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Science Working Group (SWG)

The main tasks of the SWG are to:

- develop and maintain the description of the science case at the basis of the Science Requirements Document (Memo 45),
- interact with EWG in developing the Systems Definition Doc, and as part of this effort,
- develop a new ‘matrix’ demonstrating trade-offs of designs vs. key science programs,
- provide considerations on the impact of the site selection on the science to be done with the SKA
- play an advocacy role for the project and stimulate the scientific community to bring forward new initiatives for the science case
- monitor the science cases for the demonstrators and comment as appropriate
- advise the EWG and SEWG on guidelines for concept and site reviews
coordinate, and carry out, simulations of aspects of the science case, with the Simulations Working Group as appropriate
- develop a roadmap of activities of the SWG on a rolling 3 year basis

SWG documents and relevant meetings can be found here (password protected page)

The Square Kilometre Array Design Reference Mission: SKA-mid and SKA-lo, v1.0 can be viewed here

The objective of the the SKA-mid and SKA-lo Design Reference Mission is to provide traceability between the SKA's science goals, as described in the SKA Science Case, and the technical requirements that are necessary for designing the telescope as part of the world-wide PrepSKA effort (in Work Package 2).

In contrast to the SKA Science Case, which aims to present a fairly complete description of the full range of science that could be carried out by the SKA, the SKA-mid and SKA-lo Design Reference Mission attempts to describe only those portions of the Science Case that provide "envelope" technical specifications and are likely to be identified as driving the design of the telescope.

Members

Rainer Beck
Cosmic Magnetism
Max - Planck - Institut für Radioastronomie
Germany
Hayley Bignall
AGN, Interstellar Scintillation.
Curtin University
Australia

Chris Blake
Cosmology
University of British Columbia
Canada
Geoff Bower
Transients
UC Berkeley
USA
Frank Briggs
Probing the Dark Ages
Australia Telescope National Facility
Australia
Ger de Bruyn
Cosmic Magnetism, Probing the Dark Ages
ASTRON
The Netherlands
Chris Carilli
Probing the Dark Ages
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
USA
Jayaram Chengalur
HI in galaxies
Tata Institute for Fundamental Research
India
Benedetta Ciardi (Vice Chair)
Epoch of Reionisation, IGM, Cosmology
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Germany
Jim Cordes
Strong field tests of gravity using pulsars and black holes
Cornell University
USA
Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar
Magnetic Fields
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany
John Dickey
Nearby Galaxies
University of Minnesota
USA
Heino Falcke
LOFAR
The Netherlands

Luigina Feretti
IGM/CMB/Cosmic Magnetism
Istituto di Radioastronomia INAF
Italy

Bryan Gaensler
Cosmic Magnetism
University of Sydney
Australia
Jacqueline van Gorkom
Galaxy Evolution
Columia University
USA

Lincoln Greenhill
Probing the Dark Ages
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
USA

Lisa Harvey-Smith
Cosmic Magnetism/ Masers/ISM/Star Formation
University of Sydney
Australia
Melvin Hoare
Star Formation
University of Leeds
UK
Andrew Hopkins
Galaxy Evolution
University of Sydney
Australia

Thijs van der Hulst
Galaxy Evolution, Cosmology and Dark Energy
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
The Netherlands

Minh Huynh
Galaxy Evolution; AGN; LIRGS, ULIRGS and Starburst Galaxies
Caltech
USA

Matt Jarvis
Science Simulations
Oxford University
UK
Simon Johnston (observer)
xNTD Project Scientist
Australia Telescope National Facility
Australia
Justin Jonas (observer)
KAT Project Scientist
Rhodes University
South Africa
Dayton Jones
AGN/Spacecraft Tracking/Geodesy
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
USA
Michael Kramer
Strong field tests of gravity using pulsars and black holes
Jodrell Bank Observatory
UK
Joseph Lazio (Chair)
Cradle of Life
Naval Research Laboratory
USA
Andrea Lommen
Gravitational Waves, Pulsars
Franklin and Marshall College
USA
Colin Lonsdale
Probing the Dark Ages
Haystack Observatory
USA
Raffaella Morganti
HI/AGN

ASTRON
The Netherlands
Hiroyuki Nakanishi
Kogoshima University
Japan
Ue-Li Pen
Probing the Dark Ages

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
Canada
Steve Rawlings
Galaxy Evolution, Cosmology and dark energy
Oxford University
UK
Scott Ransom
Pulsars, time-series analysis
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
USA
Yoshiaki Sofue
Kogoshima University
Japan
Jeroen Stil
University of Calgary
Canada
   

Key Science Projects

Each of the Key Science Projects has two or three SWG members designated as “shepherds” (=Task Force Chairs) for the particular science area. Their role is to monitor developments in their area and organise international meetings to give due prominence to the role to be played by the SKA.

Key science project Shepherds
I. The Cradle of Life
Joseph Lazio, Dan Werthimer
II. Strong-field tests of gravity using pulsars and black holes Jim Cordes, Michael Kramer
III. The origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism Brian Gaensler, Rainer Beck
IV. Galaxy evolution, cosmology and dark energy Steve Rawlings,
Thijs van der Hulst
V. Probing the Dark Ages Chris Carilli, Frank Briggs
Exploration of the unknown Peter Wilkinson, Ken Kellermann, Ron Ekers
Science Compliance Matrix (March 03) Steve Rawlings
Science Requirement document Dayton Jones
Key Science Compliance Matrix Carole Jackson

Task force
> Science simulations
Chair: Matt Jarvis



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