LOFAR-UK 2016-2019: LOFAR-UK Compute Facility
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Hertfordshire
Department Name: School of Physics, Astronomy and Maths
Abstract
LOFAR, the LOw-Frequency ARray, is the world's most sensitive radio telescope operating at metre wavelengths. It is now producing extremely sensitive and detailed images of the radio sky at these wavelengths, but the data reduction process is complex. The proposed funding allows us to maintain and expand an existing computing facility for the use of UK astronomers involved in LOFAR.
Planned Impact
See main LOFAR-UK proposal for details.
Organisations
Publications
Riseley C
(2023)
A MeerKAT-meets-LOFAR study of Abell 1413: a moderately disturbed non-cool-core cluster hosting a ~500 kpc 'mini'-halo
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Riseley C
(2022)
A MeerKAT-meets-LOFAR study of MS 1455.0 + 2232: a 590 kiloparsec 'mini'-halo in a sloshing cool-core cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Webster B
(2021)
A population of galaxy-scale jets discovered using LOFAR
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Botteon A
(2024)
A radio bubble shredded by gas sloshing?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hoang D
(2023)
A search for intercluster filaments with LOFAR and eROSITA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Brienza M
(2021)
A snapshot of the oldest active galactic nuclei feedback phases
in Nature Astronomy
Bruno L
(2023)
A three-component giant radio halo: The puzzling case of the galaxy cluster Abell 2142
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Edler H
(2022)
Abell 1033: Radio halo and gently reenergized tail at 54 MHz
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Edler H
(2022)
Abell 1033: Radio halo and gently reenergized tail at 54 MHz
Hoeft M
(2021)
Abell 1430: A merging cluster with exceptional diffuse radio emission
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Description | The LOFAR-UK compute facility was used by scientists round the UK to process LOFAR individual observations and surveys data. It underpinned the release of LoTSS data release 1, with many tens of papers on active galaxies, clusters, star-forming galaxies being produced as a direct result. |
Exploitation Route | Astronomers round the world are building on the newly processed data, including the original team. |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Other |
URL | https://lofar-surveys.org/ |
Title | LOFAR Tier 1 pipeline |
Description | A fully automatic LOFAR data reduction pipeline for imaging. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | A number of publications have already used this software. |
URL | https://github.com/mhardcastle/ddf-pipeline |