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
Hale C
(2019)
LOFAR observations of the XMM-LSS field
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sabater J
(2019)
The LoTSS view of radio AGN in the local Universe The most massive galaxies are always switched on
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Miskolczi A
(2019)
CHANG-ES XII A LOFAR and VLA view of the edge-on star-forming galaxy NGC 3556
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
O'Sullivan S
(2019)
The intergalactic magnetic field probed by a giant radio galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hardcastle M
(2019)
Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Botteon A
(2020)
A giant radio bridge connecting two clusters in Abell 1758
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Osinga E
(2020)
Alignment in the orientation of LOFAR radio sources
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
Dabhade P
(2020)
Giant radio galaxies in the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey I. Radio and environmental properties
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 |