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Opportunities for maser studies with the Square Kilometre Array

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2007

Anne J. Green  and
Willem A. Baan
Anne J. Green
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia email: agreen@physics.usyd.edu.au
Willem A. Baan
Affiliation:
ASTRON, 7991PD Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
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The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the radio telescope of the next generation, providing an increase in sensitivity and angular resolution of two orders of magnitude over existing telescopes. Currently, the SKA is expected to span the frequency range 0.1-25 GHz with capabilities including a wide field-of-view and measurement of polarised emission. Such a telescope has enormous potential for testing fundamental physical laws and producing transformational discoveries. Important science goals include using H2O megamasers to make precise estimates of H0, which will anchor the extragalactic distance scale, and to probe the central structures of accretion disks around supermassive black holes in AGNs, to study OH megamasers associated with extreme starburst activity in distant galaxies and to study with unprecedented precision molecular gas and star formation in our Galaxy.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S242: Astrophysical Masers and their Environments , March 2007 , pp. 506 - 510
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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