The SKA mid-frequency all-sky continuum survey: discovering the unexpected and transforming radio-astronomy

Raymond Paul Norris; Kaustuv Basu; Michael James Isles Brown; Ettore Carretti; Anna D Kapinska; Isabella Prandoni; Lawrence Rudnick; Nick Seymour

doi:10.22323/1.215.0086

The SKA mid-frequency all-sky continuum survey: discovering the unexpected and transforming radio-astronomy

Raymond Paul Norris
, Kaustuv Basu
, Michael James Isles Brown
, Ettore Carretti
, Anna D Kapinska
, Isabella Prandoni
, Lawrence Rudnick
, Nick Seymour

School of Physics and Astronomy

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SKA is an instrument, not an experiment (Phil Diamond, Stellenbosch, 17 Feb 2014) We show that, in addition to specific science goals, there is a strong case for conducting an all-sky (i.e. the visible 3p steradians) SKA continuum survey which does not fit neatly into conventional science cases. History shows that the greatest scientific impact of most major telescopes (e.g., HST, VLA) lies beyond the original goals used to justify the telescope. The design of the telescope therefore needs to maximise the ultimate scientific productivity, in addition to achieving the specific science goals. In this chapter, we show that an all-sky continuum survey is likely to achieve transformational science in two specific respects:.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array
Editors	Robert Braun, Grazia Umana
Place of Publication	Berks UK
Publisher	Dolman Scott Ltd for SKA Organisation
Pages	1183-1200
Number of pages	18
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	9781909204713
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/1.215.0086
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array 2014 - Giardini Naxos, Italy Duration: 9 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014 https://pos.sissa.it/215/

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Conference	Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array 2014
Abbreviated title	AASKA 2014
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Giardini Naxos
Period	9/06/14 → 13/06/14
Other	In 2014 it was 10 years since the publication of the comprehensive ‘Science with the Square Kilometre Array’ book and 15 years since the first such volume appeared in 1999. In that time numerous and unexpected advances have been made in the fields of astronomy and physics relevant to the capabilities of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The SKA itself progressed from an idea to a developing reality with a baselined Phase 1 design (SKA1) and construction planned from 2017. To facilitate the publication of a new, updated science book, which will be relevant to the current astrophysical context, the meeting"Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array" was held in Giardina Naxos, Sicily. Articles were solicited from the community for that meeting to document the scientific advances enabled by the first phase of the SKA and those pertaining to future SKA deployments, with expected gains of 5 times the Phase 1 sensitivity below 350 MHz, about 10 times the Phase 1 sensitivity above 350 MHz and with frequency coverage extending to ~20 GHz. The chapters listed here are the direct result of that meeting.
Internet address	https://pos.sissa.it/215/

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Norris, R. P., Basu, K., Brown, M. J. I., Carretti, E., Kapinska, A. D., Prandoni, I., Rudnick, L., & Seymour, N. (2015). The SKA mid-frequency all-sky continuum survey: discovering the unexpected and transforming radio-astronomy. In R. Braun, & G. Umana (Eds.), Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array (Vol. 2, pp. 1183-1200). Dolman Scott Ltd for SKA Organisation. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.215.0086

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Norris, RP, Basu, K, Brown, MJI, Carretti, E, Kapinska, AD, Prandoni, I, Rudnick, L & Seymour, N 2015, The SKA mid-frequency all-sky continuum survey: discovering the unexpected and transforming radio-astronomy. in R Braun & G Umana (eds), Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array. vol. 2, Dolman Scott Ltd for SKA Organisation, Berks UK, pp. 1183-1200, Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array 2014, Giardini Naxos, Italy, 9/06/14. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.215.0086

The SKA mid-frequency all-sky continuum survey: discovering the unexpected and transforming radio-astronomy. / Norris, Raymond Paul; Basu, Kaustuv; Brown, Michael James Isles et al.
Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array. ed. / Robert Braun; Grazia Umana. Vol. 2 Berks UK: Dolman Scott Ltd for SKA Organisation, 2015. p. 1183-1200.

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