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SUMMARY:Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Square Kilometre Array 
 - Prof Paul Alexander\, Astrophysics Group\, Cavendish Laboratory
DTSTART:20110302T160000Z
DTEND:20110302T170000Z
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the next generation radio 
 telescope for the 21st Century.  It will be two orders of magnitude more s
 ensitive and have the ability to survey the sky up to one million times fa
 ster than any existing instrument.  In this talk I will describe some of t
 he core scientific challenges we will address including the first galaxies
  and their evolution\, the end of the dark ages\, the origin of cosmic mag
 netism and testing gravity using natural clocks.  I will also discuss our 
 design for the SKA and discuss the technical challenges we have overcome a
 nd those that still remain in order to deliver this transformational instr
 ument.
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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