Overview
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Peter J. Hall
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International SKA Project Office, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Ska Demonstrators and Results
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- David Deboer, Rob Ackermann, Leo Blitz, Douglas Bock, Geoffrey Bower, Michael Davis et al.
Pages 19-34
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- Stefan J. Wijnholds, Jaap D. Bregman, Albert-Jan Boonstra
Pages 35-42
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- Kjeld Van Der Schaaf, Chris Broekema, Ger Van Diepen, Ellen Van Meijeren
Pages 43-58
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- Stefan J. Wijnholds, A. Ger De Bruyn, Jaap D. Bregman, Jan-Geralt Bij De Vaate
Pages 59-64
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- A. Van Ardenne, P. N. Wilkinson, P. D. Patel, J. G. Bij De Vaate
Pages 65-77
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Antennas
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- E. E. M. Woestenburg, J. C. Kuenen
Pages 89-99
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- W. A. Van Cappellen, J. D. Bregman, M. J. Arts
Pages 101-109
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- Germán Cortés-MedellÃn
Pages 111-118
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- John S. Kot, Richard Donelson, Nasiha Nikolic, Doug Hayman, Mike O’shea, Gary Peeters
Pages 141-148
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- Marianna V. Ivashina, Jan Simons, Jan Geralt Bij De Vaate
Pages 149-162
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- Meyer Nahon, Casey Lambert, Dean Chalmers, Wen Bo
Pages 163-175
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- Wenbai Zhu, Rendong Nan, Gexue Ren
Pages 177-184
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RF Systems
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- J. Bardin, S. Weinreb, D. Bagri
Pages 193-199
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About this book
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project is a global project to design and c- struct a revolutionary new radio telescope with of order 1 million square meters of collecting area in the wavelength range from3mto1cm.It will have two - ders of magnitude greater sensitivity than current telescopes and an unprecedented large instantaneous ?eld-of-view. These capabilities will ensure the SKA will play a leading role in solving the major astrophysical and cosmological questions of the day (see the science case at www.skatelescope.org/pages/page astronom.htm). The SKA will complement major ground- and space-based astronomical facilities under construction or planned in other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. ALMA, JWST, ELT, XEUS,...). The current schedule for the SKA foresees a decision on the SKA site in 2006, a decisiononthedesignconceptin2009,constructionofthe?rstphase(international path?nder)from2010to2013,andconstructionofthefullarrayfrom2014to2020. The cost is estimated to be about 1000 M . TheSKAProjectcurrentlyinvolves45institutesin17countries,manyofwhich are involved in nationally- or regionally-funded state-of-the-art technical devel- ments being pursued ahead of the 2009 selection of design concept. This Special Issue of Experimental Astronomy provides a snapshot of SKA engineering act- ity around the world, and is based on presentations made at the SKA meeting in Penticton,BC,CanadainJuly2004.Topicscoveredincludeantennaconcepts,so- ware, signal transport and processing, radio frequency interference mitigation, and reports on related technologies in other radio telescopes now under construction. Further information on the project can be found at www.skatelescope.org.
Editors and Affiliations
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International SKA Project Office, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Peter J. Hall
About the editor
Peter Hall is the International Project Engineer for the SKA project. He also chairs the International Engineering Working Group for the project, as well as its Industry Liaison Task Force. Dr Hall has been associated with the SKA since 1997 and prior to his current role he led the CSIRO (Australia) SKA program. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (Australia) and a member of several other international engineering bodies.