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SKA Science and Engineering Committee 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
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