LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

van Haarlem, M P; Wise, M J; Gunst, A W; Heald, G; McKean, J P; Hessels, J. W. T.; de Bruyn, A.G.; Nijboer, R; Swinbank, J; Fallows, R A; Butcher, Harvey; Offringa, Andre; Beck, Rainer; Koopmans, L. V. E.; Mann, Gottfried; Anderson, J M; van Ardenne, A; Arts, M; Asgekar, A; Bell, Michael R; van Bemmel, Illse; Bennema, P; Bentum, M J; Bernardi, G; Bonafede, A; Braun, R; Breitling, F; Brouw, W. N.; Ciardi, Benedetta; Van Enst, J.; Frieswijk, W; Garrett, M A; de Geus, Eugene; Hamaker, Johan P.; Hoeft, M; Iacobelli, M.; Kondratiev, V. I.; Kuniyoshi, M; Kuper, G.; van Leeuwen, J; Maat, P; Mol, J. D.; Mulcahy, D.D.; Munk, H; Van Nieuwpoort, Rob; Norden, M J; Noutsos, A; Pandey-Pommier, M; Pizzo, R; Polatidis, A.G.; Rafferty, D A; Reich, W; de Reijer, J.-P.; Schoenmakers, Arno; Sluman, J; Sobey, C; Steinmetz, M.; Tang, Y; Vermeulen, R.C.; Vocks, Christian; de Vos, Marco; van Weeren, R. J.; Wijnholds, S J

LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

Date

2013

Authors

van Haarlem, M P

Wise, M J

Gunst, A W

Heald, G

McKean, J P

Hessels, J. W. T.

de Bruyn, A.G.

Nijboer, R

Swinbank, J

Fallows, R A

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

LOFAR, the LOw-Frequency ARray, is a new-generation radio interferometer constructed in the north of the Netherlands and across europe. Utilizing a novel phased-array design, LOFAR covers the largely unexplored low-frequency range from 10-240 MHz and prov