Relevant Documents

A list of documents of relevance for our science community

On this page you will find links to documents of relevance to SKA science users.   Information on accessing the telescopes can be found on the Observing with SKA page.

 

Anticipated Science Performance of the SKA telescopes

The anticipated performance of the SKA telescopes based on detailed design work and site characteristics.  This information is incorporated into the sensitivity calculators.   The information will be updated using real performance values once the results of commissioning and verification of the SKA prototypes are completed (AA0.5)

The current (DRAFT) version, which includes AA*, is:

SKAO document 818 (V2, Oct. 2024) Anticipated Science Performance

A version of the previous iteration can be found on the arXiv:

Anticipated Science Performance: arXiv version (December 2019)

Technical Summary: A summary sheet of the technical capabilities of the Design Baseline (AA4) 

SKA Science Case

Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array (The SKA Science Books - 2015):

Individual Chapters(le lien est externe) (2015)

Volume 1(le lien est externe) (128 Mb pdf)

Volume 2(le lien est externe) (73 MB pdf)

Science with the SKA (New Astronomy Reviews - 2004)

Individual Chapters(le lien est externe) (2004)

Design Documents

Design Baseline Description(le lien est externe) A readable (but long) detailed description of the system design of the SKA

Level 0 Science Requirements(le lien est externe)

Level 1 Engineering (System) Requirements(le lien est externe)

Project Documents 

Observatory Establishment and Delivery Plan(le lien est externe) (contains the description of the Observatory Development Plan)

Construction Proposal(le lien est externe)

SKA Phase 1 Executive Summary(le lien est externe)

Staged Delivery (Roll-out) and Array Assemblies 

Staged Delivery, Array Assemblies, and Sub-arrays imaging planning tool (python, compatible with CASA) can be found here:

SKA Planning Tools

(Includes co-ordinates for Mid and Low) 

(For summaries see the Science Timeline webpage)

Key Science ProjectsBackground & Description (le lien est externe) (also see the Access Rules and Regulations)
Science Working Groups

Terms of Reference(le lien est externe) (includes membership eligibility).   

See also the SWGs webpage 

Observing and Data Access

More information will be provided soon

Summary of Science Data Products 

SKAO Access Policy | SKAO Access Rules and Regulations 

For more information, including Calls for Proposals, please see the Observing with SKA webpage (link to be provided when ready)

Science Data Challenges

SDC1: Published results(le lien est externe) | webpage | This challenge has completed, but the data are still available for use.

SDC2: Published results(le lien est externe)webpage | This challenge has completed, but the data are still available for use.

SDC3: Published results | webpage|  Completed – Foregrounds.   To come – Inference.

SDC 4: Coming in 2024 | Magnetism

MemosSKA1 Beyond 15 GHz: The Science Case for Band 6(le lien est externe) (Memo 20-01)

 

Dernière modification le 19 March 2025