38 results on '"Broderick, J.W."'
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2. Identifying transient and variable sources in radio images
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Rowlinson, A., Stewart, A.J., Broderick, J.W., Swinbank, J.D., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y., Fender, R., van der Horst, A., Molenaar, G., Scheers, B., Staley, T., Farrell, S., Grießmeier, J.-M., Bell, M., Eislöffel, J., Law, C.J., van Leeuwen, J., and Zarka, P.
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- 2019
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3. RFI flagging implications for short-duration transients
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Cendes, Y., Prasad, P., Rowlinson, A., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Swinbank, J.D., Law, C.J., van der Horst, A.J., Carbone, D., Broderick, J.W., Staley, T.D., Stewart, A.J., Huizinga, F., Molenaar, G., Alexov, A., Bell, M.E., Coenen, T., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Fender, R., Grießmeier, J.-M., Jonker, P., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Pietka, M., Stappers, B., Wise, M., and Zarka, P.
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- 2018
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4. PySE: Software for extracting sources from radio images
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Carbone, D., Garsden, H., Spreeuw, H., Swinbank, J.D., van der Horst, A.J., Rowlinson, A., Broderick, J.W., Rol, E., Law, C., Molenaar, G., and Wijers, R.A.M.J.
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- 2018
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5. Searching for low radio-frequency gravitational wave counterparts in wide-field LOFAR data
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Gourdji, K., Rowlinson, A., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Broderick, J.W., Shulevski, A., Jonker, P.G., Gourdji, K., Rowlinson, A., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Broderick, J.W., Shulevski, A., and Jonker, P.G.
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- 2022
6. LOFAR 144-MHz follow-up observations of GW170817
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Broderick, J.W., Shimwell, T.W., Gourdji, K., Rowlinson, A., Nissanke, S., Hotokezaka, K., Jonker, P.G., Tasse, C., Hardcastle, M.J., Oonk, J.B.R., Fender, R.P., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Shulevski, A., Stewart, A.J., ter Veen, S., Moss, V.A., van der Wiel, M.H.D., Nichols, D., Piette, A., Bell, M.E., Carbone, D., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Grießmeier, J.-M., Keane, E.F., Law, C.J., Muñoz-Darias, T., Pietka, M., Serylak, M, van der Horst, A.J., van Leeuwen, J., Wijnands, R., Zarka, P., Anderson, J.M., Bentum, M.J., Blaauw, R., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Ciardi, B., de Vos, M., Duscha, S., Fallows, R.A., Franzen, T.M.O., Garrett, M.A., Gunst, A.W., Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J.R., Iacobelli, M., Jütte, E., Koopmans, L.V.E., Krankowski, A., Maat, P., Mann, G., Mulder, H., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pekal, R., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Schwarz, D.J., Smirnov, O., Soida, M., Toribio, M.C., van Haarlem, M.P., van Weeren, R.J., Vocks, C., Wucknitz, O., Zucca, P., Broderick, J.W., Shimwell, T.W., Gourdji, K., Rowlinson, A., Nissanke, S., Hotokezaka, K., Jonker, P.G., Tasse, C., Hardcastle, M.J., Oonk, J.B.R., Fender, R.P., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Shulevski, A., Stewart, A.J., ter Veen, S., Moss, V.A., van der Wiel, M.H.D., Nichols, D., Piette, A., Bell, M.E., Carbone, D., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Grießmeier, J.-M., Keane, E.F., Law, C.J., Muñoz-Darias, T., Pietka, M., Serylak, M, van der Horst, A.J., van Leeuwen, J., Wijnands, R., Zarka, P., Anderson, J.M., Bentum, M.J., Blaauw, R., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Ciardi, B., de Vos, M., Duscha, S., Fallows, R.A., Franzen, T.M.O., Garrett, M.A., Gunst, A.W., Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J.R., Iacobelli, M., Jütte, E., Koopmans, L.V.E., Krankowski, A., Maat, P., Mann, G., Mulder, H., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pekal, R., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Schwarz, D.J., Smirnov, O., Soida, M., Toribio, M.C., van Haarlem, M.P., van Weeren, R.J., Vocks, C., Wucknitz, O., and Zucca, P.
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- 2020
7. LOFAR 150-MHz observations of SS 433 and W 50
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Broderick, J.W., Fender, R.P., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Trushkin, S.A., Stewart, A.J., Anderson, G.E., Staley, T.D., Blundell, K.M., Pietka, M., Markoff, S., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Horst, A.J.v.d., Bell, M.E., Breton, R.P., Carbone, D., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.M., Hessels, J.W.T., Kondratiev, V.I., Law, C.J., Molenaar, G.J., Serylak, M, Stappers, B.W., Leeuwen, J. van, Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., Wise, M.W., Zarka, P., Broderick, J.W., Fender, R.P., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Trushkin, S.A., Stewart, A.J., Anderson, G.E., Staley, T.D., Blundell, K.M., Pietka, M., Markoff, S., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Horst, A.J.v.d., Bell, M.E., Breton, R.P., Carbone, D., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.M., Hessels, J.W.T., Kondratiev, V.I., Law, C.J., Molenaar, G.J., Serylak, M, Stappers, B.W., Leeuwen, J. van, Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., Wise, M.W., and Zarka, P.
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- 2018
8. Measuring the expansion velocity of the outflows of LS I +61 303 through low-frequency radio observations
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Marcote, B., Ribó, M., Paredes, J.M., Ishwara-Chandra, C.H., Swinbank, J.D., Broderick, J.W., Markoff, S., Fender, R., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Pooley, G.G., Stewart, A.J., Bell, M.E., Breton, R.P., Carbone, D., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Kuniyoshi, M., Pietka, M., Rowlinson, A., Serylak, M., van der Horst, A.J., van Leeuwen, J., Wise, M.W., Zarka, P., Aharonian, F.A., Hofmann, W., Rieger, F.M., High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics [Pune] (NCRA), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research [Bombay] (TIFR), Department of Astrophysical Sciences [Princeton], Princeton University, University of Southampton, Sub-department of Astrophysics [Oxford], Department of Physics [Oxford], University of Oxford [Oxford]-University of Oxford [Oxford], Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester [Manchester], Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), NAOJ Chile Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford [Oxford], SKA South Africa, Ska South Africa, Department of Physics, George Washington University, George Washington University (GW), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR), University of Oxford-University of Oxford, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Radboud University [Nijmegen], Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), University of Oxford, The George Washington University (GW), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)
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Physics ,Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,LOFAR ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Low frequency ,01 natural sciences ,Wind speed ,Synchrotron ,law.invention ,13. Climate action ,Modulation ,law ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,0103 physical sciences ,Maxima ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics - Abstract
International audience; LS I +61 303 is a gamma-ray binary that exhibits an outburst at GHz frequencies each orbital cycle of 26.5 d and a superorbital modulation with a period of 4.6 yr. We have performed a detailed study of the low-frequency radio emission of LS I +61 303 by analyzing data from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at 150, 235 and 610 MHz, and from the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) at 150 MHz. We have detected the source for the first time at 150 MHz, which is also the first detection of a gamma-ray binary at such a low frequency. We have obtained the light-curves of the source at 150, 235 and 610 MHz, all of them showing orbital modulation. The light-curves at 235 and 610 MHz also show the existence of superorbital variability. A comparison with contemporaneous 15-GHz data shows remarkable differences with these light-curves. At 15 GHz we see clear outbursts, whereas at low frequencies we see variability with wide maxima. The light-curve at 235 MHz seems to be anticorrelated with the one at 610 MHz, implying a shift of about 0.5 orbital phases in the maxima. We model the shifts between the maxima at different frequencies as due to changes in the physical parameters of the emitting region assuming either free-free absorption or synchrotron self-absorption, obtaining expansion velocities for this region close to the stellar wind velocity with both mechanisms.
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9. The radio/X-ray correlation in Swift J1753.5-0127
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Kolehmainen, M., Fender, R., Jonker, P.G., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Homan, J., Anderson, G.E., Staley, T.D., Rumsey, C., Titterington, D.J., Broderick, J.W., Sivakoff, G.R., Deller, A., Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,Astronomy ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 157956.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
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- 2016
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10. LOFAR MSSS: Discovery of a 2.56 Mpc giant radio galaxy associated with a disturbed galaxy group
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Clarke, A.O., Heald, G., Jarrett, T., Bray, J.D., Hardcastle, M.J., Cantwell, T.M., Scaife, A.M.M., Brienza, M., Bonafede, A., Breton, R.P., Broderick, J.W., Carbone, D., Croston, J.H., Farnes, J.S., Harwood, J.J., Heesen, V., Horneffer, A., Horst, A.J. van der, Iacobelli, M., Jurusik, W., Kokotanekov, G., McKean, J.P., Morabito, L.K., Mulcahy, D.D., Nikiel-Wroczyñski, B.S., Orrú, E., Paladino, R., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pietka, M., Pizzo, R., Pratley, L., Riseley, C.J., Rottgering, H.J.A., Rowlinson, A., Sabater, J., Sendlinger, K., Shulevski, A., Sridhar, S.S., Stewart, A.J., Tasse, C., Velzen, S. van, Weeren, R.J. van, Wise, M.W., Clarke, A.O., Heald, G., Jarrett, T., Bray, J.D., Hardcastle, M.J., Cantwell, T.M., Scaife, A.M.M., Brienza, M., Bonafede, A., Breton, R.P., Broderick, J.W., Carbone, D., Croston, J.H., Farnes, J.S., Harwood, J.J., Heesen, V., Horneffer, A., Horst, A.J. van der, Iacobelli, M., Jurusik, W., Kokotanekov, G., McKean, J.P., Morabito, L.K., Mulcahy, D.D., Nikiel-Wroczyñski, B.S., Orrú, E., Paladino, R., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pietka, M., Pizzo, R., Pratley, L., Riseley, C.J., Rottgering, H.J.A., Rowlinson, A., Sabater, J., Sendlinger, K., Shulevski, A., Sridhar, S.S., Stewart, A.J., Tasse, C., Velzen, S. van, Weeren, R.J. van, and Wise, M.W.
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Contains fulltext : 173529.pdf (preprint version ) (Open Access)
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- 2017
11. LOFAR MSSS: The scaling relation between AGN cavity power and radio luminosity at low radio frequencies
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Kokotanekov, G., Wise, M., Heald, G.H., McKean, J.P., Birzan, L., Rafferty, D.A., Godfrey, L.E.H., Vries, M de, Intema, H.T., Broderick, J.W., Hardcastle, M.J., Bonafede, A., Clarke, A.O., Weeren, R.J. van, Rottgering, H.J.A., Pizzo, R., Iacobelli, M., Orru, E., Shulevski, A., Riseley, C.J., Breton, R.P., Nikiel-Wroczynski, B., Sridhar, S.S., Stewart, A.J., Rowlinson, A., Horst, A.J. van der, Harwood, J.J., Gurkan, G., Carbone, D., Pandey-Pommier, M., Tasse, C., Scaife, A.M.M., Pratley, L., Ferrari, C., Croston, J.H., Pandey, V.N., Jurusik, W., Mulcahy, D.D., Kokotanekov, G., Wise, M., Heald, G.H., McKean, J.P., Birzan, L., Rafferty, D.A., Godfrey, L.E.H., Vries, M de, Intema, H.T., Broderick, J.W., Hardcastle, M.J., Bonafede, A., Clarke, A.O., Weeren, R.J. van, Rottgering, H.J.A., Pizzo, R., Iacobelli, M., Orru, E., Shulevski, A., Riseley, C.J., Breton, R.P., Nikiel-Wroczynski, B., Sridhar, S.S., Stewart, A.J., Rowlinson, A., Horst, A.J. van der, Harwood, J.J., Gurkan, G., Carbone, D., Pandey-Pommier, M., Tasse, C., Scaife, A.M.M., Pratley, L., Ferrari, C., Croston, J.H., Pandey, V.N., Jurusik, W., and Mulcahy, D.D.
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- 2017
12. The association of a J-burst with a solar jet⋆
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Morosan, D.E., Gallagher, P.T., Fallows, R.A., Reid, H., Mann, G., Bisi, M.M., Magdalenić, J., Rucker, H.O., Thidé, B., Vocks, C., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Best, P., Blaauw, R., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Cerrigone, L., Ciardi, B., Geus, E. de, Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J.M., Gunst, A.W., Hoeft, M., Iacobelli, M., Juette, E., Kuper, G., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Schwarz, D.J., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Tagger, M., Veen, S ter, Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Weeren, R.J. van, Wucknitz, O., Zarka, P., Morosan, D.E., Gallagher, P.T., Fallows, R.A., Reid, H., Mann, G., Bisi, M.M., Magdalenić, J., Rucker, H.O., Thidé, B., Vocks, C., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Best, P., Blaauw, R., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Cerrigone, L., Ciardi, B., Geus, E. de, Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J.M., Gunst, A.W., Hoeft, M., Iacobelli, M., Juette, E., Kuper, G., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Schwarz, D.J., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Tagger, M., Veen, S ter, Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Weeren, R.J. van, Wucknitz, O., and Zarka, P.
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Contains fulltext : 178482.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)
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- 2017
13. Wide-field LOFAR imaging of the field around the double-double radio galaxy B1834+620
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Orrù, E, Van Velzen, S, Pizzo, R. F., Yatawatta, S, Paladino, R, Iacobelli, M, Murgia, M, Falcke, H, Morganti, R, De Bruyn, A. G., Ferrari, C, Anderson, J, Bonafede, A, Mulcahy, D, Asgekar, A, Avruch, I. M., Beck, R, Bell, M.E., Van Bemmel, I, Bentum, M. J., Bernardi, G, Best, P, Breitling, F, Brüggen, M, Broderick, J.W., Ciardi, B, Corstanje, A, Conway, J. E., De Geus, E, Butcher, H. R., Ciardi, B., Deller, A, Duscha, S, Eislöffel, J, Engels, D, Frieswijk, W, Grießmeier, Jean-Mathias, Heald, G, Hoeft, M, Intema, H, Juette, E, Kohler, J, Kuniyoshi, M, Kuper, G, Loose, M, Maat, P, Mann, G, Markoff, S, Mcfadden, R, Mckay-Bukowski, D, Miley, G, Moldon, J, Molenaar, G, Munk, H, Nelles, A, Paas, H, Pandey-Pommier, M, Pietka, G, Reich, W, Röttgering, H, Rowlinson, A, Scaife, A, Schoenmakers, A, Schwarz, D., Serylak, M, Shulevski, A, Smirnov, O, Steinmetz, M, Stewart, A, Swinbank, J, Tagger, Michel, Tasse, C., Thoudam, S, Toribio, M.C, Vermeulen, R, Vocks, C, Van Weeren, R.J., Wijers, R.A.M.J, Wise, M.W., Wucknitz, O, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Institute for Nanostructured Materials (CNR-ISMN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], Département de Géologie, Université de Montréal (UdeM), University of Hamburg, Jacobs University [Bremen], University of Southampton, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), University of Edinburgh, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Onsala Space Observatory, Dept. of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg], Medstar Research Institute, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics [Canberra] (RSAA), Australian National University (ANU), Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Hamburger Sternwarte/Hamburg Observatory, Universität Hamburg (UHH), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Queen's Medical Centre, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, Center for Information Technology CIT, Université de Groningen, Université de Montréal [Montréal], Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Department Geodesy and Remote Sensing, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Universiteit Leiden, National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Radboud University [Nijmegen], and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal ,techniques: interferometric ,[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Galaxies: active ,Astroparticle physics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,Radio continuum: galaxies ,Instrumentation:interferometers - Abstract
International audience; Context. The existence of double-double radio galaxies (DDRGs) is evidence for recurrent jet activity in AGN, as expected from standard accretion models. A detailed study of these rare sources provides new perspectives for investigating the AGN duty cycle, AGN-galaxy feedback, and accretion mechanisms. Large catalogues of radio sources, on the other hand, provide statistical information about the evolution of the radio-loud AGN population out to high redshifts.Aims. Using wide-field imaging with the LOFAR telescope, we study both a well-known DDRG as well as a large number of radio sources in the field of view. Methods. We present a high resolution image of the DDRG B1834+620 obtained at 144 MHz using LOFAR commissioning data. Our image covers about 100 square degrees and contains over 1000 sources.Results. The four components of the DDRG B1834+620 have been resolved for the first time at 144 MHz. Inner lobes were found to point towards the direction of the outer lobes, unlike standard FR II sources. Polarized emission was detected at +60 rad m −2 in the northern outer lobe. The high spatial resolution allows the identification of a large number of small double-lobed radio sources; roughly 10% of all sources in the field are doubles with a separation smaller than 1.Conclusions. The spectral fit of the four components is consistent with a scenario in which the outer lobes are still active or the jets recently switched off, while emission of the inner lobes is the result of a mix-up of new and old jet activity. From the presence of the newly extended features in the inner lobes of the DDRG, we can infer that the mechanism responsible for their formation is the bow shock that is driven by the newly launched jet. We find that the density of the small doubles exceeds the density of FR II sources with similar properties at 1.4 GHz, but this difference becomes smaller for low flux densities. Finally, we show that the significant challenges of wide-field imaging (e.g., time and frequency variation of the beam, directional dependent calibration errors) can be solved using LOFAR commissioning data, thus demonstrating the potential of the full LOFAR telescope to discover millions of powerful AGN at redshift z ∼ 1.
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14. Low-radio-frequency eclipses of the redback pulsar J2215+5135 observed in the image plane with LOFAR
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Broderick, J.W., Fender, R.P., Breton, R.P., Stewart, A.J., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Hessels, J.W.T., Staley, T.D., Horst, A.J. van der, Bell, M.E., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y.N., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hassall, T.E., Jonker, P., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Law, C.J., Markoff, S., Molenaar, G.J., Pietka, M., Scheers, L.H.A. (Bart), Serylak, M., Stappers, B.W., Veen, S. (Sander) ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Wijers, R.A.M.J. (Ralph), Wijnands, R., Wise, M.W. (Michael), Zarka, P., Broderick, J.W., Fender, R.P., Breton, R.P., Stewart, A.J., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Hessels, J.W.T., Staley, T.D., Horst, A.J. van der, Bell, M.E., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y.N., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hassall, T.E., Jonker, P., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Law, C.J., Markoff, S., Molenaar, G.J., Pietka, M., Scheers, L.H.A. (Bart), Serylak, M., Stappers, B.W., Veen, S. (Sander) ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Wijers, R.A.M.J. (Ralph), Wijnands, R., Wise, M.W. (Michael), and Zarka, P.
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15. A LOFAR census of millisecond pulsars
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Kondratiev, V.I., Verbiest, J.P.W., Hessels, J.W.T., Bilous, A., Stappers, B.W., Kramer, M., Keane, E.F., Noutsos, A., Osłowski, S., Breton, R.P., Hassall, T.E., Alexov, A., Cooper, S., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Karastergiou, A., Kuniyoshi, M., Pilia, M., Sobey, C, Veen, S. ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Weltevrede, P., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Markoff, S., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., Zarka, P., Kondratiev, V.I., Verbiest, J.P.W., Hessels, J.W.T., Bilous, A., Stappers, B.W., Kramer, M., Keane, E.F., Noutsos, A., Osłowski, S., Breton, R.P., Hassall, T.E., Alexov, A., Cooper, S., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Karastergiou, A., Kuniyoshi, M., Pilia, M., Sobey, C, Veen, S. ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Weltevrede, P., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Markoff, S., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., and Zarka, P.
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16. LOFAR MSSS: detection of a low-frequency radio transient in 400 h of monitoring of the North Celestial Pole
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Stewart, A.J., Fender, R.P., Broderick, J.W., Hassall, T.E., Muñoz-Darias, T., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Staley, T.D., Molenaar, G.J., Scheers, B., Grobler, T.L., Pietka, M., Heald, G., McKean, J.P., Bell, M.E., Bonafede, A., Breton, R.P., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y., Clarke, A.O., Corbel, S., Gasperin, F. de, Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Ferrari, C., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hardcastle, M.J., Heesen, V., Hessels, J.W.T., Horneffer, A., Iacobelli, M., Jonker, P.G., Karastergiou, A., Kokotanekov, G., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Law, C.J., Leeuwen, J. van, Markoff, S., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Mulcahy, D., Orru, E., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pratley, L., Rol, E., Röttgering, H.J.A., Scaife, A.M.M., Shulevski, A., Sobey, C.A., Stappers, B.W., Tasse, C., Horst, A.J. van der, Velzen, S. van, Weeren, R.J. van, Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., Wise, M., Zarka, P., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Breitling, F., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., Conway, J.E., Corstanje, A., Geus, A. de, Deller, A., Duscha, S., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Gunst, A.W., Haarlem, M.P. van, Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J., Juette, E., Kuper, G., Loose, M., Maat, P., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Moldon, J., Munk, H., Norden, M.J., Paas, H., Polatidis, A.G., Schwarz, D., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wijnholds, S.J., Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., Stewart, A.J., Fender, R.P., Broderick, J.W., Hassall, T.E., Muñoz-Darias, T., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Staley, T.D., Molenaar, G.J., Scheers, B., Grobler, T.L., Pietka, M., Heald, G., McKean, J.P., Bell, M.E., Bonafede, A., Breton, R.P., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y., Clarke, A.O., Corbel, S., Gasperin, F. de, Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Ferrari, C., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hardcastle, M.J., Heesen, V., Hessels, J.W.T., Horneffer, A., Iacobelli, M., Jonker, P.G., Karastergiou, A., Kokotanekov, G., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Law, C.J., Leeuwen, J. van, Markoff, S., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Mulcahy, D., Orru, E., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pratley, L., Rol, E., Röttgering, H.J.A., Scaife, A.M.M., Shulevski, A., Sobey, C.A., Stappers, B.W., Tasse, C., Horst, A.J. van der, Velzen, S. van, Weeren, R.J. van, Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., Wise, M., Zarka, P., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Breitling, F., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., Conway, J.E., Corstanje, A., Geus, A. de, Deller, A., Duscha, S., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Gunst, A.W., Haarlem, M.P. van, Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J., Juette, E., Kuper, G., Loose, M., Maat, P., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Moldon, J., Munk, H., Norden, M.J., Paas, H., Polatidis, A.G., Schwarz, D., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wijnholds, S.J., Wucknitz, O., and Yatawatta, S.
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17. A LOFAR census of non-recycled pulsars: average profiles, dispersion measures, flux densities, and spectra⋆
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Bilous, A.V., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Keane, E.F., Hessels, J.W.T., Stappers, B.W., Malofeev, V.M., Sobey, C, Breton, R.P., Cooper, S., Falcke, H., Karastergiou, A., Michilli, D., Osłowski, S., Sanidas, S., Veen, S. ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Verbiest, J.P.W., Weltevrede, P., Zarka, P., Grießmeier, J.-M., Serylak, M, Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Eislöffel, J., Markoff, S., Rowlinson, A., Bilous, A.V., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Keane, E.F., Hessels, J.W.T., Stappers, B.W., Malofeev, V.M., Sobey, C, Breton, R.P., Cooper, S., Falcke, H., Karastergiou, A., Michilli, D., Osłowski, S., Sanidas, S., Veen, S. ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Verbiest, J.P.W., Weltevrede, P., Zarka, P., Grießmeier, J.-M., Serylak, M, Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Eislöffel, J., Markoff, S., and Rowlinson, A.
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18. New methods to constrain the radio transient rate: results from a survey of four fields with LOFAR
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Carbone, D., Horst, A.J. van der, Wijers, R.A.M.J., Swinbank, J.D., Rowlinson, A., Broderick, J.W., Cendes, Y.N., Stewart, A.J., Bell, M.E., Breton, R.P., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Fender, R.P., Grießmeier, J.M., Hessels, J.W.T., Jonker, P.G., Kramer, M., Law, C.J., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Pietka, M., Scheers, L.H.A., Stappers, B.W., Leeuwen, J. van, Wijnands, R., Wise, M., Zarka, P., Carbone, D., Horst, A.J. van der, Wijers, R.A.M.J., Swinbank, J.D., Rowlinson, A., Broderick, J.W., Cendes, Y.N., Stewart, A.J., Bell, M.E., Breton, R.P., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Fender, R.P., Grießmeier, J.M., Hessels, J.W.T., Jonker, P.G., Kramer, M., Law, C.J., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Pietka, M., Scheers, L.H.A., Stappers, B.W., Leeuwen, J. van, Wijnands, R., Wise, M., and Zarka, P.
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19. Orbital and superorbital variability of LS I +61 303 at low radio frequencies with GMRT and LOFAR
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Marcote, B., Ribó, M., Paredes, J.M., Ishwara-Chandra, C.H., Swinbank, J.D., Broderick, J.W., Markoff, S., Fender, R., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Pooley, G.G., Stewart, A.J., Bell, M.E., Breton, R.P., Carbone, D., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Griesmeier, J.-M., Kuniyoshi, M., Pietka, M., Rowlinson, A., Serylak, M, Horst, A.J. van der, Leeuwen, J. van, Wise, M.W., Zarka, P., Marcote, B., Ribó, M., Paredes, J.M., Ishwara-Chandra, C.H., Swinbank, J.D., Broderick, J.W., Markoff, S., Fender, R., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Pooley, G.G., Stewart, A.J., Bell, M.E., Breton, R.P., Carbone, D., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Griesmeier, J.-M., Kuniyoshi, M., Pietka, M., Rowlinson, A., Serylak, M, Horst, A.J. van der, Leeuwen, J. van, Wise, M.W., and Zarka, P.
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Contains fulltext : 155778.pdf (preprint version ) (Open Access)
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20. LOFAR imaging of Cygnus A – Direct detection of a turnover in the hotspot radio spectra
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McKean, J.P., Godfrey, L.E.H., Vegetti, S., Wise, M.W., Morganti, R., Hardcastle, M.J., Rafferty, D., Anderson, J., Avruch, I.M., Beck, R., Bell, M.E., Bemmel, I. van, Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Blaauw, R., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Cerrigone, L., Ciardi, B., Gasperin, F. de, Deller, A., Duscha, S., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Fallows, R.A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J.M., Haarlem, M.P. van, Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Horst, A.J. van der, Iacobelli, M., Intema, H., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Kondratiev, V.I., Koopmans, L.V.E., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Leeuwen, J. van, Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pietka, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Rowlinson, A., Scaife, A.M.M., Serylak, M, Shulevski, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Weeren, R.J. van, Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., Zarka, P., McKean, J.P., Godfrey, L.E.H., Vegetti, S., Wise, M.W., Morganti, R., Hardcastle, M.J., Rafferty, D., Anderson, J., Avruch, I.M., Beck, R., Bell, M.E., Bemmel, I. van, Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Blaauw, R., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Cerrigone, L., Ciardi, B., Gasperin, F. de, Deller, A., Duscha, S., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Fallows, R.A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J.M., Haarlem, M.P. van, Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Horst, A.J. van der, Iacobelli, M., Intema, H., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Kondratiev, V.I., Koopmans, L.V.E., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Leeuwen, J. van, Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pietka, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Rowlinson, A., Scaife, A.M.M., Serylak, M, Shulevski, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Weeren, R.J. van, Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., and Zarka, P.
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21. LOFAR detections of low-frequency radio recombination lines towards Cassiopeia A
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Asgekar, A., Oonk, J.B., Yatawatta, S., Weeren, R.J., McKean, J.P., White, G., Jackson, N., Anderson, J., Avruch, I.M., Batejat, F., Beck, R., Bell, M.E., Bell, Michael, Bemmel, I., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Birzan, L., Bonafede, A., Braun, R., Breitling, F., Brink, R.H., Broderick, J.W., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Cappellen, W., Ciardi, B., Conway, J.E., De Gasperin, F., Geus, E., Jong, A., Vos, M., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Fellows, R.A., Ferrari, C., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J.-M., Grit, T., Gunst, A.W., Hassall, T.E., Heald, G., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Iacobelli, M., Intema, H., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Kohler, J., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Law, C.J., Leeuwen, J., Maat, P., Macario, G., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McKay-Bukowski, D., Mevins, M., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Mol, J.D., Morganti, R., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, Varun, Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Scheers, Bart, Schoenmakers, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Sobey, C.A., Steinmetz, M., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wijers, Ralph, Wise, Michael, Wucknitz, O., Zarka, P., Leeuwen, Joeri, and Database Architectures
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Cassiopeia A was observed using the low-band antennas of the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) with high spectral resolution. This allowed a search for radio recombination lines (RRLs) along the line-of-sight to this source. Five carbon alpha RRLs were detected in absorption between 40 and 50 MHz with a signal-to-noise ratio of >5 from two independent LOFAR data sets. The derived line velocities (vLSR ~ - 50 km s-1) and integrated optical depths (~13 s-1) of the RRLs in our spectra, extracted over the whole supernova remnant, are consistent within each LOFAR data set and with those previously reported. For the first time, we are able to extract spectra against the brightest hotspot of the remnant at frequencies below 330 MHz. These spectra show significantly higher (15-80 percent) integrated optical depths, indicating that there is small-scale angular structure of the order of ~1 pc in the absorbing gas distribution over the face of the remnant. We also place an upper limit of 3 × 10-4 on the peak optical depths of hydrogen and helium RRLs. These results demonstrate that LOFAR has the desired spectral stability and sensitivity to study faint recombination lines in the decameter band.
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22. The LOFAR Transients Pipeline
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Swinbank, J.D., Staley, T.D., Molenaar, G.J., Rol, E., Rowlinson, A., Scheers, B., Spreeuw, H., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Carbone, D., Garsden, H., Horst, A.J. van der, Law, C.J., Wise, M., Breton, R.P., Cendes, Y., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Fender, R., Grießmeier, J.M., Hessels, J.W.T., Stappers, B.W., Stewart, A.J., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., Zarka, P., Swinbank, J.D., Staley, T.D., Molenaar, G.J., Rol, E., Rowlinson, A., Scheers, B., Spreeuw, H., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Carbone, D., Garsden, H., Horst, A.J. van der, Law, C.J., Wise, M., Breton, R.P., Cendes, Y., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Fender, R., Grießmeier, J.M., Hessels, J.W.T., Stappers, B.W., Stewart, A.J., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., and Zarka, P.
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23. Radio polarimetry as a probe of unresolved jets: the 2013 outburst of XTE J1908+094
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Curran, P.A., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Rushton, A.P., Pawar, D.D., Anderson, G.E., Altamirano, D., Krimm, H.A., Broderick, J.W., Belloni, T.M., Fender, R.P., Körding, E.G., Maitra, D., Markoff, S., Migliari, S., Rumsey, C., Rupen, M.P., Russell, D.M., Russell, T.D., Sarazin, C.L., Sivakoff, G.R., Soria, R., Tetarenko, A.J., Titterington, D., Tudose, V., Curran, P.A., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Rushton, A.P., Pawar, D.D., Anderson, G.E., Altamirano, D., Krimm, H.A., Broderick, J.W., Belloni, T.M., Fender, R.P., Körding, E.G., Maitra, D., Markoff, S., Migliari, S., Rumsey, C., Rupen, M.P., Russell, D.M., Russell, T.D., Sarazin, C.L., Sivakoff, G.R., Soria, R., Tetarenko, A.J., Titterington, D., and Tudose, V.
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24. Pulsar polarisation below 200 MHz: Average profiles and propagation effects
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Noutsos, A., Sobey, C.A., Kondratiev, V.I., Weltevrede, P., Verbiest, J.P.W., Karastergiou, A., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Alexov, A., Breton, R.P., Bilous, A.V., Cooper, S., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hassall, T.E., Hessels, J.W.T., Keane, E.F., Oslowski, S., Pilia, M., Serylak, M., Stappers, B.W., Veen, S. (Sander) ter, Leeuwen, J. (Joeri) van, Zagkouris, K., Anderson, K., Baehren, L., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y.N., Coenen, T., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Fender, R.P., Garsden, H., Jonker, P., Law, C.J., Markoff, S., Masters, J., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Molenaar, G.J., Osten, R., Pietka, M., Rol, E., Rowlinson, A., Scheers, L.H.A. (Bart), Spreeuw, H., Staley, T.D., Stewart, A.J., Swinbank, J.D., Wijers, R.A.M.J. (Ralph), Wijnands, R., Wise, M.W. (Michael), Zarka, P., Horst, A.J. van der, Noutsos, A., Sobey, C.A., Kondratiev, V.I., Weltevrede, P., Verbiest, J.P.W., Karastergiou, A., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Alexov, A., Breton, R.P., Bilous, A.V., Cooper, S., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hassall, T.E., Hessels, J.W.T., Keane, E.F., Oslowski, S., Pilia, M., Serylak, M., Stappers, B.W., Veen, S. (Sander) ter, Leeuwen, J. (Joeri) van, Zagkouris, K., Anderson, K., Baehren, L., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y.N., Coenen, T., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Fender, R.P., Garsden, H., Jonker, P., Law, C.J., Markoff, S., Masters, J., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Molenaar, G.J., Osten, R., Pietka, M., Rol, E., Rowlinson, A., Scheers, L.H.A. (Bart), Spreeuw, H., Staley, T.D., Stewart, A.J., Swinbank, J.D., Wijers, R.A.M.J. (Ralph), Wijnands, R., Wise, M.W. (Michael), Zarka, P., and Horst, A.J. van der
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Aims: We present the highest-quality polarisation profiles to date of 16 non-recycled pulsars and four millisecond pulsars, observed below 200 MHz with the LOFAR high-band antennas. Based on the observed profiles, we perform an initial investigation of expected observational effects resulting from the propagation of polarised emission in the pulsar magnetosphere and the interstellar medium. Methods: The polarisation data presented in this paper have been calibrated for the geometric-projection and beam-shape effects that distort the polarised information as detected with the LOFAR antennas. We have used RM Synthesis to determine the amount of Faraday rotation in the data at the time of the observations. The ionospheric contribution to the measured Faraday rotation was estimated using a model of the ionosphere. To study the propagation effects, we have compared our low-frequency polarisation observations with archival data at 240, 400, 600, and 1400 MHz. Results: The predictions of magnetospheric birefringence in pulsars have been tested using spectra of the pulse width and fractional polarisation from multifrequency data. The derived spectra offer only partial support for the expected effects of birefringence on the polarisation properties, with only about half of our sample being consistent with the model's predictions. It is noted that for some pulsars these measurements are contaminated by the effects of interstellar scattering. For a number of pulsars in our sample, we have observed significant variations in the amount of Faraday rotation as a function of pulse phase, which is possibly an artefact of scattering. These variations are typically two orders of magnitude smaller than that observed at 1400 MHz by Noutsos et al. (2009), for a different sample of southern pulsars. In this paper we present a possible explanation for the difference in magnitude of this effect between the two frequencies, based on scattering. Finally, we have estimated the magnetospheric e
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25. Probing atmospheric electric fields in thunderstorms through radio emission from cosmic-ray-induced air showers
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Schellart, P., Trinh, T.N.G., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J.E., Falcke, H., Hörandel, J.R., Nelles, A., Rachen, J.P., Rossetto, L., Scholten, O., ter Veen, S., Thoudam, S., Ebert, U., Koehn, C., Rutjes, C., Alexov, A., Anderson, J.M., Avruch, I.M., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., de Geus, E., de Vos, M., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Fallows, R.A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Heald, G., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Holties, H.A., Juette, E., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Mann, G., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Mevius, M., Moldon, J., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H., Scaife, A.M.M., Schwarz, D.J., Serylak, M., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tasse, C., Toribio, M.C., van Weeren, R.J., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wise, M.W., Wucknitz, O., Zarka, P., Schellart, P., Trinh, T.N.G., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J.E., Falcke, H., Hörandel, J.R., Nelles, A., Rachen, J.P., Rossetto, L., Scholten, O., ter Veen, S., Thoudam, S., Ebert, U., Koehn, C., Rutjes, C., Alexov, A., Anderson, J.M., Avruch, I.M., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., de Geus, E., de Vos, M., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Fallows, R.A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Heald, G., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Holties, H.A., Juette, E., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Mann, G., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Mevius, M., Moldon, J., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H., Scaife, A.M.M., Schwarz, D.J., Serylak, M., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tasse, C., Toribio, M.C., van Weeren, R.J., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wise, M.W., Wucknitz, O., and Zarka, P.
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We present measurements of radio emission from cosmic ray air showers that took place during thunderstorms. The intensity and polarization patterns of these air showers are radically different from those measured during fair-weather conditions. With the use of a simple two-layer model for the atmospheric electric field, these patterns can be well reproduced by state-of-the-art simulation codes. This in turn provides a novel way to study atmospheric electric fields.
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26. The Aperture Array Verification System 1: System overview and early commissioning results
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Andrew Faulkner, M. Poloni, Fabio Paonessa, R. Singuaroli, D. Fierro, Giuseppe Virone, Brian Crosse, H. Schnetler, Monica Alderighi, David Emrich, Pietro Bolli, Andrea DeMarco, Marcin Sokolowski, Giuseppe Pupillo, P. Benthem, Gianni Comoretto, Peter J. Hall, Andrew Williams, David B. Davidson, E. de Lera Acedo, M. Gerbers, J. Nanni, Benjamin McKinley, Adrian Sutinjo, Randall B. Wayth, J. G. Bij de Vaate, Alessio Magro, Nima Razavi-Ghods, S. Chiarucci, Federico Perini, P. Di Ninni, L. Ciani, L. Horsley, D. Ung, Budi Juswardy, A. Mattana, Stefan J. Wijnholds, Riccardo Chiello, Simone Rusticelli, K. Steele, Jader Monari, A. van Es, Giovanni Naldi, K. Zarb Adami, G. Tartarini, D. Kenney, M. Waterson, Francesco Schillirò, J. Borg, C. Belli, T. Booler, J. W. Broderick, M. Walker, M. Schiaffino, Benthem P., Wayth R., De Lera Acedo E., Zarb Adami K., Alderighi M., Belli C., Bolli P., Booler T., Borg J., Broderick J.W., Chiarucci S., Chiello R., Ciani L., Comoretto G., Crosse B., Davidson D., Demarco A., Emrich D., Van Es A., Fierro D., Faulkner A., Gerbers M., Razavi-Ghods N., Hall P., Horsley L., Juswardy B., Kenney D., Steele K., Magro A., Mattana A., Mckinley B., Monari J., Naldi G., Nanni J., Di Ninni P., Paonessa F., Perini F., Poloni M., Pupillo G., Rusticelli S., Schiaffino M., Schilliro F., Schnetler H., Singuaroli R., Sokolowski M., Sutinjo A., Tartarini G., Ung D., Bij De Vaate J.G., Virone G., Walker M., Waterson M., Wijnholds S.J., and Williams A.
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Phased array ,FOS: Physical sciences ,array ,Astrophysics ,radio astronomy ,computer.software_genre ,antenna ,law.invention ,Radio telescope ,Software ,Methods: Observational ,law ,Component (UML) ,Instrumentation: Miscellaneou ,Calibration ,Dipole antenna ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Physics ,business.industry ,Firmware ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Ranging ,Techniques: Image processing ,Space and Planetary Science ,Square Kilometer Array ,business ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,computer ,Computer hardware ,Telescopes - Abstract
The design and development process for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope’s Low Frequency Aperture Array component was progressed during the SKA pre-construction phase by an international consortium, with the goal of meeting requirements for a critical design review. As part of the development process a full-sized prototype SKA Low ‘station’ was deployed – the Aperture Array Verification System 1 (AAVS1). We provide a system overview and describe the commissioning results of AAVS1, which is a low frequency radio telescope with 256 dual-polarisation log-periodic dipole antennas working as a phased array. A detailed system description is provided, including an in-depth overview of relevant sub-systems, ranging from hardware, firmware, software, calibration, and control sub-systems. Early commissioning results cover initial bootstrapping, array calibration, stability testing, beam-forming, and on-sky sensitivity validation. Lessons learned are presented, along with future developments.
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27. Cassiopeia A, Cygnus A, Taurus A, and Virgo A at ultra-low radio frequencies
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F. de Gasperin, J. Vink, J. P. McKean, A. Asgekar, I. Avruch, M. J. Bentum, R. Blaauw, A. Bonafede, J. W. Broderick, M. Brüggen, F. Breitling, W. N. Brouw, H. R. Butcher, B. Ciardi, V. Cuciti, M. de Vos, S. Duscha, J. Eislöffel, D. Engels, R. A. Fallows, T. M. O. Franzen, M. A. Garrett, A. W. Gunst, J. Hörandel, G. Heald, M. Hoeft, M. Iacobelli, L. V. E. Koopmans, A. Krankowski, P. Maat, G. Mann, M. Mevius, G. Miley, R. Morganti, A. Nelles, M. J. Norden, A. R. Offringa, E. Orrú, H. Paas, V. N. Pandey, M. Pandey-Pommier, R. Pekal, R. Pizzo, W. Reich, A. Rowlinson, H. J. A. Rottgering, D. J. Schwarz, A. Shulevski, O. Smirnov, C. Sobey, M. Soida, M. Steinmetz, M. Tagger, M. C. Toribio, A. van Ardenne, A. J. van der Horst, M. P. van Haarlem, R. J. van Weeren, C. Vocks, O. Wucknitz, P. Zarka, P. Zucca, Astronomy, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), De Gasperin F., Vink J., McKean J.P., Asgekar A., Avruch I., Bentum M.J., Blaauw R., Bonafede A., Broderick J.W., Bruggen M., Breitling F., Brouw W.N., Butcher H.R., Ciardi B., Cuciti V., De Vos M., Duscha S., Eisloffel J., Engels D., Fallows R.A., Franzen T.M.O., Garrett M.A., Gunst A.W., Horandel J., Heald G., Hoeft M., Iacobelli M., Koopmans L.V.E., Krankowski A., Maat P., Mann G., Mevius M., Miley G., Morganti R., Nelles A., Norden M.J., Offringa A.R., Orru E., Paas H., Pandey V.N., Pandey-Pommier M., Pekal R., Pizzo R., Reich W., Rowlinson A., Rottgering H.J.A., Schwarz D.J., Shulevski A., Smirnov O., Sobey C., Soida M., Steinmetz M., Tagger M., Toribio M.C., Van Ardenne A., Van Der Horst A.J., Van Haarlem M.P., Van Weeren R.J., Vocks C., Wucknitz O., Zarka P., Zucca P., High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES)
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Astronomy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,radio continuum: general ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,radio continuum ,law.invention ,Telescope ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Angular resolution ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,Surface brightness ,010306 general physics ,Cygnus A ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,media_common ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Physics ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,interferometric [techniques] ,Cassiopeia A ,techniques: interferometric ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,Sky ,general ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,interferometric ,ddc:520 ,general [radio continuum] ,Radio frequency ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,techniques ,general [ontinuum] - Abstract
The four persistent radio sources in the northern sky with the highest flux density at metre wavelengths are Cassiopeia A, Cygnus A, Taurus A, and Virgo A; collectively they are called the A-team. Their flux densities at ultra-low frequencies (, 7 pages, 2 figures, accepted A&A, online data on A&A website
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28. LOFAR imaging of Cygnus A - direct detection of a turnover in the hotspot radio spectra
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Aris Karastergiou, Michael W. Wise, Gianni Bernardi, Heino Falcke, L. Cerrigone, D. Engels, Michel Tagger, Simona Vegetti, Anna Nelles, R. Morganti, John D. Swinbank, Leith Godfrey, George Heald, I. van Bemmel, E. Juette, P. Maat, Sera Markoff, V. I. Kondratiev, Léon V. E. Koopmans, Huib Intema, Adam Deller, H. Munk, J. W. Broderick, Marcus Brüggen, R. Blaauw, J. Sluman, M. Iacobelli, R. J. van Weeren, Roberto Pizzo, Philip Best, A. J. van der Horst, D. McKay-Bukowski, Wilfred Frieswijk, M. Pandey-Pommier, Martin J. Hardcastle, M. Pietka, Aleksandar Shulevski, Rainer Beck, Satyendra Thoudam, M. Serylak, Matthias Steinmetz, Anna M. M. Scaife, Emanuela Orrú, Antonia Rowlinson, D. D. Mulcahy, Sarod Yatawatta, H. Paas, Adam Stewart, S. Duscha, I. M. Avruch, Frank Breitling, B. Ciardi, John McKean, H. J. A. Röttgering, R. C. Vermeulen, Oleg Smirnov, Olaf Wucknitz, W. Reich, Gottfried Mann, F. de Gasperin, P. Zarka, M. Kuniyoshi, D. Rafferty, Martin Bell, Richard Fallows, James M. Anderson, G. Kuper, Mark J. Bentum, M. A. Garrett, J.-M. Grießmeier, Matthias Hoeft, Christian Vocks, M. P. van Haarlem, M. C. Toribio, A. G. Polatidis, J. van Leeuwen, Annalisa Bonafede, Rebecca McFadden, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), University of Hertfordshire [Hatfield] (UH), Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics [PennState], Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Penn State System-Penn State System, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [Hampton] (APS), Hampton University, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], Université de Tours (UT), CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), University of Southampton, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Edinburgh, Jacobs University [Bremen], Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Hamburger Sternwarte/Hamburg Observatory, Universität Hamburg (UHH), Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud University [Nijmegen], Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden, Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE ERIC), Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS), Faculty of mathematics Centre for Mathematical Sciences [Cambridge] (CMS), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM)-University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), University of Oulu, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), School of Physics and Astronomy [Southampton], Department of Physics and Astronomy [South Africa], University of the Western Cape (UWC), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH / Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder] (LASP), University of Colorado [Boulder], Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AlfA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Project: 320745,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2012-ADG_20120216,RADIOLIFE(2013), Astronomy, McKean, J.P., Godfrey, L.E.H., Vegetti, S., Wise, M.W., Morganti, R., Hardcastle, M.J., Rafferty, D., Anderson, J., Avruch, I.M., Beck, R., Bell, M.E., van Bemmel, I., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Blaauw, R., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Cerrigone, L., Ciardi, B., de Gasperin, F., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Fallows, R.A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J.M., van Haarlem, M.P., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., van der HorstA.J., null, Iacobelli, M., Interna, H., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Kondratiev, V.I., Koopmans, L.V.E., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., van Leeuwen, J., Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pietka, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Rottgering, H.J.A., Rowlinson, A., Scaife, A.M.M., Serylak, M., Shulevski, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., van Weeren, R.J., Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., Zarka, P., High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), University of Oxford [Oxford], École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), University of the Western Cape, Smithsonian Institution-Harvard University [Cambridge], ITA, GBR, FRA, DEU, NLD, Université de Tours, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), and Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution
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Radio galaxy ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Radio continuum: galaxie ,Spectral line ,Radio spectrum ,Radio continuum: galaxies ,Galaxies: active: individual: Cygnus A ,X-shaped radio galaxy ,0103 physical sciences ,Cygnus A ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Physics ,Spectral index ,EWI-27659 ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,LOBES ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,Galaxy ,galaxies [radio continuum] ,GALAXIES ,METIS-321690 ,RESOLUTION ,Space and Planetary Science ,HOT-SPOTS ,GAS ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,ARRAY ,IR-103274 - Abstract
The low-frequency radio spectra of the hotspots within powerful radio galaxies can provide valuable information about the physical processes operating at the site of the jet termination. These processes are responsible for the dissipation of jet kinetic energy, particle acceleration, and magnetic-field generation. Here we report new observations of the powerful radio galaxy Cygnus A using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) between 109 and 183 MHz, at an angular resolution of ~3.5 arcsec. The radio emission of the lobes is found to have a complex spectral index distribution, with a spectral steepening found towards the centre of the source. For the first time, a turnover in the radio spectrum of the two main hotspots of Cygnus A has been directly observed. By combining our LOFAR imaging with data from the Very Large Array at higher frequencies, we show that the very rapid turnover in the hotspot spectra cannot be explained by a low-energy cut-off in the electron energy distribution, as has been previously suggested. Thermal (free-free) absorption or synchrotron self absorption models are able to describe the low-frequency spectral shape of the hotspots, however, as with previous studies, we find that the implied model parameters are unlikely, and interpreting the spectra of the hotspots remains problematic., Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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29. Wide-band, low-frequency pulse profiles of 100 radio pulsars with LOFAR
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J. van Leeuwen, Matthias Steinmetz, T. E. Hassall, A. Nelles, E. de Geus, M. Pilia, B. W. Stappers, Heino Falcke, H. J. A. Röttgering, Annalisa Bonafede, Oleg Smirnov, Anna V. Bilous, Satyendra Thoudam, Evan Keane, Peter G. Jonker, W. Frieswijk, Rudy Wijnands, A. Noutsos, M. Pietka, John D. Swinbank, Richard Fallows, R. J. van Weeren, M. Pandey-Pommier, Olaf Wucknitz, A. Alexov, Rebecca McFadden, E. Juette, F. Breitling, Stefan J. Wijnholds, Aris Karastergiou, Benedetta Ciardi, H. Paas, Antonia Rowlinson, Dominik J. Schwarz, Michael Kramer, A. I. F. Stewart, Y. Tang, Ashish Asgekar, K. Zagkouris, James A. Anderson, Chiara Ferrari, S. Duscha, James Miller-Jones, Andrew Lyne, Stefan Oslowski, Adam T. Deller, A. de Jong, R. C. Vermeulen, Gianni Bernardi, I. M. Avruch, M. A. Garrett, M. C. Toribio, Jochen Eislöffel, Charlotte Sobey, A. J. van der Horst, Rene P. Breton, Cyril Tasse, Marcus Brüggen, J. W. Broderick, Gerard H. Kuper, S. ter Veen, A. W. Gunst, Rob Fender, P. Zarka, D. McKay-Bukowski, Martin Bell, A. Horneffer, M. Kuniyoshi, Patrick Weltevrede, M. Serylak, A. G. Polatidis, Ralph A. M. J. Wijers, Mark J. Bentum, Christian Vocks, Jean-Mathias Grießmeier, Sera Markoff, Jason W. T. Hessels, Stephane Corbel, Laura Birzan, J. P. Hamaker, Wolfgang Reich, Michel Tagger, P. Maat, V. I. Kondratiev, George Heald, Gottfried Mann, R. Pizzo, Astronomy, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester [Manchester], Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre (VUMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (VU), Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford, School of Physics and Astronomy [Southampton], University of Southampton, Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud University [Nijmegen], Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing [Swinburne] (CAS), Swinburne University of Technology [Melbourne], Department of Physics [Oxford], Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Universität Bielefeld = Bielefeld University, University of Cape Town, Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci), Epidémiologie et Biostatistique [Bordeaux], Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], University of Hamburg, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH / Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ), University of Edinburgh, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Structural Dynamics and Acoustics, University of Twente, Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Department of Astrophysics [Oxford], Département de Géologie, Université de Montréal (UdeM), Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Department of Physical Sciences, University of Oulu, University of Oulu, Curtin University [Perth], Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC), University of Groningen [Groningen], Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (ING), Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), SKA South Africa, Ska South Africa, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP), Department of Physics [Dunedin], University of Otago [Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande], Princeton University, Edinburgh Research Station, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Astrophysics [Nijmegen], Radboud University [Nijmegen]-Radboud University [Nijmegen], Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AlfA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-09-JCJC-0001-01, ANR-09-JCJC-0001,OPALES(2009), European Project: 337062,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2013-StG,DRAGNET(2014), European Project: 617199,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2013-CoG,ALERT(2014), European Project: 224838,EC:FP7:PEOPLE,FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-3-IRG,PULSARS WITH LOFAR(2008), ROUCHON, Nathalie, Jeunes chercheuses et jeunes chercheurs - 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Phys (API, FNWI), University of Oxford [Oxford], Radboud university [Nijmegen], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Universität Bielefeld, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), University of Twente [Netherlands], Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Radboud university [Nijmegen]-Radboud university [Nijmegen], Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Universiteit Leiden, École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Pilia, M., Hessels, J.W.T., Stappers, B.W., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Van Leeuwen, J., Weltevrede, P., Lyne, A.G., Zagkouris, K., Hassall, T.E., Bilous, A.V., Breton, R.P., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Keane, E., Karastergiou, A., Kuniyoshi, M., Noutsos, A., Osłowski, S., Serylak, M., Sobey, C., Ter Veen, S., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Bîrzan, L., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Ciardi, B., Corbel, S., De Geus, E., De Jong, A., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Fallows, R.A., Fender, R., Ferrari, C., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Gunst, A.W., Hamaker, J.P., Heald, G., Horneffer, A., Jonker, P., Juette, E., Kuper, G., Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Nelles, A., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pietka, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H., Rowlinson, A., Schwarz, D., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J.D., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Van Der Horst, A.J., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Van Weeren, R.J., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., Wijnholds, S.J., Wucknitz, O., and Zarka, P.
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Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics ,METIS-321663 ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Low frequency ,01 natural sciences ,Radio spectrum ,law.invention ,Telescope ,Radio telescope ,[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,stars: neutron ,Pulsar ,law ,pulsars: general ,0103 physical sciences ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,IR-103184 ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) ,Physics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,Interstellar medium ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Space and Planetary Science ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Radio frequency ,EWI-27451 ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics - Abstract
LOFAR offers the unique capability of observing pulsars across the 10-240 MHz frequency range with a fractional bandwidth of roughly 50%. This spectral range is well-suited for studying the frequency evolution of pulse profile morphology caused by both intrinsic and extrinsic effects: such as changing emission altitude in the pulsar magnetosphere or scatter broadening by the interstellar medium, respectively. The magnitude of most of these effects increases rapidly towards low frequencies. LOFAR can thus address a number of open questions about the nature of radio pulsar emission and its propagation through the interstellar medium. We present the average pulse profiles of 100 pulsars observed in the two LOFAR frequency bands: High Band (120-167 MHz, 100 profiles) and Low Band (15-62 MHz, 26 profiles). We compare them with Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) and Lovell Telescope observations at higher frequencies (350 and1400 MHz) in order to study the profile evolution. The profiles are aligned in absolute phase by folding with a new set of timing solutions from the Lovell Telescope, which we present along with precise dispersion measures obtained with LOFAR. We find that the profile evolution with decreasing radio frequency does not follow a specific trend but, depending on the geometry of the pulsar, new components can enter into, or be hidden from, view. Nonetheless, in general our observations confirm the widening of pulsar profiles at low frequencies, as expected from radius-to-frequency mapping or birefringence theories. We offer this catalog of low-frequency pulsar profiles in a user friendly way via the EPN Database of Pulsar Profiles (http://www.epta.eu.org/epndb/)., Comment: 38 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables, A&A in press, updated with editorial corrections
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30. LBCS: The LOFAR Long-Baseline Calibrator Survey
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Rebecca McFadden, G. M. Loose, J. van Leeuwen, J. Schaap, N. J. Vermaas, M. P. van Haarlem, Philip Best, M. Sipior, E. de Geus, E. Juette, D. Engels, Sarod Yatawatta, J. Moldón, George Heald, Anna M. M. Scaife, C. Vocks, F. Breitling, M. Iacobelli, L. Cerrigone, D. D. Mulcahy, H. J. A. Röttgering, Matthias Hoeft, John D. Swinbank, Jean-Mathias Griessmeier, W. Reich, P. Maat, James M. Anderson, M. A. Garrett, Amitpal S. Tagore, I. van Bemmel, J. Sluman, Roberto Pizzo, R. Vermeulen, Marcus Brüggen, Satyendra Thoudam, Aleksandar Shulevski, R. Blaauw, M. C. Toribio, Emanuela Orrú, A. Horneffer, R. J. van Weeren, W. N. Brouw, Martin Bell, M. Avruch, Michael W. Wise, Jörg R. Hörandel, D. McKay-Bukowski, Jochen Eislöffel, Gerard H. Kuper, P. Zarka, Adam Deller, A. Drabent, Mark J. Bentum, Arthur Corstanje, Dominik J. Schwarz, Matthias Steinmetz, F. de Gasperin, Richard Fallows, H. Munk, A. G. Polatidis, Tobia Carozzi, Annalisa Bonafede, S. ter Veen, Leah K. Morabito, A. W. Gunst, John Conway, Anna D. Kapińska, Huib Intema, Heino Falcke, J. W. Broderick, M. Pandey-Pommier, Neal Jackson, Antonia Rowlinson, John McKean, Michiel A. Brentjens, B. Ciardi, Eskil Varenius, O. Wucknitz, M. Kuniyoshi, School of Physics and Astronomy [Manchester], University of Manchester [Manchester], Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia [Barcelona], Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Onsala Space Observatory, Dept. of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg], ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems (CAS), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Swedish Institute of Space Physics [Uppsala] (IRF), Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS), Faculty of mathematics Centre for Mathematical Sciences [Cambridge] (CMS), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM)-University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Department of Astrophysics [Nijmegen], Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud university [Nijmegen]-Radboud university [Nijmegen], GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam (GFZ), Newcastle University [Newcastle], Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE ERIC), University of Hamburg, Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford [Oxford], University of Southampton, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], University of Edinburgh, Radboud university [Nijmegen], Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Hamburger Sternwarte/Hamburg Observatory, Universität Hamburg (UHH), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Health Service Executive [Dublin] (HSE), Aalborg University [Denmark] (AAU), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP), Princeton University, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Project: 283393,EC:FP7:INFRA,FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-1,RADIONET3(2012), High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Radboud University [Nijmegen]-Radboud University [Nijmegen], Universiteit Leiden, University of Oxford, Radboud University [Nijmegen], Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Jackson, N., Tagore, A., Deller, A., Moldón, J., Varenius, E., Morabito, L., Wucknitz, O., Carozzi, T., Conway, J., Drabent, A., Kapinska, A., Orrù, E., Brentjens, M., Blaauw, R., Kuper, G., Sluman, J., Schaap, J., Vermaas, N., Iacobelli, M., Cerrigone, L., Shulevski, A., Ter Veen, S., Fallows, R., Pizzo, R., Sipior, M., Anderson, J., Avruch, I.M., Bell, M.E., Van Bemmel, I., Bentum, M.J., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Ciardi, B., Corstanje, A., De Gasperin, F., De Geus, E., Eislöffel, J., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J.M., Gunst, A.W., Van Haarlem, M.P., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J., Horneffer, A., Intema, H., Juette, E., Kuniyoshi, M., Van Leeuwen, J., Loose, G.M., Maat, P., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Rowlinson, A., Scaife, A.M.M., Schwarz, D.J., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Van Weeren, R.J., Wise, M.W., Yatawatta, S., Zarka, P., and Astronomy
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Coherence time ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Astronomy ,interferometers [instrumentation] ,galaxies: active ,EWI-27445 ,Flux ,FOS: Physical sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Radio continuum: galaxie ,law.invention ,Instrumentation: interferometer ,Telescope ,surveys ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Range (statistics) ,Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology ,Survey ,instrumentation: interferometers ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries) ,media_common ,radio continuum: galaxies ,Instrumentation:interferometers- Techniques:interferometric - Surveys - Galaxies:active -Radio continuum:galaxies ,020206 networking & telecommunications ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,Geodesy ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,galaxies [radio continuum] ,Square degree ,interferometric [techniques] ,METIS-319490 ,Sky ,Space and Planetary Science ,techniques: interferometric ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,active [galaxies] ,Environmental science ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,IR-102283 ,Coherence (physics) - Abstract
(abridged). We outline LBCS (the LOFAR Long-Baseline Calibrator Survey), whose aim is to identify sources suitable for calibrating the highest-resolution observations made with the International LOFAR Telescope, which include baselines >1000 km. Suitable sources must contain significant correlated flux density (50-100mJy) at frequencies around 110--190~MHz on scales of a few hundred mas. At least for the 200--300-km international baselines, we find around 1 suitable calibrator source per square degree over a large part of the northern sky, in agreement with previous work. This should allow a randomly selected target to be successfully phase calibrated on the international baselines in over 50% of cases. Products of the survey include calibrator source lists and fringe-rate and delay maps of wide areas -- typically a few degrees -- around each source. The density of sources with significant correlated flux declines noticeably with baseline length over the range 200--600~km, with good calibrators on the longest baselines appearing only at the rate of 0.5 per square degree. Coherence times decrease from 1--3 minutes on 200-km baselines to about 1 minute on 600-km baselines, suggesting that ionospheric phase variations contain components with scales of a few hundred kilometres. The longest median coherence time, at just over 3 minutes, is seen on the DE609 baseline, which at 227km is close to being the shortest. We see median coherence times of between 80 and 110 seconds on the four longest baselines (580--600~km), and about 2 minutes for the other baselines. The success of phase transfer from calibrator to target is shown to be influenced by distance, in a manner that suggests a coherence patch at 150-MHz of the order of 1 degree., Accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics. Error in figure 6 corrected
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31. LOFAR MSSS: detection of a low-frequency radio transient in 400 h of monitoring of the North Celestial Pole
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Rebecca McFadden, Martin Bell, Sera Markoff, G. Kokotanekov, R. J. van Weeren, D. McKay-Bukowski, James M. Anderson, Jason W. T. Hessels, Peter G. Jonker, Ralph A. M. J. Wijers, H. Munk, Casey J. Law, Frank Breitling, B. Scheers, Marcus Brüggen, M. C. Toribio, A. Horneffer, George Heald, M. A. Garrett, Aris Karastergiou, Luke Pratley, Rudy Wijnands, Y. Cendes, F. de Gasperin, A. Alexov, Michael W. Wise, Gianni Bernardi, Jörg R. Hörandel, B. Ciardi, M. Kuniyoshi, James Miller-Jones, J. van Leeuwen, T. Munoz-Darias, Aleksandar Shulevski, John McKean, J.-M. Grießmeier, John D. Swinbank, Jochen Eislöffel, P. Maat, Cyril Tasse, Wilfred Frieswijk, M. J. Norden, J. W. Broderick, A. G. Polatidis, Arthur Corstanje, T E Hassall, Heino Falcke, Harvey Butcher, E. de Geus, V. I. Kondratiev, E. Juette, Anna M. M. Scaife, M. Pandey-Pommier, Benjamin Stappers, H. Paas, A. W. Gunst, I. M. Avruch, Volker Heesen, D. Carbone, Mark J. Bentum, Antonia Rowlinson, Annalisa Bonafede, Rob Fender, J. Sluman, E. Rol, Matthias Steinmetz, Chiara Ferrari, Gijs Molenaar, S. Duscha, G. Kuper, D. D. Mulcahy, Sarod Yatawatta, Philip Best, M. Pietka, H. J. A. Röttgering, Satyendra Thoudam, A. O. Clarke, Adam Stewart, M. P. van Haarlem, Charlotte Sobey, M. Iacobelli, Olaf Wucknitz, Matthias Hoeft, Emanuela Orrú, M. Loose, Ph. Zarka, Adam Deller, Martin J. Hardcastle, Tim D. Staley, Ashish Asgekar, J. Moldon, Dominik J. Schwarz, A. J. van der Horst, Christian Vocks, Rene P. Breton, John Conway, Stephane Corbel, R. C. Vermeulen, Stefan J. Wijnholds, S. van Velzen, T. L. Grobler, Oleg Smirnov, Astronomy, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder] (LASP), University of Colorado [Boulder], University of Southampton, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester [Manchester], School of Physics and Astronomy [Southampton], Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford [Oxford], Rhodes University, Grahamstown, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), Jacobs University [Bremen], Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universität Hamburg (UHH), Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Département de Géologie, Université de Montréal [Montréal], Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), University of Hertfordshire [Hatfield] (UH), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Curtin University [Perth], Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Victoria University of Wellington, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], SKA South Africa, Ska South Africa, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Mathematics, The George Washington University, Washington State University (WSU), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geoscience, National Center for Atmospheric Research [Boulder] (NCAR), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Edinburgh, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Onsala Space Observatory, Dept. of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg], Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], University of Oulu, The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), 7990-AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands, Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia [Barcelona], Institut de Ciènces del Cosmos (ICC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB)-Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Center for Information Technology CIT, Université de Groningen, Interactions Son Musique Mouvement, Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son (STMS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-IRCAM-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-IRCAM-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Rhodes University, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH / Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ), Finca El Encin, Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AlfA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Université de Montréal (UdeM), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Mathematics [George Washington University] (GW), The George Washington University (GW), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Oxford, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Radboud University [Nijmegen], Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Universiteit Leiden, École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Stewart, A.J., Fender, R.P., Broderick, J.W., Hassall, T.E., Muñoz-Darias, T., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Staley, T.D., Molenaar, G.J., Scheers, B., Grobler, T.L., Pietka, M., Heald, G., McKean, J.P., Bell, M.E., Bonafede, A., Breton, R.P., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y., Clarke, A.O., Corbel, S., De Gasperin, F., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Ferrari, C., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hardcastle, M.J., Heesen, V., Hessels, J.W.T., Horneffer, A., Iacobelli, M., Jonker, P., Karastergiou, A., Kokotanekov, G., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Law, C.J., van Leeuwen, J., Markoff, S., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Mulcahy, D., Orru, E., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pratley, L., Rol, E., Röttgering, H.J.A., Scaife, A.M.M., Shulevski, A., Sobey, C.A., Stappers, B.W., Tasse, C., van der Horst, A.J., van Velzen, S., van Weeren, R.J., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R., Wise, M., Zarka, P., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Breitling, F., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., Conway, J.E., Corstanje, A., de Geus, E., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Gunst, A.W., Van Haarlem, M.P., Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J., Juette, E., Kuper, G., Loose, M., Maat, P., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Moldon, J., Munk, H., Norden, M.J., Paas, H., Polatidis, A.G., Schwarz, D., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wijnholds, S.J., Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., ITA, GBR, FRA, DEU, and NLD
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Astronomy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,interferometers [instrumentation] ,radio continuum: general ,FOS: Physical sciences ,techniques: image processing ,02 engineering and technology ,Astrophysics ,Low frequency ,01 natural sciences ,Instrumentation: interferometer ,Celestial pole ,0103 physical sciences ,IR-102656 ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,instrumentation: interferometers ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,media_common ,EWI-27481 ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,image processing [techniques] ,METIS-320906 ,020206 networking & telecommunications ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Limiting ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,instrumentation: interferometers – techniques: image processing – radio continuum: general ,radio ,continuum: general ,Observation duration ,Space and Planetary Science ,Sky ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,general [radio continuum] ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics - Abstract
We present the results of a four-month campaign searching for low-frequency radio transients near the North Celestial Pole with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), as part of the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS). The data were recorded between 2011 December and 2012 April and comprised 2149 11-minute snapshots, each covering 175 deg^2. We have found one convincing candidate astrophysical transient, with a duration of a few minutes and a flux density at 60 MHz of 15-25 Jy. The transient does not repeat and has no obvious optical or high-energy counterpart, as a result of which its nature is unclear. The detection of this event implies a transient rate at 60 MHz of 3.9 (+14.7, -3.7) x 10^-4 day^-1 deg^-2, and a transient surface density of 1.5 x 10^-5 deg^-2, at a 7.9-Jy limiting flux density and ~10-minute time-scale. The campaign data were also searched for transients at a range of other time-scales, from 0.5 to 297 min, which allowed us to place a range of limits on transient rates at 60 MHz as a function of observation duration., 23 pages, 16 figures, 5 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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32. Imaging Jupiter's radiation belts down to 127 MHz with LOFAR
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Gianni Bernardi, Jörg R. Hörandel, A. G. Polatidis, Ashish Asgekar, A. Nelles, Angélica Sicard, H. Munk, R. J. van Weeren, Jason W. T. Hessels, D. McKay-Bukowski, I. de Pater, Matthias Hoeft, Oleg Smirnov, A. W. Gunst, Frank Breitling, Arthur Corstanje, Sebastien Hess, Quentin Nénon, Mark J. Bentum, J. van Leeuwen, R. C. Vermeulen, M. Loose, P. Zarka, H. J. A. Röttgering, P. Maat, M. J. Norden, M. Tagger, J. Moldón, F. de Gasperin, S. Bourdarie, Rene P. Breton, Annalisa Bonafede, John D. Swinbank, I. van Bemmel, Stephane Corbel, Martin Bell, V. I. Kondratiev, M. Pandey-Pommier, M. Iacobelli, James M. Anderson, Roberto Pizzo, Marcus Brüggen, Satyendra Thoudam, M. C. Toribio, Gerard H. Kuper, Antonia Rowlinson, Jochen Eislöffel, S. Duscha, Rebecca McFadden, M. A. Garrett, Daniel Santos-Costa, Julien N. Girard, Matthias Steinmetz, B. Ciardi, O. Wucknitz, J.-M. Grießmeier, M. Kuniyoshi, Ralph A. M. J. Wijers, Wilfred Frieswijk, Heino Falcke, C. Tasse, W. N. Brouw, S. Markov, Emanuela Orrú, H. Paas, Adam Deller, W. Reich, Dominik J. Schwarz, J. W. Broderick, E. Juette, G. Mann, Philip Best, C. Vocks, E. de Geus, Girard, J.N., Zarka, P., Tasse, C., Hess, S., De Pater, I., Santos-Costa, D., Nenon, Q., Sicard, A., Bourdarie, S., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Bell, M.E., Van Bemmel, I., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Breton, R.P., Broderick, J.W., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Ciardi, B., Corbel, S., Corstanje, A., De Gasperin, F., De Geus, E., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Hörandel, J., Iacobelli, M., Juette, E., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Van Leeuwen, J., Loose, M., Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Moldon, J., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H., Rowlinson, A., Schwarz, D., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Van Weeren, R.J., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wucknitz, O., Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Toulouse], ONERA, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), University of Southampton, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE), University of Edinburgh, Jacobs University [Bremen], Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), University of Manchester [Manchester], Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Radboud University [Nijmegen], Hamburger Sternwarte/Hamburg Observatory, Universität Hamburg (UHH), Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden, Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS), Faculty of mathematics Centre for Mathematical Sciences [Cambridge] (CMS), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM)-University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), University of Oulu, University of Groningen [Groningen], Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), Universität Bielefeld, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH / Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, ANR-11-IDEX-0005,USPC,Université Sorbonne Paris Cité(2011), European Project: 228261,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2008-AdG,SPARSEASTRO(2009), ITA, GBR, FRA, DEU, NLD, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), DPMMS/CMS, University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02/10-LABX-0023,UnivEarthS,Earth - Planets - Universe: observation, modeling, transfer(2011), Astronomy, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), and Faculty of Science
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radio continuum: planetary systems ,Brightness ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,radio continuum: planetary ,EWI-27447 ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Magnetosphere ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics ,Electron ,METIS-321662 ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Jupiter ,symbols.namesake ,0103 physical sciences ,Emission spectrum ,IR-103183 ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Physics ,Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Radio continuum: planetary system ,Planets and satellites: magnetic field ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,planets and satellites: magnetic fields ,Spectral flux density ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,Van Allen radiation belt ,Techniques: interferometric ,symbols ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,systems ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
Context. Observing Jupiter's synchrotron emission from the Earth remains today the sole method to scrutinize the distribution and dynamical behavior of the ultra energetic electrons magnetically trapped around the planet (because in-situ particle data are limited in the inner magnetosphere). Aims. We perform the first resolved and low-frequency imaging of the synchrotron emission with LOFAR at 127 MHz. The radiation comes from low energy electrons (~1-30 MeV) which map a broad region of Jupiter's inner magnetosphere. Methods (see article for complete abstract) Results. The first resolved images of Jupiter's radiation belts at 127-172 MHz are obtained along with total integrated flux densities. They are compared with previous observations at higher frequencies and show a larger extent of the synchrotron emission source (>=4 $R_J$). The asymmetry and the dynamic of east-west emission peaks are measured and the presence of a hot spot at lambda_III=230 {\deg} $\pm$ 25 {\deg}. Spectral flux density measurements are on the low side of previous (unresolved) ones, suggesting a low-frequency turnover and/or time variations of the emission spectrum. Conclusions. LOFAR is a powerful and flexible planetary imager. The observations at 127 MHz depict an extended emission up to ~4-5 planetary radii. The similarities with high frequency results reinforce the conclusion that: i) the magnetic field morphology primarily shapes the brightness distribution of the emission and ii) the radiating electrons are likely radially and latitudinally distributed inside about 2 $R_J$. Nonetheless, the larger extent of the brightness combined with the overall lower flux density, yields new information on Jupiter's electron distribution, that may shed light on the origin and mode of transport of these particles., Comment: 10 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in A&A (27/11/2015) - abstract edited because of limited characters
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33. LOFAR tied-array imaging and spectroscopy of solar S bursts
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B. Ciardi, Helmut O. Rucker, Mario M. Bisi, J. van Leeuwen, J. Sluman, Roberto Pizzo, M. C. Toribio, Jochen Eislöffel, J. W. Broderick, Gerard H. Kuper, Pietro Zucca, Harvey Butcher, V. I. Kondratiev, Aidan M. O'Flannagain, Alain Kerdraon, Mark J. Bentum, Matthias Hoeft, Wilfred Frieswijk, W. N. Brouw, M. A. Garrett, E. de Geus, A. A. Konovalenko, Anna M. M. Scaife, G. Mann, H. Munk, Annalisa Bonafede, James M. Anderson, A. Karastergiou, Philippe Zarka, H. Paas, I. M. Avruch, Heino Falcke, Jean-Mathias Griessmeier, F. Breitling, R. Vermeulen, Jason W. T. Hessels, Bo Thidé, Peter T. Gallagher, John McKean, A. G. Polatidis, Emanuela Orrú, C. Tasse, Ashish Asgekar, D. McKay-Bukowski, Diana E. Morosan, C. Vocks, Jasmina Magdalenic, Richard Fallows, A. Alexov, A. W. Gunst, Gianni Bernardi, Hamish A. S. Reid, Alexander L. MacKinnon, Trinity College Dublin, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), University of Glasgow, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Radio Astronomy of NASU [Kharkiv] (IRA), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Swedish Institute of Space Physics [Uppsala] (IRF), GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam (GFZ), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Jacobs University [Bremen], University of Southampton, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics [Canberra] (RSAA), Australian National University (ANU), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Radboud University [Nijmegen], Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden, Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), University of Oxford, University of Oulu, School of Physics and Astronomy [Southampton], Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Astronomy, ITA, GBR, FRA, DEU, NLD, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, Radboud university [Nijmegen], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), University of Oxford [Oxford], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Smithsonian Institution-Harvard University [Cambridge], Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Morosan, D.E., Gallagher, P.T., Zucca, P., O'Flannagain, A., Fallows, R., Reid, H., Magdalenic, J., Mann, G., Bisi, M.M., Kerdraon, A., Konovalenko, A.A., MacKinnon, A.L., Rucker, H.O., Thide, B., Vocks, C., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brouw, W.N., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., De Geus, E., Eisloffel, J., Falcke, H., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Karastergiou, A., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuper, G., Van Leeuwen, J., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Munk, H., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Scaife, A.M.M., Sluman, J., Tasse, C., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., and Zarka, P.
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POLARIZATION ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,corona [Sun] ,Astronomy ,METIS-315083 ,Astrophysics ,particle emission [Sun] ,01 natural sciences ,CORONA ,law.invention ,law ,Coronal mass ejection ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Maser ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries) ,Sun: magnetic fields ,Physics ,Sun: radio radiation ,Nanoflares ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,magnetic fields [Sun] ,Physical Sciences ,Radio frequency ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Context (language use) ,Low frequency ,Astronomy & Astrophysics ,FREQUENCY ,Radio telescope ,Sun: particle emission ,0103 physical sciences ,Sun: magnetic field ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Science & Technology ,III RADIO-BURSTS ,Sun: corona ,[SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR] ,radio radiation [Sun] ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,Sun: corona – Sun: radio radiation – Sun: particle emission – Sun: magnetic fields ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,DENSITY ,SPIKES ,IR-98664 ,RADIATION ,EWI-26541 ,FINE-STRUCTURE - Abstract
Context. The Sun is an active source of radio emission that is often associated with energetic phenomena ranging from nanoflares to coronal mass ejections (CMEs). At low radio frequencies (, 6 pages, 4 figures
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34. Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers
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A. Alexov, M. Serylak, M. A. Garrett, E. Juette, B. Ciardi, C. Tasse, C. Koehn, M. Kuniyoshi, Dominik J. Schwarz, M. C. Toribio, A. Nelles, F. Breitling, Jean-Mathias Grießmeier, John McKean, John D. Swinbank, Jochen Eislöffel, W. Reich, J. Moldon, Maaijke Mevius, Marcus Brüggen, Casper Rutjes, R. J. van Weeren, Emanuela Orrú, J. W. Broderick, A. G. Polatidis, Rebecca McFadden, D. McKay-Bukowski, E. de Geus, Heino Falcke, M. J. Norden, V. I. Kondratiev, Harvey Butcher, M. Pandey-Pommier, Philip Best, Pim Schellart, Jason W. T. Hessels, Philippe Zarka, S. Duscha, Richard Fallows, Arthur Corstanje, Matthias Steinmetz, H. Paas, Ute Ebert, G. Kuper, Olaf Scholten, H. J. A. Röttgering, Oleg Smirnov, R. Vermeulen, Annalisa Bonafede, Mark J. Bentum, Michel Tagger, Michael W. Wise, Jörg P. Rachen, Gianni Bernardi, Jörg R. Hörandel, H. A. Holties, Olaf Wucknitz, T. N. G. Trinh, J. E. Enriquez, S. ter Veen, A. W. Gunst, M. de Vos, I. M. Avruch, Laura Rossetto, James M. Anderson, Gottfried Mann, Stijn Buitink, Roberto Pizzo, Wilfred Frieswijk, Christian Vocks, Satyendra Thoudam, Anna M. M. Scaife, Matthias Hoeft, George Heald, Department of Astrophysics [Nijmegen], Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud University [Nijmegen]-Radboud University [Nijmegen], KVI Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen [Groningen], Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), National Institute for Subatomic Physics [Amsterdam] (NIKHEF), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci), GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam (GFZ), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Institute for Astronomy [Edinburgh] (IfA), University of Edinburgh, University of Hamburg, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford, University of Southampton, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics [Canberra] (RSAA), Australian National University (ANU), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), University of Oulu, Center for Information Technology CIT, Université de Groningen, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden, Universität Bielefeld = Bielefeld University, SKA South Africa, Ska South Africa, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NOVA, SNN and FOM as well as from NWO, VENI Grant No. 639-041-130, European Project: 227610,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2008-AdG,LOFAR-AUGER(2009), High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Schellart, P., Trinh, T.N.G., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J.E., Falcke, H., Hörandel, J.R., Nelles, A., Rachen, J.P., Rossetto, L., Scholten, O., Ter Veen, S., Thoudam, S., Ebert, U., Koehn, C., Rutjes, C., Alexov, A., Anderson, J.M., Avruch, I.M., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., De Geus, E., De Vos, M., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Fallows, R.A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Heald, G., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Holties, H.A., Juette, E., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Mann, G., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., McKean, J.P., Mevius, M., Moldon, J., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H., Scaife, A.M.M., Schwarz, D.J., Serylak, M., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tasse, C., Toribio, M.C., Van Weeren, R.J., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wise, M.W., Wucknitz, O., Zarka, P., Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Elementary Processes in Gas Discharges, Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven, Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Group, Elementary Particle Physics, Multiscale Dynamics, Radboud university [Nijmegen]-Radboud university [Nijmegen], Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, University of Oxford [Oxford], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Universität Bielefeld, ITA, GBR, FRA, DEU, and NLD
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Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Cosmic ray ,Astrophysics ,Neutrino muon pion and other elementary particles ,Physics and Astronomy (all) ,cosmic rays ,IR-99169 ,Atmospheric electricity lightning ,Electric field ,Extensive air showers ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,METIS-315601 ,Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) ,Astroparticle physics ,Physics ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] ,[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere ,EWI-26542 ,LOFAR ,Polarization (waves) ,SIMULATIONS ,COREAS ,13. Climate action ,Experimental High Energy Physics ,Thunderstorm ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,ARRAY ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
We present measurements of radio emission from cosmic ray air showers that took place during thunderstorms. The intensity and polarization patterns of these air showers are radically different from those measured during fair-weather conditions. With the use of a simple two-layer model for the atmospheric electric field, these patterns can be well reproduced by state-of-the-art simulation codes. This in turn provides a novel way to study atmospheric electric fields., 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
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35. Initial deep LOFAR observations of Epoch of Reionization windows: I. The North Celestial Pole
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M. A. Garrett, Vibor Jelić, Michel Tagger, B. Ciardi, Aris Karastergiou, Harish Vedantham, Marco Iacobelli, Michael W. Wise, Gianni Bernardi, Garrelt Mellema, F. Breitling, F. B. Abdalla, Panagiotis Labropoulos, H. Paas, R. J. van Weeren, Richard Fallows, Léon V. E. Koopmans, M. Kuniyoshi, Michiel A. Brentjens, W. N. Brouw, R. Nijboer, E. Juette, Emanuela Orru, Olaf Wucknitz, V. Veligatla, Gottfried Mann, Ben Stappers, John McKean, M. Mevius, A. G. Polatidis, J. M. Anderson, A. Alexov, Gerard H. Kuper, J. D. Mol, S. ter Veen, Annalisa Bonafede, R. Pizzo, A. W. Gunst, T. E. Hassall, M. Pandey-Pommier, Ph. Zarka, Joop Schaye, Geraint Harker, Michael Kramer, J. Sluman, P. Maat, Jason W. T. Hessels, M. J. Norden, H. J. A. Röttgering, A. R. Offringa, Philip Best, V. I. Kondratiev, Heino Falcke, V. N. Pandey, Chiara Ferrari, J. Noordam, S. Duscha, E. de Geus, John Conway, R. Vermeulen, Sarod Yatawatta, S. Kazemi, Matthias Hoeft, S. Daiboo, F. Batejat, Michael R. Bell, Wolfgang Reich, Saleem Zaroubi, J. M. Griessmeier, R. H. van de Brink, Rajat M. Thomas, Cyril Tasse, Y. Tang, J. W. Broderick, Emma Chapman, Mark J. Bentum, Stefan J. Wijnholds, J. van Leeuwen, Joel N. Bregman, H. Munk, Marcus Brüggen, F. de Gasperin, W. Frieswijk, I. M. Avruch, Oleg Smirnov, Matthias Steinmetz, Martin Bell, O. Martinez Rubi, de Antonius Bruyn, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], Department of process and energy, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy [Boulder] (CASA), University of Colorado [Boulder], Stockholm Observatory Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Génétique Diversité et Ecophysiologie des Céréales (GDEC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP), University of Edinburgh, Jacobs University [Bremen], Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Onsala Space Observatory, Dept. of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg], Hamburger Sternwarte/Hamburg Observatory, Universität Hamburg (UHH), Medstar Research Institute, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford [Oxford], University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Meudon (OBSPM), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Center for Information Technology CIT, Université de Groningen, Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Yatawatta, S., De Bruyn, A.G., Brentjens, M.A., Labropoulos, P., Pandey, V.N., Kazemi, S., Zaroubi, S., Koopmans, L.V.E., Offringa, A.R., Jelić, V., Martinez Rubi, O., Veligatla, V., Wijnholds, S.J., Brouw, W.N., Bernardi, G., Ciardi, B., Daiboo, S., Harker, G., Mellema, G., Schaye, J., Thomas, R., Vedantham, H., Chapman, E., Abdalla, F.B., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Avruch, I.M., Batejat, F., Bell, M.E., Bell, M.R., Bentum, M., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Bregman, J., Breitling, F., Van De Brink, R.H., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Conway, J., De Gasperin, F., De Geus, E., Duscha, S., Falcke, H., Fallows, R.A., Ferrari, C., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Griessmeier, J.M., Gunst, A.W., Hassall, T.E., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Iacobelli, M., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Van Leeuwen, J., Maat, P., Mann, G., McKean, J.P., Mevius, M., Mol, J.D., Munk, H., Nijboer, R., Noordam, J.E., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Stappers, B., Steinmetz, M., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., Ter Veen, S., Vermeulen, R., Van Weeren, R.J., Wise, M., Wucknitz, O., Zarka, P., High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Universiteit Leiden, Radboud University [Nijmegen], Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and University of Oxford
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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,Astronomy ,first stars ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Instrumentation: interferometer ,METIS-302720 ,Celestial pole ,first stars -instrumentation: interferometers -techniques: interferometric -methods: data analysis ,0103 physical sciences ,dark ages ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Reionization ,Physics ,reionization ,instrumentation: interferometers ,techniques: interferometric ,methods: data analysis ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,IR-89500 ,Instrumentation: interferometers – Techniques: interferometric – Cosmology: observations ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,EWI-24509 ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,Redshift ,Galaxy ,diffuse radiation ,Dark ages, reionization, first star ,Orders of magnitude (time) ,Space and Planetary Science ,Instrumentation: interferometers ,Techniques: interferometric ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Ionosphere ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Noise (radio) ,Methods: data analysi ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
The aim of the LOFAR Epoch of Reionization (EoR) project is to detect the spectral fluctuations of the redshifted HI 21cm signal. This signal is weaker by several orders of magnitude than the astrophysical foreground signals and hence, in order to achieve this, very long integrations, accurate calibration for stations and ionosphere and reliable foreground removal are essential. One of the prospective observing windows for the LOFAR EoR project will be centered at the North Celestial Pole (NCP). We present results from observations of the NCP window using the LOFAR highband antenna (HBA) array in the frequency range 115 MHz to 163 MHz. The data were obtained in April 2011 during the commissioning phase of LOFAR. We used baselines up to about 30 km. With about 3 nights, of 6 hours each, effective integration we have achieved a noise level of about 100 microJy/PSF in the NCP window. Close to the NCP, the noise level increases to about 180 microJy/PSF, mainly due to additional contamination from unsubtracted nearby sources. We estimate that in our best night, we have reached a noise level only a factor of 1.4 above the thermal limit set by the noise from our Galaxy and the receivers. Our continuum images are several times deeper than have been achieved previously using the WSRT and GMRT arrays. We derive an analytical explanation for the excess noise that we believe to be mainly due to sources at large angular separation from the NCP., 19 pages, 24 figures. Draft version with low resolution images. Accepted on 08/01/2013 Astronomy & Astrophysics. Abstract abridged. Version with high resolution images: http://www.astro.rug.nl/~yatawatta/ncp_eor.pdf
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36. The LOFAR radio environment
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R.-J. Dettmar, Steve Rawlings, Vibor Jelić, Benedetta Ciardi, Ben Stappers, Aris Karastergiou, Y. Tang, R. Pizzo, V. N. Pandey, A. Alexov, Michael W. Wise, Gianni Bernardi, J. Eisloeffel, J. Sluman, W. A. van Cappellen, Panagiotis Labropoulos, Garrelt Mellema, A. Schoenmakers, M. Mevius, John Conway, P. Maat, M. P. van Haarlem, Rainer Beck, G. van Diepen, M. J. Norden, Heino Falcke, A. W. Gunst, Sarod Yatawatta, R. Nijboer, V. Veligatla, Joop Schaye, J. M. Anderson, D. A. Rafferty, S. Daiboo, M. Kuniyoshi, Michael R. Bell, A. G. Polatidis, A. van Duin, H. Paas, Harish Vedantham, A. G. de Bruyn, V. I. Kondratiev, H. Meulman, A. van Ardenne, Harvey Butcher, J. D. Mol, Laura Birzan, M. Pandey, Michel Tagger, Michiel A. Brentjens, M. Gerbers, Jason W. T. Hessels, George Heald, Matthias Steinmetz, Rob Fender, Marcus Brüggen, Annalisa Bonafede, Gottfried Mann, Mark J. Bentum, Saleem Zaroubi, J. Noordam, Charlotte Sobey, John McKean, John D. Swinbank, Olaf Wucknitz, Gerard H. Kuper, Stefan J. Wijnholds, O. Martinez-Ruby, Léon V. E. Koopmans, Ph. Zarka, Philip Best, Ashish Asgekar, Y. Koopman, R. Vermeulen, A. R. Offringa, R. J. van Weeren, Matthias Hoeft, A. Horneffer, Huub Röttgering, M. Avruch, T. E. Hassall, Martin Bell, J. M. Griessmeier, Geraint Harker, M. de Vos, Ralph A. M. J. Wijers, Christian Vocks, W. Frieswijk, Wolfgang Reich, Oleg Smirnov, Cyril Tasse, J. W. Broderick, F. Breitling, S. Kazemi, J. van Leeuwen, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of process and energy, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), National Radio Astronomy Observatory [Charlottesville] (NRAO), National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire (LCPM), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), University of Southampton, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, University of Edinburgh, Jacobs University [Bremen], Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester [Manchester], University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford [Oxford], Center for Agricultural Research in Suriname CELOS and Department of Biology, Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname - Anton de Kom University of Suriname [Paramaribo] (UVS), Center for Information Technology CIT, Université de Groningen, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics [PennState], Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Penn State System-Penn State System, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), Department of Reproduction and Development, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AlfA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Offringa, A.R., De Bruyn, A.G., Zaroubi, S., Van Diepen, G., Martinez-Ruby, O., Labropoulos, P., Brentjens, M.A., Ciardi, B., Daiboo, S., Harker, G., Jelić, V., Kazemi, S., Koopmans, L.V.E., Mellema, G., Pandey, V.N., Pizzo, R.F., Schaye, J., Vedantham, H., Veligatla, V., Wijnholds, S.J., Yatawatta, S., Zarka, P., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, M., Beck, R., Bell, M., Bell, M.R., Bentum, M., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Birzan, L., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H., Conway, J., De Vos, M., Dettmar, R.J., Eisloeffel, J., Falcke, H., Fender, R., Frieswijk, W., Gerbers, M., Griessmeier, J.M., Gunst, A.W., Hassall, T.E., Heald, G., Hessels, J., Hoeft, M., Horneffer, A., Karastergiou, A., Kondratiev, V., Koopman, Y., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Maat, P., Mann, G., McKean, J., Meulman, H., Mevius, M., Mol, J.D., Nijboer, R., Noordam, J., Norden, M., Paas, H., Pandey, M., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A., Rafferty, D., Rawlings, S., Reich, W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Schoenmakers, A.P., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Sobey, C., Stappers, B., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., Van Ardenne, A., Van Cappellen, W., Van Duin, A.P., Van Haarlem, M., Van Leeuwen, J., Van Weeren, R.J., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wise, M., Wucknitz, O., UMR Peuplement Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical (UMR PVBMT - INRA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Rhodes University, SKA South Africa, Ska South Africa, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), university Rotterdam, Astronomy, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical (UMR PVBMT), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de La Réunion (UR), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), and High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. 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Astronomy ,instrumentation: interferometers ,methods: data analysis ,techniques: interferometric ,telescopes ,radio continuum: general ,FOS: Physical sciences ,RFI ,02 engineering and technology ,Interference (wave propagation) ,01 natural sciences ,EWI-22636 ,Instrumentation: interferometer ,Radio continuum: general ,REMOVAL ,Instrumentation: interferometers - Methods: data analysis - Techniques: interferometric - Telescopes - Radio continuum: general ,0103 physical sciences ,Broadband ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Range (statistics) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,IR-82457 ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Telescope ,FILTERING TECHNIQUES ,Remote sensing ,Significant difference ,INTERFERENCE MITIGATION ,Linearity ,ASTRONOMY ,020206 networking & telecommunications ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Time resolution ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,Space and Planetary Science ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,Techniques: interferometric ,TELESCOPES ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Environmental science ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,METIS-293223 ,Radio astronomy ,Methods: data analysi - Abstract
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 24-h surveys with Dutch LOFAR stations, covering 30-78 MHz with low-band antennas and 115-163 MHz with high-band antennas. This is a subset of the full frequency range of LOFAR. The surveys have been observed with a 0.76 kHz / 1 s resolution. Results: We measured the RFI occupancy in the low and high frequency sets to be 1.8% and 3.2% respectively. These values are found to be representative values for the LOFAR radio environment. Between day and night, there is no significant difference in the radio environment. We find that lowering the current observational time and frequency resolutions of LOFAR results in a slight loss of flagging accuracy. At LOFAR's nominal resolution of 0.76 kHz and 1 s, the false-positives rate is about 0.5%. This rate increases approximately linearly when decreasing the data frequency resolution. Conclusions: Currently, by using an automated RFI detection strategy, the LOFAR radio environment poses no perceivable problems for sensitive observing. It remains to be seen if this is still true for very deep observations that integrate over tens of nights, but the situation looks promising. Reasons for the low impact of RFI are the high spectral and time resolution of LOFAR; accurate detection methods; strong filters and high receiver linearity; and the proximity of the antennas to the ground. We discuss some strategies that can be used once low-level RFI starts to become apparent. It is important that the frequency range of LOFAR remains free of broadband interference, such as DAB stations and windmills., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A. 15 figures, 16 pages
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37. Wide-band simultaneous observations of pulsars: disentangling dispersion measure and profile variations
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P. Maat, Benjamin Stappers, Heino Falcke, Charlotte Sobey, Emanuela Orrú, Jason W. T. Hessels, E. Rol, L. Bähren, H. Meulman, Joris P. W. Verbiest, C. Tasse, A. Alexov, Matthias Hoeft, M. A. Garrett, Sarod Yatawatta, James Miller-Jones, Evan Keane, Michael Kramer, S. ter Veen, J. Masters, A. W. Gunst, Casey J. Law, Jochen Eislöffel, B. Scheers, Maaijke Mevius, T. E. Hassall, J. W. Broderick, R. C. Vermeulen, B. Ciardi, Martin Bell, John McKean, Luitje Koopmans, J. E. Noordam, Gerard H. Kuper, Annalisa Bonafede, Harvey Butcher, Sera Markoff, M. P. van Haarlem, E. J. Daw, Rudy Wijnands, M. Kuniyoshi, V. I. Kondratiev, M. Pandey-Pommier, A. Noutsos, K. Zagkouris, Michael R. Bell, H. Paas, J. Sluman, Michiel A. Brentjens, Ashish Asgekar, Roberto Pizzo, Marcus Brüggen, C. G. M. Sterks, W. Reich, R. A. Osten, Albert-Jan Boonstra, Michel Tagger, Stephane Corbel, A. G. Polatidis, P.G. Jonker, M. Gerbers, Stefan J. Wijnholds, J. van Leeuwen, H. Spreeuw, A. de Jong, Matthias Steinmetz, R. J. van Weeren, P. Zarka, K. Lazaridis, George Heald, Mark J. Bentum, G. M. Loose, W. N. Brouw, Patrick Weltevrede, V. S. Dhillon, Aris Karastergiou, Michael W. Wise, Gianni Bernardi, M. Serylak, Rob Fender, Ralph A. M. J. Wijers, H. J. A. Röttgering, H. A. Holties, Y. Tang, Anna M. M. Scaife, Olaf Wucknitz, H. Munk, John D. Swinbank, Jean-Mathias Griessmeier, Vishambhar Pandey, Philip Best, Pim Schellart, T. Coenen, Kenneth C. Anderson, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Astronomy, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester [Manchester], Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Oxford Astrophysics, University of Oxford [Oxford], Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), University of Southampton, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), University of Sheffield [Sheffield], Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci), School of Physics and Astronomy [Southampton], Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AlfA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, University of Edinburgh, Jacobs University [Bremen], Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), Applied Stochastics (IMAPP), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH / Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ), Center for Information Technology CIT, Université de Groningen, Netherlands Foundation for Scientific Research. Joeri van Leeuwen and ThijsCoenen are supported by the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (GrantNOVA3-NW3-2.3.1), European Project: 224838,EC:FP7:PEOPLE,FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-3-IRG,PULSARS WITH LOFAR(2008), European Project: 236394,EC:FP7:PEOPLE,FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008,PULSAR SURVEY(2010), Hassall, T.E., Stappers, B.W., Hessels, J.W.T., Kramer, M., Alexov, A., Anderson, K., Coenen, T., Karastergiou, A., Keane, E.F., Kondratiev, V.I., Lazaridis, K., Van Leeuwen, J., Noutsos, A., Serylak, M., Sobey, C., Verbiest, J.P.W., Weltevrede, P., Zagkouris, K., Fender, R., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Bähren, L., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Corbel, S., Daw, E.J., Dhillon, V.S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Jonker, P., Law, C., Markoff, S., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Osten, R., Rol, E., Scaife, A.M.M., Scheers, B., Schellart, P., Spreeuw, H., Swinbank, J., Ter Veen, S., Wise, M.W., Wijnands, R., Wucknitz, O., Zarka, P., Asgekar, A., Bell, M.R., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Boonstra, A.J., Brentjens, M., Brouw, W.N., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., Garrett, M.A., Gerbers, M., Gunst, A.W., Van Haarlem, M.P., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Holties, H., De Jong, A., Koopmans, L.V.E., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Loose, G.M., Maat, P., Masters, J., McKean, J.P., Meulman, H., Mevius, M., Munk, H., Noordam, J.E., Orrú, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A., Reich, W., Röttgering, H., Sluman, J., Steinmetz, M., Sterks, C.G.M., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., Vermeulen, R., Van Weeren, R.J., Wijnholds, S.J., Yatawatta, S., University of Oxford, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Radboud University [Nijmegen], Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Universiteit Leiden, École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Rhodes University, SKA South Africa, and Ska South Africa
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Astronomy ,Magnetosphere ,Astrophysics ,magnetic fields ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,law ,Dispersion (optics) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Telescope ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,SPECTRAL BEHAVIOR ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,ARRIVAL-TIME DELAY ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,SUPERDISPERSION DELAY ,EMPIRICAL-THEORY ,Pulsar ,pulsars: general ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,ISM: general ,METIS-287956 ,Gravitational wave ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,telescopes ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,EWI-22107 ,Pulse (physics) ,PULSES ,Interstellar medium ,PSR 0809&74 ,FREQUENCY-DEPENDENCE ,Magnetic field ,Space and Planetary Science ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,RADIO-EMISSION ,IR-80985 ,REFRACTION ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,INTERSTELLAR SCATTERING - Abstract
Dispersion in the interstellar medium is a well known phenomenon that follows a simple relationship, which has been used to predict the time delay of dispersed radio pulses since the late 1960s. We performed wide-band simultaneous observations of four pulsars with LOFAR (at 40-190 MHz), the 76-m Lovell Telescope (at 1400 MHz) and the Effelsberg 100-m Telescope (at 8000 MHz) to test the accuracy of the dispersion law over a broad frequency range. In this paper we present the results of these observations which show that the dispersion law is accurate to better than 1 part in 100000 across our observing band. We use this fact to constrain some of the properties of the ISM along the line-of-sight and use the lack of any aberration or retardation effects to determine upper limits on emission heights in the pulsar magnetosphere. We also discuss the effect of pulse profile evolution on our observations, and the implications that it could have for precision pulsar timing projects such as the detection of gravitational waves with pulsar timing arrays., 20 Pages, 14 Figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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38. Wide-field LOFAR imaging of the field around the double-double radio galaxy B1834+620
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E. Orrù, S. van Velzen, R. F. Pizzo, S. Yatawatta, R. Paladino, M. Iacobelli, M. Murgia, H. Falcke, R. Morganti, A. G. de Bruyn, C. Ferrari, J. Anderson, A. Bonafede, D. Mulcahy, A. Asgekar, I. M. Avruch, R. Beck, M. E. Bell, I. van Bemmel, M. J. Bentum, G. Bernardi, P. Best, F. Breitling, J. W. Broderick, M. Brüggen, H. R. Butcher, B. Ciardi, J. E. Conway, A. Corstanje, E. de Geus, A. Deller, S. Duscha, J. Eislöffel, D. Engels, W. Frieswijk, M. A. Garrett, J. Grießmeier, A. W. Gunst, J. P. Hamaker, G. Heald, M. Hoeft, A. J. van der Horst, H. Intema, E. Juette, J. Kohler, V. I. Kondratiev, M. Kuniyoshi, G. Kuper, M. Loose, P. Maat, G. Mann, S. Markoff, R. McFadden, D. McKay-Bukowski, G. Miley, J. Moldon, G. Molenaar, H. Munk, A. Nelles, H. Paas, M. Pandey-Pommier, V. N. Pandey, G. Pietka, A. G. Polatidis, W. Reich, H. Röttgering, A. Rowlinson, A. Scaife, A. Schoenmakers, D. Schwarz, M. Serylak, A. Shulevski, O. Smirnov, M. Steinmetz, A. Stewart, J. Swinbank, M. Tagger, C. Tasse, S. Thoudam, M. C. Toribio, R. Vermeulen, C. Vocks, R. J. van Weeren, R. A. M. J. Wijers, M. W. Wise, O. Wucknitz, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Astronomy, Orru, E., Van Velzen, S., Pizzo, R.F., Yatawatta, S., Paladino, R., Iacobelli, M., Murgia, M., Falcke, H., Morganti, R., De Bruyn, A.G., Ferrari, C., Anderson, J., Bonafede, A., Mulcahy, D., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I.M., Beck, R., Bell, M.E., Van Bemmel, I., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Bruggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., Conway, J.E., Corstanje, A., De Geus, E., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Eisloffel, J., Engels, D., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Hamaker, J.P., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Van Der Horst, A.J., Intema, H., Juette, E., Kohler, J., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Loose, M., Maat, P., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-BGBRowski, D., Miley, G., Moldon, J., Molenaar, G., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pietka, G., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Rottgering, H., Rowlinson, A., Scaife, A., Schoenmakers, A., Schwarz, D., Serylak, M., Shulevski, A., Smirnov, O., Steinmetz, M., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tasse, C., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Van Weeren, R.J., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wise, M.W., and Wucknitz, O.
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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,Radio galaxy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,interferometers [instrumentation] ,galaxies: active ,Population ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Field of view ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Astroparticle physic ,Radio continuum: galaxie ,01 natural sciences ,Instrumentation: interferometer ,law.invention ,Telescope ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Bow shock (aerodynamics) ,instrumentation: interferometers ,education ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,radio continuum: galaxies ,Physics ,education.field_of_study ,Accretion (meteorology) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,LOFAR ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,radiation mechanisms: non-thermal ,non-thermal [radiation mechanisms] ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,galaxies [radio continuum] ,Redshift ,interferometric [techniques] ,techniques: interferometric ,astroparticle physics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,active [galaxies] ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
The existence of double-double radio galaxies (DDRGs) is evidence for recurrent jet activity in AGN, as expected from standard accretion models. A detailed study of these rare sources provides new perspectives for investigating the AGN duty cycle, AGN-galaxy feedback, and accretion mechanisms. Large catalogues of radio sources provide statistical information about the evolution of the radio-loud AGN population out to high redshifts. Using wide-field imaging with the LOFAR telescope, we study both a well-known DDRG as well as a large number of radio sources in the field of view. We present a high resolution image of the DDRG B1834+620 obtained at 144 MHz using LOFAR commissioning data. Our image covers about 100 square degrees and contains over 1000 sources. The four components of the DDRG B1834+620 have been resolved for the first time at 144 MHz. Inner lobes were found to point towards the direction of the outer lobes, unlike standard FR~II sources. Polarized emission was detected in the northern outer lobe. The high spatial resolution allows the identification of a large number of small double-lobed radio sources; roughly 10% of all sources in the field are doubles with a separation smaller than 1 arcmin. The spectral fit of the four components is consistent with a scenario in which the outer lobes are still active or the jets recently switched off, while emission of the inner lobes is the result of a mix-up of new and old jet activity. From the presence of the newly extended features in the inner lobes of the DDRG, we can infer that the mechanism responsible for their formation is the bow shock that is driven by the newly launched jet. We find that the density of the small doubles exceeds the density of FR-II sources with similar properties at 1.4 GHz, but this difference becomes smaller for low flux densities., Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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