Jodrell Bank Centre / Science Working Group / US Naval Research Laboratory / Tsys / SKA / Telescope Working Group / Engineering Working Group / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Netherlands / South Africa / United States / Canada / Australia / United Kingdom / /
Currency
EUR / / /
Facility
Dominion Radio Astronomy Observatory / SKA station / European Peter Hall / Curtin University of Technology / Jodrell Bank Centre / Square Kilometer Array / Hall R.T. Schilizzi P.E.F. Dewdney T.J.W. / US Naval Research Laboratory / /
IndustryTerm
test systems / technology offers / technologies / software telescope / economical receiving systems / scientific post-processing / sparse aperture array technology / receiver systems / technology-development outcomes / technology assumptions / machinery / technology research / unobscured view / technology choices / continuum imaging / dense phased-array technology / technology path / conventional metal beamformer / attractive technology / communications technology / signal-processing considerations / digital processing / information technology machine / imaging / technology components / astronomy applications / energy / science applications / gas content / base technology options / sensor technologies / data-processing infrastructures volumes / technology maturation timescales / allied manufacturing processes / dark energy / subsequent processing power / telecommunications / technology mixes / electronics / intra-chip / cooled receiving systems / dense-phasedarray field-of-view expansion technology / costestimation tool / computing / required imaging / constituent technologies / programmable beamforming solutions / radio imaging / post-processing demands / antenna technologies / /
MusicGroup
MHz / SKA / /
Organization
National Science Foundation / Curtin University / International SKA Project Office / Reference Science Mission / SKA Program Development Office / Engineering Committee / Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics in Manchester / /
Person
Peter Dewdney / Richard Schilizzi / Joseph Lazio / /
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Radio Telescope: Progress and Technical Directions Abstract The international SKA project will deliver the most sensitive and flexible radio telescope yet built. This paper