Galaxies (Jul 2020)
Magnetism Science with the Square Kilometre Array
- George Heald,
- Sui Ann Mao,
- Valentina Vacca,
- Takuya Akahori,
- Ancor Damas-Segovia,
- B. M. Gaensler,
- Matthias Hoeft,
- Ivan Agudo,
- Aritra Basu,
- Rainer Beck,
- Mark Birkinshaw,
- Annalisa Bonafede,
- Tyler L. Bourke,
- Andrea Bracco,
- Ettore Carretti,
- Luigina Feretti,
- J. M. Girart,
- Federica Govoni,
- James A. Green,
- JinLin Han,
- Marijke Haverkorn,
- Cathy Horellou,
- Melanie Johnston-Hollitt,
- Roland Kothes,
- Tom Landecker,
- Błażej Nikiel-Wroczyński,
- Shane P. O’Sullivan,
- Marco Padovani,
- Frédérick Poidevin,
- Luke Pratley,
- Marco Regis,
- Christopher John Riseley,
- Tim Robishaw,
- Lawrence Rudnick,
- Charlotte Sobey,
- Jeroen M. Stil,
- Xiaohui Sun,
- Sharanya Sur,
- A. Russ Taylor,
- Alec Thomson,
- Cameron L. Van Eck,
- Franco Vazza,
- Jennifer L. West,
- the SKA Magnetism Science Working Group
Affiliations
- George Heald
- CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Sui Ann Mao
- Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Valentina Vacca
- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius, Italy
- Takuya Akahori
- Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
- Ancor Damas-Segovia
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía, 18008 Granada, Spain
- B. M. Gaensler
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Matthias Hoeft
- Thüringer Landessternwarte, Sternwarte 5, 07778 Tautenburg, Germany
- Ivan Agudo
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía, 18008 Granada, Spain
- Aritra Basu
- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
- Rainer Beck
- Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Mark Birkinshaw
- HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
- Annalisa Bonafede
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, via P. Gobetti 93/2, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Tyler L. Bourke
- SKA Organization, Jodrell Bank, Lower Withington, Macclesfield SK11 9FT, UK
- Andrea Bracco
- Rudjer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Ettore Carretti
- INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Luigina Feretti
- INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- J. M. Girart
- Institut de Ciencies de l’Espai (CSIC), 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
- Federica Govoni
- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius, Italy
- James A. Green
- CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- JinLin Han
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jia-20 DaTun Road, ChaoYang District, Beijing 100101, China
- Marijke Haverkorn
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Cathy Horellou
- Chalmers University of Technology, Dept of Space, Earth and Environment, Onsala Space Observatory, 439 92 Onsala, Sweden
- Melanie Johnston-Hollitt
- International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Roland Kothes
- National Research Council Canada, Herzberg Programs in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, P.O. Box 248, Penticton, BC V2A 6J9, Canada
- Tom Landecker
- National Research Council Canada, Herzberg Programs in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, P.O. Box 248, Penticton, BC V2A 6J9, Canada
- Błażej Nikiel-Wroczyński
- Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
- Shane P. O’Sullivan
- Centre for Astrophysics and Relativity, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Ireland
- Marco Padovani
- INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
- Frédérick Poidevin
- Instituto de Astrofisíca de Canarias, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
- Luke Pratley
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Marco Regis
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- Christopher John Riseley
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, via P. Gobetti 93/2, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Tim Robishaw
- National Research Council Canada, Herzberg Programs in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, P.O. Box 248, Penticton, BC V2A 6J9, Canada
- Lawrence Rudnick
- Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, 116 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Charlotte Sobey
- CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Jeroen M. Stil
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Xiaohui Sun
- Department of Astronomy, Yunnan University, and Key Laboratory of Astroparticle Physics of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650091, China
- Sharanya Sur
- Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2nd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560034, India
- A. Russ Taylor
- Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
- Alec Thomson
- CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Cameron L. Van Eck
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Franco Vazza
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, via P. Gobetti 93/2, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Jennifer L. West
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- the SKA Magnetism Science Working Group
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies8030053
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 3
p. 53
Abstract
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will answer fundamental questions about the origin, evolution, properties, and influence of magnetic fields throughout the Universe. Magnetic fields can illuminate and influence phenomena as diverse as star formation, galactic dynamics, fast radio bursts, active galactic nuclei, large-scale structure, and dark matter annihilation. Preparations for the SKA are swiftly continuing worldwide, and the community is making tremendous observational progress in the field of cosmic magnetism using data from a powerful international suite of SKA pathfinder and precursor telescopes. In this contribution, we revisit community plans for magnetism research using the SKA, in light of these recent rapid developments. We focus in particular on the impact that new radio telescope instrumentation is generating, thus advancing our understanding of key SKA magnetism science areas, as well as the new techniques that are required for processing and interpreting the data. We discuss these recent developments in the context of the ultimate scientific goals for the SKA era.
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