LOFAR: Recent Imaging Results and Future Prospects
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 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
Författare
G. Heald
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
M. R. Bell
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
A. Horneffer
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
A. R. Offringa
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
R. Pizzo
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
S. van der Tol
Universiteit Leiden
R. J. van Weeren
Universiteit Leiden
J. E. van Zwieten
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
J. M. Anderson
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
R. Beck
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
I. van Bemmel
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
L. Birzan
Universiteit Leiden
A. Bonafede
Jacobs University Bremen
John Conway
Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium
C. Ferrari
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur
F. De Gasperin
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
M. Haverkorn
Universiteit Leiden
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-Gesellschaft
Sharif University of Technology
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran
E. Orru
Radboud Universiteit
D. Rafferty
Universiteit Leiden
H. Rottgering
Universiteit Leiden
A. Scaife
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
A. Shulevski
Rijksuniversiteit 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 4 589-598Ämneskategorier
Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi
DOI
10.1007/s12036-011-9125-1