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The radio-wavelength detection of extensive air showers (EAS) initiated by cosmic-ray interactions in the Earth's atmosphere is a promising technique for investigating the origin of these particles and the physics of their interactions. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-29 A. Williamson , C. W. James , S. J. Tingay , S. J. McSweeney , S. M. Ord

The third data release of the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey provides an unprecedented view of the northern sky at 144 MHz. While compact sources can be efficiently identified with automated software packages, the detection of diffuse radio…

Radio emission from 23 tidal disruption event host galaxies were searched in the 144 MHz LOFAR-LoTSS2 images. Three host galaxies are detected with diffuse radio emission, which can be interpreted as either galactic synchrotron radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-21 Kamakshi Kaushik , Amitesh Omar , Brijesh Kumar , Kuntal Mishra , Jagdish Joshi

The new generation of low-frequency radio telescopes, such as the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR: a Square Kilometre Array-low pathfinder), provides advancements in our capability of probing Galactic magnetism through low-frequency polarimetry.…

To date, only 69 pulsars have been identified with a detected pulsed radio emission below 100 MHz. A LOFAR-core LBA census and a dedicated campaign with the Nan\c{c}ay LOFAR station in stand-alone mode were carried out in the years…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-18 L. Bondonneau , J. -M. Grießmeier , G. Theureau , A. V. Bilous , V. I. Kondratiev , M. Serylak , M. J. Keith , A. G. Lyne

Remnant radio galaxies represent the final dying phase of radio galaxy evolution, in which the jets are no longer active. Due to their rarity in flux limited samples and the difficulty of identification, this dying phase remains poorly…

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is an ongoing sensitive, high-resolution 120-168 MHz survey of the Northern sky with diverse and ambitious science goals. Many of the scientific objectives of LoTSS rely upon, or are enhanced by, the…

In 1965 it was discovered that cosmic ray air showers emit impulsive radio signals at frequencies below 100 MHz. After a period of intense research in the 1960s and 1970s, however, interest in the detection technique faded almost…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 T. Huege

We present Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope observations of the radio-loud gravitational lens systems MG 0751+2716 and CLASS B1600+434. These observations produce images at 300 milliarcseconds (mas) resolution at 150 MHz. In the case…

The very low statistics of cosmic rays above the knee region make their study possible only through the detection of the extensive air showers (EAS) produced by their interaction with the constituents of the atmosphere. The Pierre Auger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Florian Gaté

Aims. An efficient means of locating calibrator sources for International LOFAR is developed and used to determine the average density of usable calibrator sources on the sky for subarcsecond observations at 140 MHz. Methods. We used the…

FRB 20180916B is a well-studied repeating fast radio burst source. Its proximity (~150 Mpc), along with detailed studies of the bursts, have revealed many clues about its nature -- including a 16.3-day periodicity in its activity. Here we…

Cosmic ray air showers emit radio pulses at MHz frequencies, which can be measured with radio antenna arrays - like LOPES at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. To improve the understanding of the radio emission, we test…

We present the first sub-mJy ($\approx0.7$ mJy beam$^{-1}$) survey to be completed below 100 MHz, which is over an order of magnitude deeper than previously achieved for widefield imaging of any field at these low frequencies. The high…

Low frequency imaging radio arrays such as MWA, LWA and LOFAR have been recently commissioned, and significantly more advanced and flexible arrays are planned for the near term. These powerful instruments offer new opportunities for direct…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 C. Lonsdale , L. Benkevitch , I. Cairns , M. Crowley , P. Erickson , M. Knapp , K. Kozarev , F. Lind , P. McCauley , J. Morgan , D. Oberoi

The electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave (GW) merger events are highly sought after, but difficult to find owing to large localization regions. In this study, we present a strategy to search for compact object merger radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-10 K. Gourdji , A. Rowlinson , R. A. M. J. Wijers , J. W. Broderick , A. Shulevski , P. G. Jonker

The Lockman Hole is a well-studied extragalactic field with extensive multi-band ancillary data covering a wide range in frequency, essential for characterising the physical and evolutionary properties of the various source populations…

We present the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS), the first northern-sky LOFAR imaging survey. In this introductory paper, we first describe in detail the motivation and design of the survey. Compared to previous radio surveys, MSSS…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 G. H. Heald , R. F. Pizzo , E. Orrú , R. P. Breton , D. Carbone , C. Ferrari , M. J. Hardcastle , W. Jurusik , G. Macario , D. Mulcahy , D. Rafferty , A. Asgekar , M. Brentjens , R. A. Fallows , W. Frieswijk , M. C. Toribio , B. Adebahr , M. Arts , M. R. Bell , A. Bonafede , J. Bray , J. Broderick , T. Cantwell , P. Carroll , Y. Cendes , A. O. Clarke , J. Croston , S. Daiboo , F. de Gasperin , J. Gregson , J. Harwood , T. Hassall , V. Heesen , A. Horneffer , A. J. van der Horst , M. Iacobelli , V. Jelić , D. Jones , D. Kant , G. Kokotanekov , P. Martin , J. P. McKean , L. K. Morabito , B. Nikiel-Wroczyński , A. Offringa , V. N. Pandey , M. Pandey-Pommier , M. Pietka , L. Pratley , C. Riseley , A. Rowlinson , J. Sabater , A. M. M. Scaife , L. H. A. Scheers , K. Sendlinger , A. Shulevski , M. Sipior , C. Sobey , A. J. Stewart , A. Stroe , J. Swinbank , C. Tasse , J. Trüstedt , E. Varenius , S. van Velzen , N. Vilchez , R. J. van Weeren , S. Wijnholds , W. L. Williams , A. G. de Bruyn , R. Nijboer , M. Wise , A. Alexov , J. Anderson , I. M. Avruch , R. Beck , M. E. Bell , I. van Bemmel , M. J. Bentum , G. Bernardi , P. Best , F. Breitling , W. N. Brouw , M. Brüggen , H. R. Butcher , B. Ciardi , J. E. Conway , E. de Geus , A. de Jong , M. de Vos , A. Deller , R. J. Dettmar , S. Duscha , J. Eislöffel , D. Engels , H. Falcke , R. Fender , M. A. Garrett , J. Grießmeier , A. W. Gunst , J. P. Hamaker , J. W. T. Hessels , M. Hoeft , J. Hörandel , H. A. Holties , H. Intema , N. J. Jackson , E. Jütte , A. Karastergiou , W. F. A. Klijn , V. I. Kondratiev , L. V. E. Koopmans , M. Kuniyoshi , G. Kuper , C. Law , J. van Leeuwen , M. Loose , P. Maat , S. Markoff , R. McFadden , D. McKay-Bukowski , M. Mevius , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , R. Morganti , H. Munk , A. Nelles , J. E. Noordam , M. J. Norden , H. Paas , A. G. Polatidis , W. Reich , A. Renting , H. Röttgering , A. Schoenmakers , D. Schwarz , J. Sluman , O. Smirnov , B. W. Stappers , M. Steinmetz , M. Tagger , Y. Tang , S. ter Veen , S. Thoudam , R. Vermeulen , C. Vocks , C. Vogt , R. A. M. J. Wijers , O. Wucknitz , S. Yatawatta , P. Zarka

MASER (Measurements, Analysis, and Simulation of Emission in the Radio range) is a comprehensive infrastructure dedicated to time-dependent low frequency radio astronomy (up to about 50 MHz). The main radio sources observed in this spectral…

New-generation radio telescopes like LOFAR are conducting extensive sky surveys, detecting millions of sources. To maximise the scientific value of these surveys, radio source components must be properly associated into physical sources…