One of the science drivers of the new Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is large-area surveys of the low-frequency radio sky. Realizing this goal requires automated processing of the interferometric data, such that fully calibrated images are produced by the system during survey operations. The LOFAR Imaging Pipeline is the tool intended for this purpose, and is now undergoing significant commissioning work. The pipeline is now functional as an automated processing chain. Here we present several recent LOFAR images that have been produced during the still ongoing commissioning period. These early LOFAR images are representative of some of the science goals of the commissioning team members.
@article{arxiv.1008.4693,
title = {Progress with the LOFAR Imaging Pipeline},
author = {George Heald and John McKean and Roberto Pizzo and Ger van Diepen and Joris E. van Zwieten and Reinout J. van Weeren and David Rafferty and Sebastiaan van der Tol and Laura Birzan and Aleksandar Shulevski and John Swinbank and Emanuela Orru and Francesco De Gasperin and Louise Ker and Annalisa Bonafede and Giulia Macario and Chiara Ferrari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4693},
year = {2019}
}
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11 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in proceedings of "ISKAF2010 Science Meeting", PoS(ISKAF2010)057