Pulsar Science with the SKA

TL;DR

The SKA will revolutionize pulsar science by detecting all beamed pulsars in the Milky Way and enabling advanced search and timing capabilities from its initial deployment.

Contribution

This paper provides an overview of the SKA's pulsar search and timing capabilities, highlighting its potential to significantly advance pulsar science.

Findings

SKA will detect all beamed pulsars in the Milky Way

Initial deployment will enable significant pulsar science advances

SKA's capabilities surpass current telescopes in pulsar detection and timing

Abstract

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be sensitive enough to discover all of the pulsars in the Milky Way that are beamed towards Earth. Already in the initial deployment, SKA Phase 1, it will make significant advances in pulsar science. In these proceedings I briefly overview what the SKA is, and describe its pulsar search and timing capabilities.