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most citedThe LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS): VI. Optical identifications for the second data release

69 citations · 70 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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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.GA2025

Unified models revisited I: modelling the effect of source geometry on radio galaxy/quasar unification

Siddhant Pinjarkar, Martin J. Hardcastle, Jonathon C. S. Pierce +1

The orientation-based unification model proposes that radio-loud quasars and radio galaxies are the same objects observed at different angles. A key prediction of this model is tha…

astro-ph.GA2025

Radio AGN selection in LoTSS DR2

M. J. Hardcastle, J. C. S. Pierce, K. J. Duncan +6

The wide-area component of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is currently the largest radio survey ever carried out, and a large fraction of the 4.5 million radio sources it c…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The nature of HERGs and LERGs in LoTSS DR2 a morphological perspective

J. Chilufya, M. J. Hardcastle, J. C. S. Pierce +4

We present the largest visually selected sample of extended (60 arcsec) radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) to date, based on the LOw-Frequency Array Two-Metre Sky Survey…

astro-ph.GA2024

The nature of compact radio-loud AGN: a systematic look at the LOFAR AGN population

J. Chilufya, M. J. Hardcastle, J. C. S. Pierce +5

We investigate the nature of low-luminosity radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) selected from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) first data release (DR1). Using optical,…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 69 cited

The LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS): VI. Optical identifications for the second data release

M. J. Hardcastle, M. A. Horton, W. L. Williams +49

The second data release of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) covers 27% of the northern sky, with a total area of deg. The high angular resolution of LOFAR wi…