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Science Book

Science with the Square Kilometre Array, eds: C. Carilli, S. Rawlings, New Astronomy Reviews, Vol.48, Elsevier, December 2004

Hard copies of the book can be acquired through the SKA Program Development Office. Please contact secretary@skatelescope.org.

Introductory material

1. Motivation, key science projects, standards and assumptions
C. Carilli, S. Rawlings – PDF

Key Science Projects

2. Cradle of Life
T. J.W. Lazio, J.C. Tarter, D.J. Wilner – PDF

3. Strong-field tests of gravity using pulsars and black holes
M. Kramer, D. C. Backer, J. M. Cordes , T. J. W. Lazio, B. W. Stappers, S. Johnston – PDF

4. The origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism
B. M. Gaensler, R. Beck, L. Feretti – PDF

5. Galaxy evolution, cosmology and dark energy with the Square Kilometre Array
S.Rawlings, F.B. Abdalla, S.L Bridle, C.A.Blake, C.M. Baugh, L.J. Greenhill, J.M. van der Hulst – PDF

6. Probing the dark ages with the Square Kilometre Array
C. Carilli, S. Furlanetto, F. Briggs, M. Jarvis, S. Rawlings, H. Falcke- PDF

Science Chapters

7. 21 cm tomography of the high-redshift universe with the Square Kilometre Array
S. R. Furlanetto F. H. Briggs – PDF

8. Observations of HI 21cm absorption by the neutral IGM during the epoch of re-ionization with the Square Kilometer Array
C.L. Carilli, N.Gnedin, S. Furlanetto, F. Owen- PDF

9. Cosmology with the SKA
C.A. Blake, F.B. Abdalla, S.L. Bridle, S. Rawlings – PDF

10. Extragalactic water masers, geometric Estimation of Ho, and characterization of dark energy
L.J Greenhill – PDF

11. Strong gravitational lensing with SKA
L.V.E. Koopmans, I.W.A. Browne, N.J. Jackson - PDF

12. Measuring changes in the fundamental constants with redshifted radio absorption lines
S. J. Curran, N. Kanekar, J. K. Darling – PDF

13. Sunyaev-Zeldovich effects, free-free emission, and imprints on the cosmic microwave background
C. Burigana, G. De Zotti, L. Feretti – PDF

14. Searching for intergalactic shocks with the Square Kilometre Array
U. Keshet, E. Waxman, A. Loeb – PDF

15. Diffuse radio emission from the intracluster medium
L. Feretti, C. Burigana, T.A. Enßlin – PDF

16. Magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies
L. Feretti, M. Johnston-Hollitt – PDF

17. Relativistic jets
G.W.Bicknell, D.L. Jones, M.Lister – PDF

18. Compact radio cores: from the first black holes to the last
H. Falcke, E. Körding, N.M. Nagar – PDF

19. The accretion history of the Universe with the SKA
M. J. Jarvis, S. Rawlings – PDF

20. Deep radio continuum studies with the SKA: evolution of radio AGN populations
C. A. Jackson – PDF

21. Disks, tori, and cocoons: emission and absorption diagnostics of AGN environments
R. Morganti, L. J. Greenhill, A. B. Peck, D. L. Jones, C. Henke l – PDF

22. Surveys of compact extragalactic radio sources
L.I. Gurvits – PDF

23. From gas to galaxies
J.M. van der Hulst, E.M. Sadler, C.A. Jackson, L.K. Hunt, M. Verheijen, J.H. van Gorkom – PDF

24. Predictions for the SKA from hierarchical galaxy formation models
C.M.Baugh, C.G. Lacey, C.S.Frenk, A.J.Benson, S.Cole, G.L Granato, L.Silva, A.Bressan – PDF

25. Searching for high-redshift centimeter-wave continuum, line and maser emission using the Square Kilometer Array
A.W. Blain, C. Carilli, J. Darling – PDF

26. 21 cm absorption studies with the Square Kilometer Array
N. Kanekar, F.G. Briggs – PDF

27. HI imaging the low red-shift cosmic web
R. Braun – PDF

28. The faint HI environment of galaxies: a laboratory for testing galaxy formation
E. Corbelli – PDF

29. SKA observations of the cosmic web -
E. Wilcots – PDF

30. Observations of magnetic fields in the Milky way and in nearby galaxies with a Square Kilometre Array
R. Beck, B. M. Gaensler – PDF

31. ISM in nearby galaxies -
E. Brinks – PDF

32. SKA studies of atomic gas in the interstellar medium of the Milky Way -
J.M. Dickey, N.M. McClure-Griffiths, F.J.Lockman – PDF

33. The solar–stellar connection
S. M. White – PDF

34. Star formation at high angular resolution
M. G. Hoare – PDF

35. Star formation, massive stars, and super star clusters in nearby galaxies
K.E Johnson – PDf

36. Late stages of stellar evolution
K. Marvel – PDF

37. Imaging protoplanetary disks with a Square Kilometre Array
D.J. Wilner – PDF

38. Radio emission from supernovae and gamma-ray bursters and the need for the SKA
K.W.Weiler, S. D. Van Dyk, R. A. Sramekc, N. Panagia – PDF

39. Using SKA to observe relativistic jets from X-ray binary systems
R.Fender – PDF

40. Pulsars as tools for fundamental physics and astrophysics J. M. Cordes, M. Kramer, T. J. W. Lazio, B. W. Stappers, D. C. Backer, S. Johnston – PDF

41. The microarcsecond sky and cosmic turbulence
T. J. W. Lazio, J. M. Cordes, A. G. de Bruyn, J.P. Macquart – PDF

42. The dynamic radio sky
J.M. Cordes, T. J. W. Lazio, M. A. McLaughlin – PDF

43. Microarcsecond astrometry using the SKA
E. Fomalont, M. Reid – PDF

44. Observing gravitational radiation with QSO proper motions and the SKA
A. Jaffe – PDF

45. Prospects for radio detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos
H. Falcke, P. Gorham, R.J. Protheroe – PDF

46. Solar system science with SKA
B.J. Butler, D.B. Campbell, I. de Pater, D.E. Gary – PDF

47. Spacecraft tracking with the SKA
D.L. Jones – PDF

48. Astrobiology and SETI
J.C. Tarter – PDF

49. Exploration of the unknown
P.N Wilkinson, K. I. Kellermann, R. D Ekers, J.M Cordes, T. J. W. Lazio – PDF

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