LOFAR: Recent Imaging Results and Future Prospects
Journal article, 2011
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 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.
Instrumentation: interferometers
Radio continuum: general
radio
calibration
Author
G. Heald
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
M. R. Bell
Max Planck Society
A. Horneffer
Max Planck Society
A. R. Offringa
University of Groningen
R. Pizzo
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
S. van der Tol
Leiden University
R. J. van Weeren
Leiden University
J. E. van Zwieten
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
J. M. Anderson
Max Planck Society
R. Beck
Max Planck Society
I. van Bemmel
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
L. Birzan
Leiden University
A. Bonafede
Jacobs University Bremen
John Conway
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Onsala Space Observatory
C. Ferrari
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur
F. De Gasperin
Max Planck Society
M. Haverkorn
Leiden University
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
N. Jackson
University of Manchester
G. Macario
Istituto di Radioastronomia
J. McKean
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
H. Miraghaei
Max Planck Society
Sharif University of Technology
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran
E. Orru
Radboud University
D. Rafferty
Leiden University
H. Rottgering
Leiden University
A. Scaife
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
A. Shulevski
University of Groningen
C. Sotomayor
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
C. Tasse
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
M. Trasatti
Argelander-Institut für Astronomie
O. Wucknitz
Argelander-Institut für Astronomie
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
0250-6335 (ISSN)
Vol. 32 4 589-598Subject Categories
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
DOI
10.1007/s12036-011-9125-1