The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1-I. Direction-dependent calibration and imaging

C Tasse, T Shimwell, MJ Hardcastle… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
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 …

Improved upper limits on the 21 cm signal power spectrum of neutral hydrogen at z ≈ 9.1 from LOFAR

FG Mertens, M Mevius, LVE Koopmans… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A new upper limit on the 21 cm signal power spectrum at a redshift of z≈ 9.1 is
presented, based on 141 h of data obtained with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR). The …

[HTML][HTML] The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey-I. Survey description and preliminary data release

TW Shimwell, HJA Röttgering, PN Best… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is a deep 120–168 MHz imaging survey that will
eventually cover the entire northern sky. Each of the 3170 pointings will be observed for 8 h …

[HTML][HTML] The GMRT 150 MHz all-sky radio survey-First alternative data release TGSS ADR1

HT Intema, P Jagannathan, KP Mooley… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
We present the first full release of a survey of the 150 MHz radio sky, observed with the Giant
Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) between April 2010 and March 2012 as part of the …

The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky-I. LoTSS-DR2: new detections and sample overview

A Botteon, TW Shimwell, R Cassano, V Cuciti… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Relativistic electrons and magnetic fields permeate the intra-cluster medium (ICM)
and manifest themselves as diffuse sources of synchrotron emission observable at radio …

Faceting for direction-dependent spectral deconvolution

C Tasse, B Hugo, M Mirmont, O Smirnov… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
The new generation of radio interferometers is characterized by high sensitivity, wide fields
of view and large fractional bandwidth. To synthesize the deepest images enabled by the …

Magnetic fields and relativistic electrons fill entire galaxy cluster

A Botteon, RJ van Weeren, G Brunetti, F Vazza… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The hot plasma within merging galaxy clusters is predicted to be filled with shocks and
turbulence that may convert part of their kinetic energy into relativistic electrons and …

An optimized algorithm for multiscale wideband deconvolution of radio astronomical images

AR Offringa, O Smirnov - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We describe a new multiscale deconvolution algorithm that can also be used in a
multifrequency mode. The algorithm only affects the minor clean loop. In single-frequency …

LOFAR observations of galaxy clusters in HETDEX-Extraction and self-calibration of individual LOFAR targets

RJ Van Weeren, TW Shimwell, A Botteon… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Diffuse cluster radio sources, in the form of radio halos and relics, reveal the presence of
cosmic rays and magnetic fields in the intracluster medium (ICM). These cosmic rays are …

Systematic effects in LOFAR data: A unified calibration strategy

F De Gasperin, TJ Dijkema, A Drabent… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Context. New generation low-frequency telescopes are exploring a new parameter space in
terms of depth and resolution. The data taken with these interferometers, for example with …