LXVI Congresso nazionale della Società Astronomica Italiana

Session

Astronomia radio: verso SKAO e ngVLA (chair: F. Govoni)

4 Jun 2025, 16:55

Terzo Piano (Palazzo Affari, Firenze)

Description

Astronomia radio: verso SKAO e ngVLA (chair: F. Govoni)

97. SKA Observatory: stato attuale e prospettive future and future perspectives

Prandoni, Isabella (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

04/06/2025, 16:55

The SKA Observatory is an integral part of the next-generation observatories that will survey the Universe across the electromagnetic spectrum, revolutionizing our view of Fundamental Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
In the present talk I will describe the SKA project, its timeline and main scientific scopes, focussing on the ongoing activities in preparation to science exploitation. The...

98. Il ruolo strategico di INAF in MeerKAT e SKA

Umana, Grazia Maria Gloria (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

04/06/2025, 17:20

"This contribution summarizes INAF’s involvement in MeerKAT, a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), highlighting both scientific and technological contributions. Since 2020, INAF has played an active role in the development of MeerKAT+, providing support through both financial investments and in-kind contributions. This engagement includes participation in defining the scientific...

99. LOFAR and LOFAR 2.0 : una nuova finestra per osservare l’Universo

Brunetti, Gianfranco

04/06/2025, 17:45

"LOFAR, the Low-Frequency Array, is the largest radio telescope operating at low frequencies and the most important pathfinder of the SKA-low. Its geographical extent enables high-resolution imaging comparable to the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, while also providing a large field-of-view and the ability to see how the sky changes on timescales of milliseconds or less.
Thanks to its...

108. Complessità chimica all’alba della formazione planetaria nell’era di SKAO

Bianchi, Eleonora (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

04/06/2025, 18:10

"Over 300 molecules have been identified in the interstellar medium (ISM), including complex species thought to be precursors of prebiotic chemistry. A remarkable molecular diversity is already present in the earliest stages of star formation, shaping the initial chemical inventory inherited by planetary systems. Most of our current knowledge comes from observations at millimeter wavelengths,...

109. Osservazioni HI nell'era SKA per testare modelli di materia oscura e teorie alternative

Lelli, Federico (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

04/06/2025, 18:30

"The 21-cm line of atomic hydrogen (HI) is one the best tools to study the properties of dark matter (DM) halos around galaxies because HI disks are generally regularly rotating and more extended than the stellar components of galaxies, so they trace the gravitational potential in the outermost DM-dominated regions. Indeed, extended HI rotation curves played a key historical role to establish...