Initial deep LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows: I. The north celestial pole

Yatawatta, S; de Bruyn, A G; Brentjens, Michiel A; Labropoulos, Panos; Pandey, V N; Kazemi, S.; Zaroubi, Saleem; Koopmans, L. V. E.; Offringa, Andre; Jelic, V; Martinez Rubi, O; Veligatla, V; Wijnholds, S J; Brouw, W. N.; Bernardi, G; Ciardi, Benedetta; Daiboo, S; Harker, Geraint; Mellema, G.; Bell, M; Bonafede, A; Broderick, J; de Gasperin, F; Hassall, T. E; Hoeft, M; Karastergiou, A; Orru, E; Pandey-Pommier, M; Röttgering, H. J. A; van Weeren, R. J.; Schaye, J; Avruch, Ian M.; Bell, Michael R; Iacobelli, M.; Smirnov, O; Ter Veen, Sander

Initial deep LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows: I. The north celestial pole

Date

2013

Authors

Yatawatta, S

de Bruyn, A G

Brentjens, Michiel A

Labropoulos, Panos

Pandey, V N

Kazemi, S.

Zaroubi, Saleem

Koopmans, L. V. E.

Offringa, Andre

Jelic, V

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Aims. The aim of the LOFAR epoch of reionization (EoR) project is to detect the spectral fluctuations of the redshifted HI 21 cm signal. This signal is weaker by several orders of magnitude than the astrophysical foreground signals and hence, in order to