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Scientific participation in SKA<\/h1>\n
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National participation in the SKA Science Working Groups (SWG), advisors to the Observatory.<\/p><\/div>\n

The interest of the Spanish scientific community in the science that will be possible with the telescopes of the SKA Observatory (SKAO) is reflected in the publication of the Spanish SKA White Book<\/span><\/a> in 2015, the result of a coordinated effort by 119 Spanish astronomers from 25 Spanish and 15 international research centres. These contributions were organised in a total of 30 chapters, covering a wide range of SKA science drivers: cosmology and large-scale structure in the universe, galaxy evolution, magnetism in the universe, the cradle of life and its chemistry, stellar astrophysics, SKA precursors and synergies with other facilities. The unprecedented sensitivity of SKA will bring unique information to fundamental questions such as: How do galaxies evolve and what is dark energy? Was Einstein right about gravity? Are we alone in the universe? Which are the first seeds of galaxy formation?<\/p>\n

Many research projects carried out by Spanish astronomers are tightly aligned with the SKAO science objectives. Consequently, there is Spanish participation in 13 of the 14 SKA Scientific Working Groups (SWG). Furthermore, researchers from Spanish institutions participated in 14 of the 135 chapters of the international book \u00abAdvancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array<\/span><\/a>\u00bb (2015), leading three of them. All this highlights the potential for a first-line scientific exploitation of the SKA by the Spanish scientific community.<\/p>\n

The SKA early science, with SKA-Mid<\/a> and SKA-Low<\/a> telescopes, is planned for 2027. This means that recent scientific work is being carried out with data from the precursor telescopes (MeerKAT<\/a>, ASKAP<\/a>, MWA<\/a> and HERA<\/a> - telescopes physically located at the same sites as the SKA telescopes) and pathfinders (Apertif<\/a>, Arecibo<\/a>, ATA<\/a>, CHIME<\/a>, eEVN<\/a>, Effelsberg<\/a>, EMBRACE<\/a>, eMERLIN<\/a>, eVLA<\/a>, FAST<\/a>, GMRT<\/a>, LOFAR<\/a>, Parkes<\/a>, LWA<\/a>, NenuFAR<\/a>, SKAMP<\/a> and VERA<\/a> - systems around the world involved in SKA-related science and technology studies) of SKA. Below is a list of the latest scientific published papers, with authors or co-authors from Spanish institutions, published that used data from SKA precursor telescopes in their research:<\/p>\n