LOFAR: Recent imaging results & future prospects
Abstract
The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is under construction in the Netherlands and in several surrounding European countries. In this contribution, we describe the layout and design of the telescope, with a particular emphasis on the imaging characteristics of the array when used in its "standard imaging" mode. After briefly reviewing the calibration and imaging software used for LOFAR image processing, we show some recent results from the ongoing imaging commissioning efforts. We conclude by summarizing future prospects for the use of LOFAR in observing the little-explored low frequency Universe.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.3195,
title = {LOFAR: Recent imaging results & future prospects},
author = {George Heald and Michael R. Bell and Andreas Horneffer and André R. Offringa and Roberto Pizzo and Sebastiaan van der Tol and Reinout J. van Weeren and Joris E. van Zwieten and James M. Anderson and Rainer Beck and Ilse van Bemmel and Laura Bîrzan and Annalisa Bonafede and John Conway and Chiara Ferrari and Francesco De Gasperin and Marijke Haverkorn and Neal Jackson and Giulia Macario and John McKean and Halime Miraghaei and Emanuela Orrù and David Rafferty and Huub Röttgering and Anna Scaife and Aleksandar Shulevski and Carlos Sotomayor and Cyril Tasse and Monica Trasatti and Olaf Wucknitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3195},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in special issue of Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy: conference proceedings of "Diffuse Relativistic Plasmas" conference, Bangalore, 1-4 March 2011