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
Dabhade P
(2022)
Barbell-shaped giant radio galaxy with ~100 kpc kink in the jet
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bruno L
(2023)
A three-component giant radio halo: The puzzling case of the galaxy cluster Abell 2142
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
Simonte M
(2023)
Revisiting the alignment of radio galaxies in the ELAIS-N1 field
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Brienza M
(2022)
The galaxy group NGC 507: Newly detected AGN remnant plasma transported by sloshing
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hoang D
(2022)
Diffuse radio emission from non- Planck galaxy clusters in the LoTSS-DR2 fields
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Edler H
(2023)
VICTORIA project: The LOFAR HBA Virgo Cluster Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sabater J
(2017)
Calibration of LOFAR data on the cloud
in Astronomy and Computing
O'Sullivan S
(2018)
Untangling Cosmic Magnetic Fields: Faraday Tomography at Metre Wavelengths with LOFAR
in Galaxies
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
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 |