Fundamental physics with the Square Kilometre Array

A. Weltman; P. Bull; S. Camera; K. Kelley; H. Padmanabhan; J. Pritchard; A. Raccanelli; S. Riemer-Sørensen; L. Shao; S. Andrianomena; E. Athanassoula; D. Bacon; R. Barkana; G. Bertone; C. Bœhm; C. Bonvin; A. Bosma; M. Brüggen; C. Burigana; F. Calore; J. A.R. Cembranos; C. Clarkson; R. M.T. Connors; De La Cruz-Dombriz; P. K.S. Dunsby; J. Fonseca; N. Fornengo; D. Gaggero; I. Harrison; J. Larena; Y. Z. Ma; R. Maartens; M. Méndez-Isla; S. D. Mohanty; S. Murray; D. Parkinson; A. Pourtsidou; P. J. Quinn; M. Regis; P. Saha; M. Sahlén; M. Sakellariadou; J. Silk; T. Trombetti; F. Vazza; T. Venumadhav; F. Vidotto; F. Villaescusa-Navarro; Y. Wang; C. Weniger; L. Wolz; F. Zhang; B. M. Gaensler

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Fundamental physics with the Square Kilometre Array

A. Weltman, P. Bull, S. Camera, K. Kelley, H. Padmanabhan, J. Pritchard, A. Raccanelli, S. Riemer-Sørensen, L. Shao, S. Andrianomena, E. Athanassoula, D. Bacon, R. Barkana, G. Bertone, C. Bœhm, C. Bonvin, A. Bosma, M. Brüggen, C. Burigana, F. CaloreJ. A.R. Cembranos, C. Clarkson, R. M.T. Connors, De La Cruz-Dombriz, P. K.S. Dunsby, J. Fonseca, N. Fornengo, D. Gaggero, I. Harrison, J. Larena, Y. Z. Ma, R. Maartens, M. Méndez-Isla, S. D. Mohanty, S. Murray, D. Parkinson, A. Pourtsidou, P. J. Quinn, M. Regis, P. Saha, M. Sahlén, M. Sakellariadou, J. Silk, T. Trombetti, F. Vazza, T. Venumadhav, F. Vidotto, F. Villaescusa-Navarro, Y. Wang, C. Weniger, L. Wolz, F. Zhang, B. M. Gaensler^*

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Abstract

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned large radio interferometer designed to operate over a wide range of frequencies, and with an order of magnitude greater sensitivity and survey speed than any current radio telescope. The SKA will address many important topics in astronomy, ranging from planet formation to distant galaxies. However, in this work, we consider the perspective of the SKA as a facility for studying physics. We review four areas in which the SKA is expected to make major contributions to our understanding of fundamental physics: cosmic dawn and reionisation; gravity and gravitational radiation; cosmology and dark energy; and dark matter and astroparticle physics. These discussions demonstrate that the SKA will be a spectacular physics machine, which will provide many new breakthroughs and novel insights on matter, energy, and spacetime.

Original language	English
Article number	e002
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2019.42
State	Published - 1 Jan 2020

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Funders	Funder number
Science and Technology Facilities Council	ST/P000649/1
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	706896, 714196, 664931, 638743, 1505861
Australian Research Council	DE170100356, FT130101086
National Science Foundation	1505861, 0734800

Keywords

astroparticle physics
cosmology
gravitation
pulsars: general
reionisation
telescopes

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Weltman, A., Bull, P., Camera, S., Kelley, K., Padmanabhan, H., Pritchard, J., Raccanelli, A., Riemer-Sørensen, S., Shao, L., Andrianomena, S., Athanassoula, E., Bacon, D., Barkana, R., Bertone, G., Bœhm, C., Bonvin, C., Bosma, A., Brüggen, M., Burigana, C., ... Gaensler, B. M. (2020). Fundamental physics with the Square Kilometre Array. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Article e002. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2019.42

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