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    • Coherent radio emission from a quiescent red dwarf indicative of star-planet interaction 

      Vedantham, H. K.; Callingham, J. R.; Shimwell, T. W.; Tasse, C.; Pope, B. J. S.; Bedell, M.; Snellen, I.; Best, P.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Haverkorn, M.; Mechev, A.; O'Sullivan, S. P.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; White, G. J. (2020-02-17)
      Low-frequency (ν ≲ 150 MHz) stellar radio emission is expected to originate in the outer corona at heights comparable to and larger than the stellar radius. Such emission from the Sun has been used to study coronal structure, ...
    • Detection of magnetic fields in the circumgalactic medium of nearby galaxies using Faraday rotation 

      Heesen, V.; O'Sullivan, S. P.; Brüggen, M.; Basu, A.; Beck, R.; Seta, A.; Carretti, E.; Krause, M. G. H.; Haverkorn, M.; Hutschenreuter, S.; Bracco, A.; Stein, M.; Bomans, D. J.; Dettmar, R. -J.; Chyży, K. T.; Heald, G. H.; Paladino, R.; Horellou, C. (2023-02-24)
      Context. The existence of magnetic fields in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is largely unconstrained. Their detection is important as magnetic fields can have a significant impact on the evolution of the CGM and, in turn, ...
    • The intergalactic magnetic field probed by a giant radio galaxy 

      O'Sullivan, S. P.; Machalski, J.; Eck, C. L. Van; Heald, G.; Brueggen, M.; Fynbo, J. P. U.; Heintz, K. E.; Lara-Lopez, M. A.; Vacca, V.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Shimwell, T. W.; Tasse, C.; Vazza, F.; Andernach, H.; Birkinshaw, M.; Haverkorn, M.; Horellou, C.; Williams, W. L.; Harwood, J. J.; Brunetti, G.; Anderson, J. M.; Mao, S. A.; Nikiel-Wroczynski, B.; Takahashi, K.; Carretti, E.; Vernstrom, T.; Weeren, R. J. van; Orru, E.; Morabito, L. K.; Callingham, J. R. (2018-10-09)
      Cosmological simulations predict that an intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) pervades the large scale structure (LSS) of the Universe. Measuring the IGMF is important to determine its origin (i.e. primordial or otherwise). ...
    • LOFAR 150-MHz observations of the Boötes field: Catalogue and Source Counts 

      Williams, W. L.; Van Weeren, R. J.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Best, P.; Dijkema, T. J.; Gasperin, F. de; Hardcastle, M. J.; Heald, G.; Prandoni, I.; Sabater, J.; Shimwell, T. W.; Tasse, C.; Bemmel, I. M. van; Brüggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Conway, J. E.; Enßlin, T.; Engels, D.; Falcke, H.; Ferrari, C.; Haverkorn, M.; Jackson, N.; Jarvis, M. J.; Kapinska, A. D.; Mahony, E. K.; Miley, G. K.; Morabito, L. K.; Morganti, R.; Orrú, E.; Retana-Montenegro, E.; Sridhar, S. S.; Toribio, M. C.; White, G. J.; Wise, M. W.; Zwart, J. T. L. (2016-08-11)
      We present the first wide area (19 deg$^2$), deep ($\approx120-150$ {\mu}Jy beam$^{-1}$), high resolution ($5.6 \times 7.4$ arcsec) LOFAR High Band Antenna image of the Bo\"otes field made at 130-169 MHz. This image is at ...
    • The LOFAR LBA Sky Survey I. survey description and preliminary data release 

      Gasperin, F. de; Williams, W. L.; Best, P.; Bruggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Cuciti, V.; Dijkema, T. J.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Norden, M. J.; Offringa, A.; Shimwell, T.; Weeren, R. van; Bomans, D.; Bonafede, A.; Botteon, A.; Callingham, J. R.; Cassano, R.; Chyzy, K. T.; Emig, K. L.; Edler, H.; Haverkorn, M.; Heald, G.; Heesen, V.; Iacobelli, M.; Intema, H. T.; Kadler, M.; Malek, K.; Mevius, M.; Miley, G.; Mingo, B.; Morabito, L. K.; Sabater, J.; Morganti, R.; Orru, E.; Pizzo, R.; Prandoni, I.; Shulevski, A.; Tasse, C.; Vaccari, M.; Zarka, P.; Rottgering, H. (2021-02-17)
      Context. The LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR)istheonlyradiotelescopethatispresentlycapableofhigh-sensitivity,high-resolution (i.e. < 1mJybeam−1 and < 1500) observations at ultra-low frequencies(< 100MHz). To utilise these ...
    • LOFAR reveals the giant : A low-frequency radio continuum study of the outflow in the nearby FR I radio galaxy 3C 31 

      Heesen, V.; Croston, J. H.; Morganti, R.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Stewart, A. J.; Best, P. N.; Broderick, J. W.; Brüggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Chyzy, K. T.; Harwood, J. J.; Haverkorn, M.; Hess, K. M.; Intema, H. T.; Jamrozy, M.; Kunert-Bajraszewska, M.; McKean, J. P.; Orrú, E.; Röttgering, H. J.A.; Shimwell, T. W.; Shulevski, A.; White, G. J.; Wilcots, E. M.; Williams, W. L. (2018-03-11)
      We present a deep, low-frequency radio continuum study of the nearby Fanaroff-Riley class I (FR I) radio galaxy 3C 31 using a combination of LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR; 30-85 and 115-178 MHz), Very Large Array (VLA; 290-420 ...
    • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - I. Survey Description and Preliminary Data Release 

      Shimwell, T. W.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Best, P. N.; Williams, W. L.; Dijkema, T. J.; Gasperin, F. de; Hardcastle, M. J.; Heald, G. H.; Hoang, D. N.; Horneffer, A.; Intema, H.; Mahony, E. K.; Mandal, S.; Mechev, A. P.; Morabito, L.; Oonk, J. B. R.; Rafferty, D.; Retana-Montenegro, E.; Sabater, J.; Tasse, C.; Weeren, R. J. van; Brüggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Chyży, K. T.; Conway, J. E.; Haverkorn, M.; Jackson, N.; Jarvis, M. J.; McKean, J. P.; Miley, G. K.; Morganti, R.; White, G. J.; Wise, M. W.; Bemmel, I. M. van; Beck, R.; Brienza, M.; Bonafede, A.; Rivera, G. Calistro; Cassano, R.; Clarke, A. O.; Cseh, D.; Deller, A.; Drabent, A.; Driel, W. van; Engels, D.; Falcke, H.; Ferrari, C.; Fröhlich, S.; Garrett, M. A.; Harwood, J. J.; Heesen, V.; Hoeft, M.; Horellou, C.; Israel, F. P.; Kapińska, A. D.; Kunert-Bajraszewska, M.; McKay, D. J.; Mohan, N. R.; Orrú, E.; Pizzo, R. F.; Prandoni, I.; Schwarz, D. J.; Shulevski, A.; Sipior, M.; Smith, D. J. B.; Sridhar, S. S.; Steinmetz, M.; Stroe, A.; Varenius, E.; Werf, P. P. van der; Zensus, J. A.; Zwart, J. T. L. (2017-02-09)
      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 hrs, which, at most declinations, is sufficient ...
    • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - II. First data release 

      Shimwell, T. W.; Tasse, C.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Mechev, A. P.; Williams, W. L.; Best, P. N.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Callingham, J. R.; Dijkema, T. J.; Gasperin, F. de; Hoang, D. N.; Hugo, B.; Mirmont, M.; Oonk, J. B. R.; Prandoni, I.; Rafferty, D.; Sabater, J.; Smirnov, O.; Weeren, R. J. van; White, G. J.; Atemkeng, M.; Bester, L.; Bonnassieux, E.; Brüggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Chyży, K. T.; Cochrane, R.; Conway, J. E.; Croston, J. H.; Danezi, A.; Duncan, K.; Haverkorn, M.; Heald, G. H.; Iacobelli, M.; Intema, H. T.; Jackson, N.; Jamrozy, M.; Jarvis, M. J.; Lakhoo, R.; Mevius, M.; Miley, G. K.; Morabito, L.; Morganti, R.; Nisbet, D.; Orrú, E.; Smith, D. J. B.; Harwood, J. J.; Heesen, V.; Mahatma, V.; Mingo, B. (2018-09-12)
      The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is an ongoing sensitive, high-resolution 120-168MHz survey of the entire northern sky for which observations are now 20% complete. We present our first full-quality public data release. ...
    • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey -- V. Second data release 

      Shimwell, T. W.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Tasse, C.; Best, P. N.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Williams, W. L.; Botteon, A.; Drabent, A.; Mechev, A.; Shulevski, A.; Weeren, R. J. van; Bester, L.; Brüggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Callingham, J. R.; Chyży, K. T.; Conway, J. E.; Dijkema, T. J.; Duncan, K.; Gasperin, F. de; Hale, C. L.; Haverkorn, M.; Hugo, B.; Jackson, N.; Mevius, M.; Miley, G. K.; Morabito, L. K.; Morganti, R.; Offringa, A.; Oonk, J. B. R.; Rafferty, D.; Sabater, J.; Smith, D. J. B.; Schwarz, D. J.; Smirnov, O.; O'Sullivan, S. P.; Vedantham, H.; White, G. J.; Albert, J. G.; Alegre, L.; Asabere, B.; Bacon, D. J.; Bonafede, A.; Bonnassieux, E.; Brienza, M.; Bilicki, M.; Bonato, M.; Rivera, G. Calistro; Cassano, R.; Cochrane, R.; Croston, J. H.; Cuciti, V.; Dallacasa, D.; Danezi, A.; Dettmar, R. J.; Gennaro, G. Di; Edler, H. W.; Enßlin, T. A.; Emig, K. L.; Franzen, T. M. O.; García-Vergara, C.; Grange, Y. G.; Gürkan, G.; Hajduk, M.; Heald, G.; Heesen, V.; Hoang, D. N.; Hoeft, M.; Horellou, C.; Iacobelli, M.; Jamrozy, M.; Jelić, V.; Kondapally, R.; Kukreti, P.; Kunert-Bajraszewska, M.; Magliocchetti, M.; Mahatma, V.; Małek, K.; Mandal, S.; Massaro, F.; Meyer-Zhao, Z.; Mingo, B.; Mostert, R. I. J.; Nair, D. G.; Nakoneczny, S. J.; Nikiel-Wroczyński, B.; Orrú, E.; Pajdosz-Śmierciak, U.; Pasini, T.; Prandoni, I.; Piggelen, H. E. van; Rajpurohit, K.; Retana-Montenegro, E.; Riseley, C. J.; Rowlinson, A.; Saxena, A.; Schrijvers, C.; Sweijen, F.; Siewert, T. M.; Timmerman, R.; Vaccari, M.; Vink, J.; West, J. L.; Wołowska, A.; Zhang, X.; Zheng, J. (2022-02-25)
      In this data release from the ongoing LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey we present 120a 168 MHz images covering 27% of the northern sky. Our coverage is split into two regions centred at approximately 12h45m ...
    • Magnetic fields in galactic haloes 

      Haverkorn, M.; Heesen, V. (2012-05)
      Magnetic fields on a range of scales play a large role in the ecosystems of galaxies, both in the galactic disk and in the extended layers of gas away from the plane. Observing magnetic field strength, structure and ...
    • Mass entrainment and turbulence-driven acceleration of ultra-high energy cosmic rays in Centaurus A 

      Wykes, S.; Croston, J.H.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Eilek, J.A.; Biermann, P.L.; Achterberg, A.; Bray, J.D.; Lazarian, A.; Haverkorn, M.; Protheroe, R.J.; Bromberg, O. (2013-10)
      Observations of the FR I radio galaxy Centaurus A in radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray bands provide evidence for lepton acceleration up to several TeV and clues about hadron acceleration to tens of EeV. Synthesising the available ...
    • A plethora of diffuse steep spectrum radio sources in Abell 2034 revealed by LOFAR 

      Shimwell, T. W.; Luckin, J.; Brüggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Intema, H. T.; Owers, M. S.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Stroe, A.; Weeren, R. J. van; Williams, W. L.; Cassano, R.; Gasperin, F. de; Heald, G. H.; Hoang, D. N.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Sridhar, S. S.; Sabater, J.; Best, P. N.; Bonafede, A.; Chyży, K. T.; Ensslin, T. A.; Ferrari, C.; Haverkorn, M.; Hoeft, M.; Horellou, C.; McKean, J. P.; Morabito, L. K.; Orrù, E.; Pizzo, R.; Retana-Montenegro, E.; White, G.J. (2016-06-11)
      With Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) observations, we have discovered a diverse assembly of steep spectrum emission that is apparently associated with the intra cluster medium (ICM) of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2034. ...
    • Polarized point sources in the LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: A preliminary catalog 

      Eck, C. L. Van; Haverkorn, M.; Alves, M. I. R.; Beck, R.; Best, P.; Carretti, E.; Chyży, K. T.; Farnes, J. S.; Ferrière, K.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Heald, G.; Horellou, C.; Iacobelli, M.; Jelić, V.; Mulcahy, D. D.; O'Sullivan, S. P.; Polderman, I. M.; Reich, W.; Riseley, C. J.; Röttgering, H.; Schnitzeler, D. H. F. M.; Shimwell, T. W.; Vacca, V.; Vink, J.; White, G. J. (2018-06-01)
      The polarization properties of radio sources at very low frequencies (<200 MHz) have not been widely measured, but the new generation of low-frequency radio telescopes, including the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR: a Square ...
    • Untangling cosmic magnetic fields: Faraday tomography at metre wavelengths with LOFAR 

      O'Sullivan, Shane P.; Brüggen, M.; Eck, C. L. Van; Hardcastle, M. J.; Haverkorn, M.; Shimwell, T. W.; Tasse, C.; Vacca, V.; Horellou, C.; Heald, G. (2018-11-29)
      The technique of Faraday tomography is a key tool for the study ofmagnetised plasmas in the new era of broadband radio-polarisation observations. In particular, observations at metre wavelengths provide significantly better ...
    • V-LoTSS: The circularly polarised LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey 

      Callingham, J.~R.; Shimwell, T.~W.; Vedantham, H.~K.; Bassa, C.~G.; O'Sullivan, S.~P.; Yiu, T.~W.~H.; Bloot, S.; Best, P.~N.; Hardcastle, M.~J.; Haverkorn, M.; Kavanagh, R.~D.; Lamy, L.; Pope, B.~J.~S.; Röttgering, H.~J.~A.; Schwarz, D.~J.; Tasse, C.; van Weeren, R.~J.; White, G.~J.; Zarka, P.; Bomans, D.~J.; Bonafede, A.; Bonato, M.; Botteon, A.; Bruggen, M.; Chyży, K.~T.; Drabent, A.; Emig, K.~L.; Gloudemans, A.~J.; Gürkan, G.; Hajduk, M.; Hoang, D.~N.; Hoeft, M.; Iacobelli, M.; Kadler, M.; Kunert-Bajraszewska, M.; Mingo, B.; Morabito, L.~K.; Nair, D.~G.; Pérez-Torres, M.; Ray, T.~P.; Riseley, C.~J.; Rowlinson, A.; Shulevski, A.; Sweijen, F.; Timmerman, R.; Vaccari, M.; Zheng, J. (2023-02-17)
      We present the detection of 68 sources from the most sensitive radio survey in circular polarisation conducted to date. We used the second data release of the 144 MHz LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey to produce circularly polarised ...