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almahu_9949863563002882
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1 online resource (645 pages)
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1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031513749
Serie:
Historical and Cultural Astronomy Series
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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Project Overview -- Book Plan -- Appendices -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 SKA: A Global Science Mega-Project Is Born -- 1.2 The Initial Motivation for the SKA -- 1.2.1 Science Drivers -- 1.2.2 Exploration of the Unknown -- 1.2.3 Exponential Growth in Sensitivity -- 1.3 How to Achieve the Sensitivity -- 1.4 Big Science -- 1.5 Complexities of Science Mega-Projects -- 1.6 Historical Funding Environment -- 1.7 The Culture of Radio Astronomy -- 1.8 This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Large Radio Telescopes and the Emergence of the SKA, 1957-1993 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cylinder and Dish Array Concepts and Constructions: The SKA Instrumental Heritage in 1990 -- 2.2.1 Parabolic Cylinder Arrays -- 2.2.1.1 A Concept Array of Parabolic Cylinders, 1962 -- 2.2.1.2 Molonglo Cross Radio Telescope, Australia (Operational 1965-2023) -- 2.2.1.3 Northern Cross Radio Telescope (Operational 1967) -- 2.2.1.4 Pushchino DKR-1000, Russia (Operational 1964) -- 2.2.1.5 Ooty Radio Telescope, India (Operational 1970) -- 2.2.1.6 Giant Equatorial Radio Telescope (GERT), Proposal, 1978-1983, India-Africa -- 2.2.2 Arrays of Dishes -- 2.2.2.1 The Benelux Cross Project Proposal, The Netherlands - Belgium, 1958-1964 -- 2.2.2.2 Project Cyclops Study, USA, 1971 -- 2.2.2.3 Very Large Array (VLA), New Mexico, USA (Operational 1980) -- 2.2.2.4 The Radio Schmidt Telescope Proposal, Canada, 1986-1991 -- 2.2.2.5 Giant Metre-Wave Radio Telescope (GMRT), Pune, India (Operational 1995) -- 2.2.3 The First Square Kilometre Array: Grote Reberś 2 MHz Array in Tasmania, Australia -- 2.3 Global Collaboration in Radio Astronomy Pre-SKA -- 2.4 The SKA: First Ideas -- 2.4.1 Separate Bubbles of Activity -- 2.4.1.1 Govind Swarup, India, GERT (1978), GMRT (1984).
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2.4.1.2 Peter Wilkinson, UK, Hydrogen Array, 1985, 1990 -- 2.4.1.3 Robert Braun, Ger de Bruyn and Jan Noordam, the Netherlands, Large Telescope, 1989-1993 -- 2.4.1.4 Yuri Pariiskii and Large Telescope Studies in the USSR, 1960-1991 -- 2.4.2 Lighting the SKA Torch in October 1990: IAU Colloquium 131 on Radio-Interferometry-Theory, Techniques and Applications -- 2.4.3 October 1990-August 1993, Interim Activities -- 2.5 SKA Is Born Global, August 1993 -- References -- Chapter 3: Global Collaboration on Science and Technology, 1993-2006 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Global Collaboration Takes Shape, 1993-1999: The Seeds of International Collaboration Are Sown, and Major Players Begi... -- 3.2.1 URSI Large Telescope Working Group activities -- 3.2.2 First Steps Towards Global Governance, 1994-1996 -- 3.2.3 LTWG Meeting in Sydney, December 1997 -- 3.2.4 International Science and Engineering Meetings in 1998 and 1999 -- 3.2.4.1 Calgary, Canada, July 1998: The First SKA Science Book, and SKA Gets a Name -- 3.2.4.2 Amsterdam, March 1999, and Dwingeloo, April 1999 -- 3.2.5 Embedding the Large Telescope Project Within Other International Entities -- 3.2.5.1 International Astronomical Union (IAU) -- 3.2.5.2 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Mega-Science Forum/Global Science Forum -- 3.2.6 National SKA Activities 1993-1999 -- 3.2.6.1 The Netherlands -- 3.2.6.2 China -- 3.2.6.3 Australia -- 3.2.6.4 Canada -- 3.2.6.5 USA -- 3.2.6.6 UK -- 3.2.6.7 India -- 3.3 Global ``Grass-Roots ́́Collaboration, 1999-2005 -- 3.3.1 Governance -- 3.3.1.1 First Things First: A Steering Committee (1999) and a Director (2003) -- 3.3.1.2 Beyond the Steering Committee: Project Management Structure -- 3.3.1.3 International SKA Project Office (2003) -- 3.3.2 The Coordinating Role of ISSC and ISPO, 1999-2005.
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3.3.3 National and Regional Governance Structures, Long Range Plans, and Funding, 1999-2005 -- 3.3.3.1 Australia -- 3.3.3.2 Canada -- 3.3.3.3 China -- 3.3.3.4 Europe -- 3.3.3.4.1 Netherlands -- 3.3.3.4.2 UK -- 3.3.3.4.3 Europe-Wide -- 3.3.3.5 India -- 3.3.3.6 New Zealand -- 3.3.3.7 South Africa -- 3.3.3.8 USA -- 3.4 The End of Grass-Roots Governance: Funding Agencies Begin to Take a Global Role in the SKA: June 2005 to February 2006 -- 3.4.1 The Heathrow Meeting in June 2005 -- 3.4.2 ESO as a Possible Host for European SKA Activities? -- 3.4.3 The Hague Meeting in February 2006: ``Blood on the Floor ́́-- References -- Chapter 4: Transition to a Science Mega-Project, 2006-2012 -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Project-Funding Agency Relationship Develops, 2006-2007 -- 4.2.1 Governance Concepts for SKA, 2006-2007: International SKA Forum -- 4.3 Large-Science-Project Roadmaps and SKA -- 4.3.1 Setting the Scene: The OECD Global Science Forum Workshops 2003-2004 -- 4.3.2 National and Regional Roadmaps -- 4.3.2.1 US Decadal Survey 2000, National Science Foundation Senior Review 2006 -- 4.3.2.2 Europe -- 4.3.2.2.1 European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) -- 4.3.2.2.2 ASTRONET -- 4.3.2.3 The Large Astronomy Project Landscape in 2006 in the USA and Europe -- 4.3.2.4 Other Roadmaps -- 4.3.3 SKA Pathfinders and Precursors -- 4.3.3.1 Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) -- 4.3.3.2 South African SKA Precursor (MeerKAT) -- 4.4 PrepSKA: The Driver for Global Collaboration, 2007-2012 -- 4.4.1 PrepSKA Work-Packages -- 4.4.2 Governance Structures to Support the PrepSKA Tasks -- 4.4.2.1 SKA Science and Engineering Committee (SSEC) and SKA Program Development Office (SPDO) -- 4.4.2.2 Funding Agencies: From Working Group to SKA Organisation Founding Board -- 4.4.2.3 Agencies SKA Group (ASG), 2009-2011.
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4.4.2.3.1 SKA Founding Board, 2011 -- 4.4.2.4 PrepSKA Board and Officers -- 4.4.3 PrepSKA Outcomes: Post-2012 Governance and Funding Models -- 4.4.3.1 Governance Options in the Pre-Construction Phase and on the Long-Term -- 4.4.3.2 SKA and ESO, Part 2: 2008-2009 -- 4.4.3.3 PrepSKA Outcomes: Estimated Costs and Funding Models -- 4.4.3.3.1 Estimated Costs -- 4.4.3.3.2 Spend Profiles in 2007 and 2009 -- 4.4.3.3.3 Funding Models: PrepSKA WP6 -- 4.5 Bumps in the Road -- 4.5.1 Phased Implementation of the SKA: A Decision with Lasting Consequences -- 4.5.2 Telescope-Design Resource Issues and the Scope of SKA1: Pizza and Beer Come to the Rescue -- 4.5.3 Why the US Is No Longer Directly Involved in the SKA -- 4.5.3.1 The 1990s -- 4.5.3.2 First SKA Funding -- 4.5.3.3 Decadal Survey, Astro2010 New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics -- 4.5.3.4 Survey Structure -- 4.5.3.5 The SKA-Mid Proposal -- 4.5.3.6 ``Thumbs-Down ́́for SKA-Mid -- 4.5.3.7 Aftermath, 2010-2011 -- 4.5.3.8 Why Did the SKA Fail to Tick All the Boxes in Astro2010? -- 4.6 SKA Implementation Plan -- 4.6.1 Telescope Design and Construction: Schedules, Timelines, and Project Plans -- 4.6.2 Project Execution Plan for the Pre-Construction Phase -- 4.7 Transition to the Pre-Construction Phase, 2011-2012 -- 4.7.1 UK Company Limited by Guarantee -- 4.7.2 SKA Organisation (SKAO): Articles of Association and Members Agreement -- 4.7.3 Business Plan -- 4.7.4 SKAO Established at Last -- 4.7.4.1 SKAO Management -- 4.7.4.2 Director-General Recruitment -- 4.7.4.2.1 Interim Director-General, December 2011-October 2012 -- 4.7.4.2.2 Director-General -- 4.7.4.3 Transition to an Inter-Governmental Organisation -- References -- Chapter 5: Evolution of the SKA Science Case -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Context in 1990 -- 5.3 Pre-1990 Science Cases for a Large Collecting Area Radio Telescope.
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5.3.1 SETI and Project Cyclops: 1971 -- 5.3.2 Govind Swarupś Vision for the Next Generation Radio Telescope, 1978-1991 -- 5.3.3 Soviet Union Square Kilometre Telescope, 1982-1990 -- 5.3.4 UK, Hydrogen Array, Peter Wilkinson, 1985 -- 5.3.5 The Netherlands Large Telescope: Robert Braun, Ger de Bruyn and Jan Noordam -- 5.3.6 Penticton Meeting ``Radio Schmidt Telescope ́́1989 -- 5.3.7 Unexpected Discoveries -- 5.4 Convergence of Visions: VLA Tenth Anniversary, 8 Oct 1990 -- 5.4.1 Hydrogen Array: Peter Wilkinson -- 5.4.2 Exponential Growth of Radio Telescope Sensitivity: Yuri Parijskii -- 5.5 The Evolving Science Case -- 5.5.1 SKA Science Case in 1990 -- 5.5.2 Utrecht Meeting and the Euro-16 Proposal -- 5.5.3 SKA Science Case 1994 and the URSI Large Telescope Working Group (LTWG) -- 5.5.4 Pesek Lecture 1995 -- 5.5.5 Oort Workshop 1997 -- 5.5.6 Science with the SKA 1998 -- 5.5.7 Impact of a Multibeam Design on the Science Case: 1998 -- 5.5.8 SKA Science Book (Eds Taylor and Braun) 1999 -- 5.5.9 SKA Key Science Goals: 1999 -- 5.5.10 Australian Mid-Term Review: 2001 -- 5.5.11 Bologna Meeting: 2002 -- 5.5.12 Lorentz Centre Meeting: Leiden 2003 -- 5.5.13 SKA Science Book (Eds Carilli and Rawlings): 2003 -- 5.5.13.1 Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos -- 5.5.13.2 Using Pulsars for Tests of General Relativity -- 5.5.14 OECD Global Science Forum Astronomy Workshops (2003-2004) -- 5.5.15 The SKA Newsletters 2004-2012 -- 5.5.16 A Summary of the Key Science Projects (KSPs): 2006 -- 5.5.17 SKA Key Science Requirements Matrix 2006: Prime Science Drivers -- 5.5.18 SKA Reference Science Mission: 2009 -- 5.5.19 The Science Case: 2010 -- 5.5.19.1 Identify Unique Radio Niches -- 5.5.19.2 More Focussed Science Case -- 5.5.20 The Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) Science Case -- 5.6 International SKA Forums 2007-2012.
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5.6.1 The Science Case in 2011 and the Data Processing Requirements.
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