Contents

• Contents
• Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
  • The Dawn of Galaxies: Searching for the Epoch of First Light
    • 21-cm Emission and Absorption Mechanisms
    • Preheating the IGM
    • Scenarios: SKA Imaging of Cosmological HI
  • Large Scale Structure and Galaxy Evolution
    • A Deep SKA HIPencil Beam Survey
    • Large scale structure studies from a shallow, wide area survey
    • The Ly$\alpha$ forest seen in the 21-cm HIline
    • High Redshift CO
  • Deep Continuum Fields
    • Extragalactic Radio Sources
    • The SubmicroJansky Sky
  • Probing Dark Matter with Gravitational Lensing
  • Activity in Galactic Nuclei
    • The SKA and Active Galactic Nuclei
    • Sensitivity of the SKA in VLBI Arrays
  • Circum-nuclear MegaMasers
    • H₂O megamasers
    • OH Megamasers
    • Formaldehyde Megamasers
    • The Impact of the SKA on Megamaser Studies
  • The Starburst Phenomenon
    • The importance of Starbursts
    • Current Radio Studies
    • The Potential of SKA for Starburst Studies
  • Interstellar Processes
    • HIIRegions: High Resolution Imaging of Thermal Emission
    • Centimetre Wavelength Molecular Probes of the ISM
    • Supernova Remnants
    • The Origin of Cosmic Rays
    • Interstellar Plasma Turbulence
    • Recombination Lines
  • Magnetic Fields
    • Rotation Measure Synthesis
    • Polarization Studies of the Interstellar Medium in the Galaxy and in Nearby External Galaxies
• Formation and Evolution of Stars
  • Continuum Radio Emission from Stars
  • Imaging the Surfaces of Stars
    • Red Giants and Supergiant Stars
    • Complementarity to Planned Optical-IR Interferometers
  • Star Formation
    • Protostellar Cores
    • Protostellar Jets
    • Uncovering the Evolutionary Sequence
    • Magnetic Fields in Protostellar Objects
  • Cool Star Astronomy
    • The Radio Sun
    • Observing Solar Analogs at Radio Wavelengths
    • Where are the many other Radio Suns?
    • Prospects for the SKA
    • Flares and Microflares
    • Summary of Scientific Objectives
  • X-ray Binaries
    • Relativistic Ejections from X-ray Transients
    • The Faint Persistent Population
    • The potential of the SKA
  • Imaging of Circumstellar Phenomena
  • Stellar Astrometry
  • Supernovae
    • Radio Supernovae
    • New Observations Possible with the SKA
    • Summary and Conclusions
  • The Radio After-Glows of Gamma-ray Bursts
  • Pulsars
    • Pulsar Searches with the SKA
    • Pulsar Timing with the SKA
    • Radio Pulsar Timing and General Relativity
    • Summary
• Solar System Science
  • Thermal Emission from Small Solar System Bodies
    • Asteroids
    • Planetary Satellites
    • Kuiper Belt Objects
  • Radar Imaging of Near Earth Asteroids
  • The Atmosphere and Magnetosphere of Jupiter
  • Comet Studies
  • Solar Radar
  • Coronal Scattering
• Formation and Evolution of Life
  • Detection of Extrasolar Planets
  • Pre-Biotic Interstellar Chemistry
  • The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• Bibliography