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
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
Edler H
(2023)
ViCTORIA project: The LOFAR HBA Virgo Cluster Survey
Edler H
(2023)
VICTORIA project: The LOFAR HBA Virgo Cluster Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Eyles-Ferris R
(2023)
Finding LoTSS of hosts for GRBs: a search for galaxy-gamma-ray burst coincidences at low frequencies with LOFAR
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Feeney-Johansson A
(2021)
Detection of coherent low-frequency radio bursts from weak-line T Tauri stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gajovic L
(2023)
Weakly interacting massive particle cross section limits from LOFAR observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gloudemans A
(2022)
Discovery of 24 radio-bright quasars at 4.9 = z = 6.6 using low-frequency radio observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gloudemans A
(2021)
Low frequency radio properties of the z > 5 quasar population
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gürkan G
(2019)
LoTSS/HETDEX: Optical quasars I. Low-frequency radio properties of optically selected quasars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hale C
(2024)
Cosmology from LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Data Release 2: angular clustering of radio sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hale C
(2019)
LOFAR observations of the XMM-LSS field
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hardcastle M
(2020)
The contribution of discrete sources to the sky temperature at 144 MHz
Hardcastle M
(2023)
The LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey VI. Optical identifications for the second data release
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hardcastle M
(2016)
LOFAR/H-ATLAS: a deep low-frequency survey of the Herschel -ATLAS North Galactic Pole field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hardcastle M
(2019)
Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hardcastle M
(2021)
The contribution of discrete sources to the sky temperature at 144 MHz
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Heesen V
(2022)
Nearby galaxies in the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey I. Insights into the non-linearity of the radio-SFR relation
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Heesen V
(2018)
LOFAR reveals the giant: a low-frequency radio continuum study of the outflow in the nearby FR I radio galaxy 3C 31
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
Hoang D
(2021)
A 3.5 Mpc long radio relic in the galaxy cluster ClG 0217+70
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hoang D
(2022)
Diffuse radio emission from non- Planck galaxy clusters in the LoTSS-DR2 fields
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hoang D
(2021)
LOFAR detection of a low-power radio halo in the galaxy cluster Abell 990
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hoeft M
(2021)
Abell 1430: A merging cluster with exceptional diffuse radio emission
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hutschenreuter S
(2022)
The Galactic Faraday rotation sky 2020
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ignesti A
(2022)
Walk on the Low Side: LOFAR Explores the Low-frequency Radio Emission of GASP Jellyfish Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ignesti A
(2022)
A LOFAR view into the stormy environment of the galaxy cluster 2A0335+096
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ignesti A
(2020)
The great Kite in the sky: A LOFAR observation of the radio source in Abell 2626
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ignesti A
(2023)
On the Encounter between the GASP Galaxy JO36 and the Radio Plume of GIN 049
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ignesti A
(2023)
Radio continuum tails in ram pressure-stripped spiral galaxies: Experimenting with a semi-empirical model in Abell 2255
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. A. Röttgering H
(2020)
Radio constraints on dark matter annihilation in Canes Venatici I with LOFAR†
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kondapally R
(2021)
The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1 III. Host-galaxy identifications and value added catalogues
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lusetti G
(2024)
Re-energization of AGN head-tail radio galaxies in the galaxy cluster ZwCl 0634.1+47474
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mahatma V
(2018)
Remnant radio-loud AGN in the Herschel-ATLAS field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mahatma V
(2021)
A low-frequency study of linear polarization in radio galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mahatma V
(2020)
A low frequency study of linear polarization in radio galaxies
Mahatma V
(2019)
LoTSS DR1: Double-double radio galaxies in the HETDEX field
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mahatma V
(2023)
A low-frequency sub-arcsecond view of powerful radio galaxies in rich-cluster environments: 3C 34 and 3C 320
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mahatma V. H.
(2018)
Remnant radio-loud AGN in the Herschel-ATLAS field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mandal S
(2020)
Revived fossil plasma sources in galaxy clusters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Marecki A
(2021)
Multifrequency study of a double-double radio galaxy J0028+0035
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maschmann D
(2022)
Central star formation in double-peak, gas-rich radio galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Maschmann D
(2021)
Central star formation in double-peak gas rich radio galaxies
Miskolczi A
(2019)
CHANG-ES XII A LOFAR and VLA view of the edge-on star-forming galaxy NGC 3556
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 |