SKA preconstruction phase at UCL
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The Square Kilometre Array will be the largest radio facility every built. It will cost all the member countries 650MEuros to build in its first incarnation. It will be able to provide the most accurate radio images every taken and will touch several areas of physics including Cosmology, Galaxy Formation, Galaxy Evolution, The Cradle of Live, Fundamental tests of General Relativity via Pulsars as well as tests of Cosmic Magnetism.
In order to build such an instrument the participating countries are funding a large effort to design such an array by outlining algorithms and pipelines which will be sufficient to solve the data reduction issues which will be faced by this enormous project. The aim of this project will be to contribute to this design phase and perform the necessary tasks which will enable the SKA to start its construction phase in 2016.
In order to build such an instrument the participating countries are funding a large effort to design such an array by outlining algorithms and pipelines which will be sufficient to solve the data reduction issues which will be faced by this enormous project. The aim of this project will be to contribute to this design phase and perform the necessary tasks which will enable the SKA to start its construction phase in 2016.
Planned Impact
The Square Kilometre Array will be a massive project with numerous links to industry. Our group will contribute to the PROT.ISP work package which will establish links and hardware requirements for the Square Kilometre array. The impact of such project will be massive as it will require close links with the computing industry for data analysis and correlations of the raw radio data.
Organisations
Publications
Chan K. C.
(2018)
BAO from angular clustering: optimization and mitigation of theoretical systematics
in ArXiv e-prints
Wolz Laura
(2013)
The varying w spread spectrum effect for radio interferometric imaging
in arXiv e-prints
Jeffrey N.
(2018)
Improving Weak Lensing Mass Map Reconstructions using Gaussian and Sparsity Priors: Application to DES SV
in ArXiv e-prints
Jelic V
(2014)
Initial LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows II. Diffuse polarized emission in the ELAIS-N1 field
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Yatawatta S
(2013)
Initial deep LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows I. The north celestial pole
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jelic V
(2015)
Linear polarization structures in LOFAR observations of the interstellar medium in the 3C 196 field
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Abdalla, F.B.
Determining Neutrino Properties with the SKA
in Cosmology, Galaxy Formation and Astroparticle Physics on the Pathway to the SKA
Mellema G
(2013)
Reionization and the Cosmic Dawn with the Square Kilometre Array
in Experimental Astronomy
Asad K
(2015)
Polarization leakage in epoch of reionization windows - I. Low Frequency Array observations of the 3C196 field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Xavier H
(2016)
Improving lognormal models for cosmological fields
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Description | The methods proposed to be outlined in this award to define the construction and data analysis pipeline will be reported as outputs to the project and delivered. |
Exploitation Route | the award is not completed but objectives are in route. They will be passed onto the SKA office via documentation and prototyping of code. |
Sectors | Other |
Description | The SKA will be the largest ever build radio telescope this is a large source of inspiration across generations and will excite and encourage many to learn more about science and radio astronomy. Furthermore, many contracts will eventually be drawn up for industry to carry out the construction phase which will be beneficial directly to the economy. |
First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
Sector | Other |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |