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LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array, is an innovative new radio telescope currently under construction in the Netherlands. With its continuous monitoring of the radio sky we expect LOFAR will detect many new transient events, including GRB…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-28 Joeri van Leeuwen , The LOFAR Transients Key Science Project

LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array, is a new radio telescope under construction in the Netherlands, designed to operate between 30 and 240 MHz. The Transients Key Project is one of the four Key Science Projects which comprise the core LOFAR…

The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is the only existing radio interferometer able to observe at ultra-low frequencies (<100 MHz) with high resolution (<15") and high sensitivity (<1 mJy/beam). To exploit these capabilities, the LOFAR Surveys…

LOFAR is a groundbreaking low-frequency radio telescope currently nearing completion across northern europe. As a software telescope with no moving parts, enormous fields of view and multi-beaming, it has fantastic potential for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Rob Fender

LOFAR is a new and sensitive radio interferometer that can be used for dynamic high-resolution imaging spectroscopy at low radio frequencies from 10 to 90 and 110 to 250 MHz. Here we describe its usage for observations of the Sun and in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-22 Frank Breitling , Gottfried Mann , Christian Vocks , Matthias Steinmetz , Klaus G. Strassmeier

Aims: This paper discusses the spectral occupancy for performing radio astronomy with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), with a focus on imaging observations. Methods: We have analysed the radio-frequency interference (RFI) situation in two…

The LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) is used to make precise measurements of radio emission from extensive air showers, yielding information about the primary cosmic ray. Interpreting the measured data requires an absolute and…

The LOw Frequency ARray, LOFAR, will have the sensitivity, bandwidth, frequency range and processing power to revolutionise low-frequency pulsar studies. We present results of simulations that indicate that a LOFAR survey will find…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. W. Stappers , A. G. J. van Leeuwen , M. Kramer , D. Stinebring , J. Hessels

The LOw-Frequency ARray is a low-frequency radio interferometer composed by observational stations spread across Europe and it is the largest precursor of SKA in terms of effective area and generated data rates. In 2018, the Italian…

The low frequency array (LOFAR), is the first radio telescope designed with the capability to measure radio emission from cosmic-ray induced air showers in parallel with interferometric observations. In the first $\sim 2\,\mathrm{years}$ of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-27 P. Schellart , A. Nelles , S. Buitink , A. Corstanje , J. E. Enriquez , H. Falcke , W. Frieswijk , J. R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , C. W. James , M. Krause , M. Mevius , O. Scholten , S. ter Veen , S. Thoudam , M. van den Akker , A. Alexov , J. Anderson , I. M. Avruch , L. Bähren , R. Beck , M. E. Bell , P. Bennema , M. J. Bentum , G. Bernardi , P. Best , J. Bregman , F. Breitling , M. Brentjens , J. Broderick , M. Brüggen , B. Ciardi , A. Coolen , F. de Gasperin , E. de Geus , A. de Jong , M. de Vos , S. Duscha , J. Eislöffel , R. A. Fallows , C. Ferrari , M. A. Garrett , J. Grießmeier , T. Grit , J. P. Hamaker , T. E. Hassall , G. Heald , J. W. T. Hessels , M. Hoeft , H. A. Holties , M. Iacobelli , E. Juette , A. Karastergiou , W. Klijn , J. Kohler , V. I. Kondratiev , M. Kramer , M. Kuniyoshi , G. Kuper , P. Maat , G. Macario , G. Mann , S. Markoff , D. McKay-Bukowski , J. P. McKean , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , J. D. Mol , D. D. Mulcahy , H. Munk , R. Nijboer , M. J. Norden , E. Orru , R. Overeem , H. Paas , M. Pandey-Pommier , R. Pizzo , A. G. Polatidis , A. Renting , J. W. Romein , H. Röttgering , A. Schoenmakers , D. Schwarz , J. Sluman , O. Smirnov , C. Sobey , B. W. Stappers , M. Steinmetz , J. Swinbank , Y. Tang , C. Tasse , C. Toribio , J. van Leeuwen , R. van Nieuwpoort , R. J. van Weeren , N. Vermaas , R. Vermeulen , C. Vocks , C. Vogt , R. A. M. J. Wijers , S. J. Wijnholds , M. W. Wise , O. Wucknitz , S. Yatawatta , P. Zarka , A. Zensus

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…

LOFAR, the "low-frequency array", will be one of the first in a new generation of radio telescopes and Square Kilometer Array (SKA) pathfinders that are highly flexible in capability because they are largely software driven. LOFAR will not…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-10 J. W. T. Hessels , B. W. Stappers , J. van Leeuwen , LOFAR Transients Key Science Project

Current and future astronomical survey facilities provide a remarkably rich opportunity for transient astronomy, combining unprecedented fields of view with high sensitivity and the ability to access previously unexplored wavelength…

Air showers from cosmic rays emit short, intense radio pulses. LOFAR is a new radio telescope, that is being built in the Netherlands and Europe. Designed primarily as a radio interferometer, the core of LOFAR will have a high density of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 A. Horneffer , L. Bähren , S. Buitink , H. Falcke , J. R. Hörandel , J. Kuijpers , S. Lafebre , A. Nigl , O. Scholten , K. Singh

The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is an ideal instrument to conduct deep extragalactic surveys. It has a large field of view and is sensitive to large scale and compact emission. It is, however, very challenging to synthesize thermal noise…

The International LOFAR Telescope (ILT) is a pan-European radio interferometer with baselines up to 2,000 km. This provides sub-arcsecond resolution at frequencies of <200 MHz. Since starting science operations in 2012, the ILT has carried…

LOFAR is a new form of radio telescope which can detect radio emission from air showers induced by very high-energy cosmic rays. It can also look for radio emission from particle cascades on the Moon induced by ultra high-energy cosmic rays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 S. Thoudam , G. v. Aar , M. v. d. Akker , L. Bähren , A. Corstanje , H. Falcke , J. R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , C. James , M. Mevius , O. Scholten , K. Singh , S. ter Veen

The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope is an international aperture synthesis radio telescope used to study the Universe at low frequencies. One of the goals of the LOFAR telescope is to conduct deep wide-field surveys. Here we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 A. P. Mechev , J. B. R. Oonk , A. Danezi , T. W. Shimwell , C. Schrijvers , H. T. Intema , A. Plaat , H. J. A. Röttgering

The Amsterdam-ASTRON Radio Transients Facility And Analysis Center (AARTFAAC) all sky monitor is a sensitive, real time transient detector based on the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR). It generates images of the low frequency radio sky with…