TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetism Science with the Square Kilometre Array
AU - the SKA Magnetism Science Working Group
AU - Heald, George
AU - Mao, Sui Ann
AU - Vacca, Valentina
AU - Akahori, Takuya
AU - Damas-Segovia, Ancor
AU - Gaensler, B. M.
AU - Hoeft, Matthias
AU - Agudo, Ivan
AU - Basu, Aritra
AU - Beck, Rainer
AU - Birkinshaw, Mark
AU - Bonafede, Annalisa
AU - Bourke, Tyler
AU - Bracco, Andrea
AU - Carretti, Ettore
AU - Feretti, Luigina
AU - Girart, J. M.
AU - Govoni, Federica
AU - Green, James A
AU - Han, Jinlin
AU - Haverkorn, Marijke
AU - Horellou, Cathy
AU - Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie
AU - Kothes, Roland
AU - Landecker, Tom
AU - Nikiel-Wroczyński , Błażej
AU - O'Sullivan, Shane
AU - Padovani, Marco
AU - Poidevin, Frédérick
AU - Pratley, Luke
AU - Regis, Marco
AU - Riseley, Christopher John
AU - Robishaw, Tom
AU - Rudnick, Lawrence
AU - Sobey, Charlotte
AU - Stil, Jeroen
AU - Sun, Xiaohui
AU - Sur, Sharanya
AU - Taylor, A. Russ
AU - Thomson, Alec
AU - Van Eck, Cameron
AU - Vazza, Franco
AU - West, Jennifer
PY - 2020/7/6
Y1 - 2020/7/6
N2 - The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will answer fundamental questions about the origin, evolution, properties, and influence of magnetic fields throughout the Universe. Magnetic fields can illuminate and influence phenomena as diverse as star formation, galactic dynamics, fast radio bursts, active galactic nuclei, large-scale structure, and Dark Matter annihilation. Preparations for the SKA are swiftly continuing worldwide, and the community is making tremendous observational progress in the field of cosmic magnetism using data from a powerful international suite of SKA pathfinder and precursor telescopes. In this contribution, we revisit community plans for magnetism research using the SKA, in the light of these recent rapid developments. We focus in particular on the impact that new radio telescope instrumentation is generating, thus advancing our understanding of key SKA magnetism science areas, as well as the new techniques that are required for processing and interpreting the data. We discuss these recent developments in the context of the ultimate scientific goals for the SKA era.
AB - The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will answer fundamental questions about the origin, evolution, properties, and influence of magnetic fields throughout the Universe. Magnetic fields can illuminate and influence phenomena as diverse as star formation, galactic dynamics, fast radio bursts, active galactic nuclei, large-scale structure, and Dark Matter annihilation. Preparations for the SKA are swiftly continuing worldwide, and the community is making tremendous observational progress in the field of cosmic magnetism using data from a powerful international suite of SKA pathfinder and precursor telescopes. In this contribution, we revisit community plans for magnetism research using the SKA, in the light of these recent rapid developments. We focus in particular on the impact that new radio telescope instrumentation is generating, thus advancing our understanding of key SKA magnetism science areas, as well as the new techniques that are required for processing and interpreting the data. We discuss these recent developments in the context of the ultimate scientific goals for the SKA era.
KW - magnetic fields
KW - polarization
KW - instrumentation
KW - interferometers
KW - techniques
KW - polarimetric
KW - telescopes
U2 - 10.3390/galaxies8030053
DO - 10.3390/galaxies8030053
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
SN - 2075-4434
VL - 8
JO - Galaxies
JF - Galaxies
IS - 3
M1 - 53
ER -