"Science with the Square Kilometre Array" eds: C. Carilli, S. Rawlings, New Astronomy Reviews, Vol.48, Elsevier, December 2004 The SKA Science book can be acquired through the International SKA Project Office at the price of €30 (excluding VAT and shipping costs). To order, please contact secretary@skatelescope.org. Individual chapters are available for download. See below...

Table of Contents

Introductory material

1. Motivation, key science projects, standards and assumptions
   C. Carilli, S. Rawlings

Key Science Projects

2. Cradle of Life
   T.J.W. Lazio, J.C. Tarter, D.J. Wilner
3. Strong-field tests of gravity using pulsars and black holes
   M. Kramer, D.C. Backer, J.M. Cordes, T.J.W. Lazio, B.W. Stappers, S. Johnston
4. The origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism
   B.M. Gaensler, R. Beck, L. Feretti
5. Galaxy evolution, cosmology and dark energy with the Square Kilometre Array
   S. Rawlings, F.B. Abdalla, S.L. Bridle, C.A. Blake, C.M. Baugh, L.J. Greenhill, J.M. van der Hulst
6. Probing the dark ages with the Square Kilometre Array
   C. Carilli, S. Furlanetto, F. Briggs, M. Jarvis, S. Rawlings, H. Falcke

Science Chapters

7. 21 cm tomography of the high-redshift universe with the Square Kilometre Array
   S.R. Furlanetto F.H. Briggs
8. Observations of HI 21cm absorption by the neutral IGM during the epoch of re-ionization with the Square Kilometer Array
   C.L. Carilli, N. Gnedin, S. Furlanetto, F. Owen
9. Cosmology with the SKA
   C.A. Blake, F.B. Abdalla, S.L. Bridle, S. Rawlings
10. Extragalactic water masers, geometric estimation of H_o, and characterization of dark energy
    L.J Greenhill
11. Strong gravitational lensing with SKA
    L.V.E. Koopmans, I.W.A. Browne, N.J. Jackson
12. Measuring changes in the fundamental constants with redshifted radio absorption lines
    S.J. Curran, N. Kanekar, J.K. Darling
13. Sunyaev-Zeldovich effects, free-free emission, and imprints on the cosmic microwave background
    C. Burigana, G. De Zotti, L. Feretti
14. Searching for intergalactic shocks with the Square Kilometre Array
    U. Keshet, E. Waxman, A. Loeb
15. Diffuse radio emission from the intracluster medium
    L. Feretti, C. Burigana, T.A. Enßlin
16. Magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies
    L. Feretti, M. Johnston-Hollitt
17. Relativistic jets
    G.W. Bicknell, D.L. Jones, M. Lister
18. Compact radio cores: from the first black holes to the last
    H. Falcke, E. Körding, N.M. Nagar
19. The accretion history of the Universe with the SKA
    M.J. Jarvis, S. Rawlings
20. Deep radio continuum studies with the SKA: evolution of radio AGN populations
    C.A. Jackson
21. Disks, tori, and cocoons: emission and absorption diagnostics of AGN environments
    R. Morganti, L.J. Greenhill, A.B. Peck, D.L. Jones, C. Henkel
22. Surveys of compact extragalactic radio sources
    L.I. Gurvits
23. From gas to galaxies
    J.M. van der Hulst, E.M. Sadler, C.A. Jackson, L.K. Hunt, M. Verheijen, J.H. van Gorkom
24. Predictions for the SKA from hierarchical galaxy formation models
    C.M. Baugh, C.G. Lacey, C.S. Frenk, A.J. Benson, S. Cole, G.L. Granato, L. Silva, A. Bressan
25. Searching for high-redshift centimeter-wave continuum, line and maser emission using the Square Kilometer Array
    A.W. Blain, C. Carilli, J. Darling
26. 21 cm absorption studies with the Square Kilometer Array
    N. Kanekar, F.G. Briggs
27. HI imaging the low red-shift cosmic web
    R. Braun
28. The faint HI environment of galaxies: a laboratory for testing galaxy formation
    E. Corbelli
29. SKA observations of the cosmic web
    E. Wilcots
30. Observations of magnetic fields in the Milky way and in nearby galaxies with a Square Kilometre Array
    R. Beck, B.M. Gaensler
31. ISM in nearby galaxies
    E. Brinks
32. SKA studies of atomic gas in the interstellar medium of the Milky Way
    J.M. Dickey, N.M. McClure-Griffiths, F.J. Lockman
33. The solar–stellar connection
    S.M. White
34. Star formation at high angular resolution
    M.G. Hoare
35. Star formation, massive stars, and super star clusters in nearby galaxies
    K.E. Johnson
36. Late stages of stellar evolution
    K. Marvel
37. Imaging protoplanetary disks with a Square Kilometre Array
    D.J. Wilner
38. Radio emission from supernovae and gamma-ray bursters and the need for the SKA
    K.W. Weiler, S.D. Van Dyk, R.A. Sramekc, N. Panagia
39. Using SKA to observe relativistic jets from X-ray binary systems
    R. Fender
40. Strong-field tests of gravity using pulsars and black holes
    J.M. Cordes, M. Kramer, T.J.W. Lazio, B.W. Stappers, D.C. Backer, S. Johnston
41. The microarcsecond sky and cosmic turbulence
    T.J.W. Lazio, J.M. Cordes, A.G. de Bruyn, J.P. Macquart
42. The dynamic radio sky
    J.M. Cordes, T.J.W. Lazio, M.A. McLaughlin
43. Microarcsecond astrometry using the SKA
    E. Fomalont, M. Reid
44. Observing gravitational radiation with QSO proper motions and the SKA
    A. Jaffe
45. Prospects for radio detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos
    H. Falcke, P. Gorham, R.J. Protheroe
46. Solar system science with SKA
    B.J. Butler, D.B. Campbell, I. de Pater, D.E. Gary
47. Spacecraft tracking with the SKA
    D.L. Jones
48. Astrobiology and SETI
    J.C. Tarter
49. Exploration of the unknown
    P.N. Wilkinson, K.I. Kellermann, R.D. Ekers, J.M. Cordes, T.J.W. Lazio