Abstract

Invited Talk - Plenary

Friday, 19 September 2025, 09:30   (Synagoge - Kuppelsaal / virtual plenum)

With SKA-low from the lowest radio frequencies to the highest energies

Anna Nelles
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg & DESY

SKA, the world's most sensitive radio telescope under construction, will shape the radio world for the coming decades. SKA-Mid in South Africa and SKA-Low, two technically very different arrays will contribute to its broad-band sensitivity. This talk will focus on SKA-Low covering 50 - 350 MHz with over 60,000 individual log-periodic dipole antennas. Next to stunning astrophysical images, the 60,000 antennas are planned to deliver unprecedented air shower data. That is the detection of the radio pulses a cosmic ray (or gamma-ray) induced air shower generates in the atmosphere. This talk discusses the science and technical challenges that come with this additional mode for SKA-Low.