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20172026
most citedThe LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - II. First data release

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33 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Very Long Baseline Interferometry with the SKA Observatory

J. F. Radcliffe, J. Yang, Z. Paragi +129

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is a fundamental technique that combines signals from telescopes separated by thousands of kilometres to obtain some of the highest-resolut…

astro-ph.GA2026

AGN Jets from Formation to Dissipation

Anne-Kathrin Baczko, A. -K. Baczko, Eleni Vardoulaki +27

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are among the most energetic phenomena in the Universe, capable of launching powerful relativistic jets that extend from sub-parsec to megaparsec scale…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 17 cited

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: VII. Third Data Release

T. W. Shimwell, M. J. Hardcastle, C. Tasse +99

We present the third data release of the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS-DR3). The survey images cover 88% of the northern sky and were created from 12,950 hrs of data (18.6 PB)…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

A circularly polarized low-frequency radio burst from the exoplanetary system HD 189733

X. Zhang, P. Zarka, J. N. Girard +17

We aim to detect low-frequency radio emission from exoplanetary systems, which can provide insights into planetary magnetic fields, star-planet interactions, stellar activity, and…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 2 cited

SN 1885A and supernova remnants in the centre of M31 with LOFAR

Deepika Venkattu, Peter Lundqvist, Miguel Pérez Torres +4

We present the first LOFAR image of the centre of M31 at a frequency of 150 MHz. We clearly detect three supernova remnants, which, along with archival VLA data at 3 GHz and other…

astro-ph.CO2024

A 'MeerKAT-meets-LOFAR' study of the complex multi-component (mini-)halo in the extreme sloshing cluster Abell 2142

C. J. Riseley, A. Bonafede, L. Bruno +7

Clusters of galaxies are turbulent environments, whether merging systems with a turbulent intracluster medium (ICM) or relaxed systems sloshing within the potential well. In many s…

astro-ph.IM2023

A Collection of German Science Interests in the Next Generation Very Large Array

M. Kadler, D. A. Riechers, J. Agarwal +88

The Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) is a planned radio interferometer providing unprecedented sensitivity at wavelengths between 21 cm and 3 mm. Its 263 antenna element ar…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 19 cited

A MeerKAT-meets-LOFAR study of Abell 1413: a moderately disturbed non-cool-core cluster hosting a kpc 'mini'-halo

C. J. Riseley, N. Biava, G. Lusetti +12

Many relaxed cool-core clusters host diffuse radio emission on scales of hundreds of kiloparsecs: mini-haloes. However, the mechanism responsible for generating them, as well as th…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 38 cited

Radio fossils, relics, and haloes in Abell 3266: cluster archaeology with ASKAP-EMU and the ATCA

C. J. Riseley, E. Bonnassieux, T. Vernstrom +21

Abell 3266 is a massive and complex merging galaxy cluster that exhibits significant substructure. We present new, highly sensitive radio continuum observations of Abell 3266 perfo…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 17 cited

Diffuse radio emission from non-Planck galaxy clusters in the LoTSS-DR2 fields

D. N. Hoang, M. Brüggen, A. Botteon +17

The presence of large-scale magnetic fields and ultra-relativistic electrons in the intra-cluster medium (ICM) is confirmed through the detection of diffuse radio synchrotron sourc…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 6 cited

Subarcsecond view on the high-redshift blazar GB 1508+5714 by the International LOFAR Telescope

A. Kappes, P. R. Burd, M. Kadler +14

Studies of the most distant AGNs allow us to test our current understanding of the physics present in radio-jetted AGNs across a range of environments. The decrease in apparent lum…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 2 cited

The Coma cluster at LOFAR frequencies II: the halo, relic, and a new accretion relic

A. Bonafede, G. Brunetti, L. Rudnick +26

We present LOw Frequency ARray observations of the Coma cluster field at 144\,MHz. The cluster hosts one of the most famous radio halos, a relic, and a low surface-brightness bridg…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 489 cited

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey -- V. Second data release

T. W. Shimwell, M. J. Hardcastle, C. Tasse +103

In this data release from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) we present 120-168MHz images covering 27% of the northern sky. Our coverage is split into two regions centred at ap…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 5 cited

Spectral study of the diffuse synchrotron source in the galaxy cluster Abell 523

Valentina Vacca, Timothy Shimwell, Richard A. Perley +26

The galaxy cluster Abell 523 (A523) hosts an extended diffuse synchrotron source historically classified as a radio halo. Its radio power at 1.4 GHz makes it one of the most signif…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 2 cited

A distributed computing infrastructure for LOFAR Italian community

Giuliano Taffoni, Ugo Becciani, Annalisa Bonafede +6

The LOw-Frequency ARray is a low-frequency radio interferometer composed by observational stations spread across Europe and it is the largest precursor of SKA in terms of effective…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 42 cited

The galaxy group NGC 507: newly detected AGN remnant plasma transported by sloshing

M. Brienza, L. Lovisari, K. Rajpurohit +15

Jets from active galactic nuclei (AGN) are known to recurrently enrich their surrounding medium with mildly-relativistic particles and magnetic fields. Here, we present a detailed…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 33 cited

A MeerKAT-meets-LOFAR Study of MS 1455.0+2232: A 590 kiloparsec 'Mini'-Halo in a Sloshing Cool-Core Cluster

C. J. Riseley, K. Rajpurohit, F. Loi +13

Radio mini-haloes are poorly-understood, moderately-extended diffuse radio sources that trace the presence of magnetic fields and relativistic electrons on scales of hundreds of ki…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 1 cited

Pilot study and early results of the Cosmic Filaments and Magnetism Survey with Nenufar: the Coma cluster field

Bonnassieux Etienne, Evangelia Tremou, Julien N. Girard +9

NenuFAR, the New Extension in Nancay Upgrading LOFAR, is currently in its early science phase. It is in this context that the Cosmic Filaments and Magnetism Pilot Survey is observi…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 40 cited

Deep low-frequency radio observations of Abell 2256 I: The filamentary radio relic

K. Rajpurohit, R. J. van Weeren, M. Hoeft +22

We present deep and high fidelity images of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2256 at low frequencies, using the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) and LOw-Frequency A…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 25 cited

Turbulent magnetic fields in the merging galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745: polarization analysis

K. Rajpurohit, M. Hoeft, D. Wittor +20

We present wideband polarimetric observations, obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), of the merging galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745, which hosts one of the most…

astro-ph.GA2021

Spectral analysis of spatially-resolved 3C295 (sub-arcsecond resolution) with the International LOFAR Telescope

Etienne Bonnassieux, Frits Sweijen, Marisa Brienza +11

3C295 is a bright, compact steep spectrum source with a well-studied integrated radio spectral energy distribution (SED) from 132 MHz to 15 GHz. However, spatially resolved spectra…

astro-ph.GA2021

The resolved jet of 3C 273 at 150 MHz

Jeremy J. Harwood, Sean Mooney, Leah K. Morabito +6

Since its discovery in 1963, 3C273 has become one of the most widely studied quasars with investigations spanning the electromagnetic spectrum. While much has been discovered about…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 88 cited

Sub-arcsecond imaging with the International LOFAR Telescope I. Foundational calibration strategy and pipeline

L. K. Morabito, N. J. Jackson, S. Mooney +71

[abridged] The International LOFAR Telescope is an interferometer with stations spread across Europe. With baselines of up to ~2,000 km, LOFAR has the unique capability of achievin…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 39 cited

Constraining the AGN duty cycle in the cool-core cluster MS 0735.6+7421 with LOFAR data

Nadia Biava, Marisa Brienza, Annalisa Bonafede +6

MS 0735.6+7421 is a galaxy cluster which hosts a central radio galaxy with a very steep spectrum, produced by one of the most powerful known jetted active galactic nuclei (AGN). Th…