronomy at the NRL is supported by 6.1 Base funding.

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