Description
Construction of low frequency component (50 - 350 MHz) of the Square Kilometre Array has started in Australia. With an immensely dense core of almost 60 thousand antennas within a square kilometer, the telescope provides a unique opportunity to study cosmic rays in the energy range between 10$^{15}$ and 10$^{18}$ eV. High resolution observations and new analysis strategies will provide more insight into the most powerful Galactic objects, and the onset of the extragalactic component.
The SKA will observe air showers with a higher resolution, broader bandwidth, and lower energy threshold than any other radio observatory. This will allow us to perform precise mass composition analysis and reconstruct air shower properties that were previously unaccessible. To support observations, an array of particle detectors, part of the NOVA instrumentation program, is under development to be deployed close to the SKA antenna stations.
In this contribution, we describe the current state of development of the SKA cosmic-ray program and recent progress in the exploration of the science case.
| Talk category | NOVA Network 3 |
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| Preference for a talk or poster | Talk |
