[HTML][HTML] The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey-I. Survey description and preliminary data release

TW Shimwell, HJA Röttgering, PN Best… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is a deep 120–168 MHz imaging survey that will
eventually cover the entire northern sky. Each of the 3170 pointings will be observed for 8 h …

LoTSS jellyfish galaxies-I. Radio tails in low redshift clusters

ID Roberts, RJ Van Weeren, SL McGee… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The cluster environment has a strong impact on galaxy star formation, as seen by
the fact that clusters host proportionally more red, passive galaxies relative to the field. Ram …

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

LK Morabito, NJ Jackson, S Mooney, F Sweijen… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
The International LOFAR Telescope is an interferometer with stations spread across Europe.
With baselines of up to~ 2000 km, LOFAR has the unique capability of achieving sub …

The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS)-I. Survey description and first results

GH Heald, RF Pizzo, E Orrú, RP Breton… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
We present the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS), the first northern-sky Low
Frequency Array (LOFAR) imaging survey. In this introductory paper, we first describe in …

Identifying active galactic nuclei via brightness temperature with sub-arcsecond international LOFAR telescope observations

LK Morabito, F Sweijen, JF Radcliffe… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Identifying active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and isolating their contribution to a galaxy's energy
budget is crucial for studying the co-evolution of AGNs and their host galaxies. Brightness …

Radio synchrotron spectra of star-forming galaxies

U Klein, U Lisenfeld, S Verley - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018 - aanda.org
We investigated the radio continuum spectra of 14 star-forming galaxies by fitting
nonthermal (synchrotron) and thermal (free-free) radiation laws. The underlying radio …

LOFAR observations of X-ray cavity systems

L Bîrzan, DA Rafferty, M Brüggen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We present LOFAR observations at 120–168 MHz of 42 systems with possible X-ray cavities
in their hot atmosphere, of which 17 are groups or ellipticals, 19 are nearby clusters (z< 0.3) …

LeMMINGs – II. The e-MERLIN legacy survey of nearby galaxies. The deepest radio view of the Palomar sample on parsec scale

RD Baldi, DRA Williams, IM McHardy… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present the second data release of high-resolution (≤ 0.2 arcsec) 1.5-GHz radio images
of 177 nearby galaxies from the Palomar sample, observed with the e-MERLIN array, as part …

CHANG-ES-XXVI. Insights into cosmic-ray transport from radio halos in edge-on galaxies

M Stein, V Heesen, RJ Dettmar, Y Stein… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Galactic winds play a key role in regulating the evolution of galaxies over cosmic
time. In recent years, the role of cosmic rays (CRs) in the formation of the galactic wind has …

Subarcsecond international LOFAR radio images of Arp 220 at 150 MHz-A kpc-scale star forming disk surrounding nuclei with shocked outflows

E Varenius, JE Conway, I Martí-Vidal, S Aalto… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. Arp 220 is the prototypical ultra luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG). Despite
extensive studies, the structure at MHz-frequencies has remained unknown because of …