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Pathway to the Square Kilometre Array - The German White Paper -

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Allen,  B.
Observational Relativity and Cosmology, AEI-Hannover, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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1301.4124
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Aharonian, F., Arshakian, T. G., Allen, B., Banerjee, R., Beck, R., Becker, W., et al.(2012). Pathway to the Square Kilometre Array - The German White Paper -. Bonn: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR).


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000E-B30A-6
Abstract
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the most ambitious radio telescope ever
planned. With a collecting area of about a square kilometre, the SKA will be
far superior in sensitivity and observing speed to all current radio
facilities. The scientific capability promised by the SKA and its technological
challenges provide an ideal base for interdisciplinary research, technology
transfer, and collaboration between universities, research centres and
industry. The SKA in the radio regime and the European Extreme Large Telescope
(E-ELT) in the optical band are on the roadmap of the European Strategy Forum
for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and have been recognised as the essential
facilities for European research in astronomy.
This "White Paper" outlines the German science and R&D interests in the SKA
project and will provide the basis for future funding applications to secure
German involvement in the Square Kilometre Array.