Browsing University of Hertfordshire by Author "Miley, G. K."

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    • Alignment in the orientation of LOFAR radio sources 

      Osinga, E.; Miley, G. K.; Weeren, R. J. van; Shimwell, T. W.; Duncan, K. J.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Mechev, A. P.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Tasse, C.; Williams, W. L. (2020-08-25)
      Various studies have laid claim to finding an alignment of the polarization vectors or radio jets of active galactic nuclei (AGN) over large distances, but these results have proven controversial and so far, there is no ...

    • Cosmic evolution of low-excitation radio galaxies in the LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey Deep Fields 

      Kondapally, R.; Best, P. N.; Cochrane, R. K.; Sabater, J.; Duncan, K. J.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Haskell, P.; Mingo, B.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Smith, D. J. B.; Williams, W. L.; Bonato, M.; Rivera, G. Calistro; Gao, F.; Hale, C. L.; Małek, K.; Miley, G. K.; Prandoni, I.; Wang, L. (2022-04-26)
      Feedback from low-excitation radio galaxies (LERGs) plays a key role in the lifecycle of massive galaxies in the local Universe; their evolution, and the impact of these active galactic nuclei on early galaxy evolution, ...

    • Discovery of 24 radio-bright quasars at $4.9 \leq z \leq6.6$ using low-frequency radio observations 

      Gloudemans, A. J.; Duncan, K. J.; Saxena, A.; Harikane, Y.; Hill, G. J.; Zeimann, G. R.; Rottgering, H. J. A.; Yang, D.; Best, P. N.; Banados, E.; Drabent, A.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Hennawi, J. F.; Lansbury, G.; Magliocchetti, M.; Miley, G. K.; Nanni, R.; Shimwell, T. W.; Smith, D. J. B.; Venemans, B.P.; Wagenveld, J. D. (2022-12-31)
      High redshift quasars ($z>5$) that also shine brightly at radio wavelengths are unique signposts of supermassive black hole activity in the early universe. However, bright radio sources at $z\ge5$ are extremely rare and ...

    • The environments of radio-loud AGN from the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) 

      Croston, J. H.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Mingo, B.; Best, P. N.; Sabater, J.; Shimwell, T. W.; Williams, W. L.; Duncan, K. J.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Brienza, M.; Gürkan, G.; Ineson, J.; Morabito, L. M.; Miley, G. K.; O'Sullivan, S. P.; Prandoni, I. (2018-10-10)
      An understanding of the relationship between radio-loud active galaxies and their large-scale environments is essential for realistic modelling of radio-galaxy evolution and environmental impact, for understanding AGN ...

    • Extragalactic Peaked-Spectrum Radio Sources at Low-Frequencies are Young Radio Galaxies 

      Slob, M. M.; Callingham, J. R.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Williams, W. L.; Duncan, K. J.; Gasperin, F. de; Hardcastle, M. J.; Miley, G. K. (2022-12-20)
      We present a sample of 373 peaked-spectrum (PS) sources with spectral peaks around 150 MHz, selected using a subset of the two LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) all-sky surveys, the LOFAR Two Meter Sky Survey and the LOFAR LBA ...

    • The Lockman Hole project : LOFAR observations and spectral index properties of low-frequency radio sources 

      Mahony, E. K.; Morganti, R.; Prandoni, I.; Bemmel, I. M. van; Shimwell, T. W.; Brienza, M.; Best, P. N.; Brüggen, M.; Rivera, G. Calistro; Gasperin, F. de; Hardcastle, M. J.; Harwood, J. J.; Heald, G.; Jarvis, M. J.; Mandal, S.; Miley, G. K.; Retana-Montenegro, E.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Sabater, J.; Tasse, C.; Velzen, S. van; Weeren, R. J. van; Williams, W. L.; White, G. J. (2016-12-11)
      The Lockman Hole is a well-studied extragalactic field with extensive multi-band ancillary data covering a wide range in frequency, essential for characterising the physical and evolutionary properties of the various source ...

    • 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 Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) III. First Data Release: optical/IR identifications and value-added catalogue 

      Williams, W. L.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Best, P. N.; Sabater, J.; Croston, J. H.; Duncan, K. J.; Shimwell, T. W.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Nisbet, D.; Gürkan, G.; Alegre, L.; Cochrane, R. K.; Goyal, A.; Hale, C. L.; Jackson, N.; Jamrozy, M.; Kondapally, R.; Kunert-Bajraszewska, M.; Mahatma, V. H.; Mingo, B.; Morabito, L. K.; Prandoni, I.; Roskowinski, C.; Shulevski, A.; Smith, D. J. B.; Tasse, C.; Urquhart, S.; Webster, B.; White, G. J.; Beswick, R. J.; Callingham, J. R.; Chyży, K. T.; Gasperin, F. de; Harwood, J. J.; Hoeft, M.; Iacobelli, M.; McKean, J. P.; Mechev, A. P.; Miley, G. K.; Schwarz, D. J.; Weeren, R. J. van (2018-11-09)
      The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is an ongoing sensitive, high-resolution 120-168 MHz survey of the Northern sky with diverse and ambitious science goals. Many of the scientific objectives of LoTSS rely upon, or are ...

    • 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 ...

    • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey IV. First Data Release: Photometric redshifts and rest-frame magnitudes 

      Duncan, Kenneth J; Sabater, J.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Jarvis, M. J.; Smith, D. J. B.; Best, P. N.; Callingham, J. R.; Cochrane, R.; Croston, J. H.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Mingo, B.; Morabito, L.; Nisbet, D.; Prandoni, I.; Shimwell, T. W.; Tasse, C.; White, G. J.; Williams, W. L.; Alegre, L.; Chyży, K. T.; Gürkan, G.; Hoeft, M.; Kondapally, R.; Mechev, A. P.; Miley, G. K.; Schwarz, D. J.; Weeren, R. J. van (2018-11-19)
      The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is a sensitive, high-resolution 120-168 MHz survey of the Northern sky. The LoTSS First Data Release (DR1) presents 424 square degrees of radio continuum observations over the HETDEX ...

    • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: the radio view of the cosmic star formation history 

      Cochrane, R. K.; Kondapally, R.; Best, P. N.; Sabater, J.; Duncan, K. J.; Smith, D. J. B.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Prandoni, I.; Haskell, P.; Gürkan, G.; Miley, G. K. (2023-08-01)
      We present a detailed study of the cosmic star formation history over 90 per cent of cosmic time (0 ≲ z ≲ 4), using deep, radio continuum observations that probe star formation activity independent of dust. The Low Frequency ...

    • Low frequency radio properties of the $z>5$ quasar population 

      Gloudemans, A. J.; Duncan, K. J.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Shimwell, T. W.; Venemans, B. P.; Best, P. N.; Brüggen, M.; Rivera, G. Calistro; Drabent, A.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Miley, G. K.; Schwarz, D. J.; Saxena, A.; Smith, D. J. B.; Williams, W. L. (2021-12-31)
      Optically luminous quasars at z > 5 are important probes of super-massive black hole (SMBH) formation. With new and future radio facilities, the discovery of the brightest low-frequency radio sources in this epoch would ...

    • Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release: The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources 

      Hardcastle, M. J.; Williams, W. L.; Best, P. N.; Croston, J. H.; Duncan, K. J.; Rottgering, H. J. A.; Sabater, J.; Shimwell, T. W.; Tasse, C.; Callingham, J. R.; Cochrane, R. K.; Gasperin, F. de; Gurkan, G.; Jarvis, M. J.; Mahatma, V.; Miley, G. K.; Mingo, B.; Mooney, S.; Morabito, L. K.; O'Sullivan, S. P.; Prandoni, I.; Shulevski, A.; Smith, D. J. B. (2018-11-19)
      We constructed a sample of 23,344 radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) from the catalogue derived from the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) survey of the HETDEX Spring field. Although separating AGN from star-forming ...

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

      Morabito, L. K.; Jackson, N. J.; Mooney, S.; Sweijen, F.; Badole, S.; Kukreti, P.; Venkattu, D.; Groeneveld, C.; Kappes, A.; Bonnassieux, E.; Drabent, A.; Iacobelli, M.; Croston, J. H.; Best, P. N.; Bondi, M.; Callingham, J. R.; Conway, J. E.; Deller, A. T.; Hardcastle, M. J.; McKean, J. P.; Miley, G. K.; Moldon, J.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Tasse, C.; Shimwell, T. W.; Weeren, R. J. van; Anderson, J. M.; Asgekar, A.; Avruch, I. M.; Bemmel, I. M. van; Bentum, M. J.; Bonafede, A.; Brouw, W. N.; Butcher, H. R.; Ciardi, B.; Corstanje, A.; Coolen, A.; Damstra, S.; Gasperin, F. de; Duscha, S.; Eislöffel, J.; Engels, D.; Falcke, H.; Garrett, M. A.; Griessmeier, J.; Gunst, A. W.; Haarlem, M. P. van; Hoeft, M.; Horst, A. J. van der; Jütte, E.; Kadler, M.; Koopmans, L. V. E.; Krankowski, A.; Mann, G.; Nelles, A.; Oonk, J. B. R.; Orru, E.; Paas, H.; Pandey, V. N.; Pizzo, R. F.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Reich, W.; Rothkaehl, H.; Ruiter, M.; Schwarz, D. J.; Shulevski, A.; Soida, M.; Tagger, M.; Vocks, C.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.; Wijnholds, S. J.; Wucknitz, O.; Zarka, P.; Zucca, P. (2022-02-28)
      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-arcsecond resolution at frequencies below 200 ...

    • Sub-arcsecond imaging with the International LOFAR Telescope. II. Completion of the LOFAR Long-Baseline Calibrator Survey 

      Jackson, Neal; Badole, Shruti; Chhetri, Rajan; Prusis, Kaspars; Nikolajevs, Atvars; Morabito, Leah; Brentjens, Michiel; Sweijen, Frits; Iacobelli, Marco; Orrù, Emanuela; Sluman, J.; Blaauw, R.; Mulder, H.; Dijk, P. van; Mooney, Sean; Deller, Adam; Moldon, Javier; Callingham, J. R.; Harwood, Jeremy; Hardcastle, Martin; Heald, George; Drabent, Alexander; McKean, J. P.; Asgekar, A.; Avruch, I. M.; Bentum, M. J.; Bonafede, A.; Brouw, W. N.; Brüggen, M.; Butcher, H. R.; Ciardi, B.; Coolen, A.; Corstanje, A.; Damstra, S.; Duscha, S.; Eislöffel, J.; Falcke, H.; Garrett, M.; Gasperin, F. de; Griessmeier, J. -M.; Gunst, A. W.; Haarlem, M. P. van; Hoeft, M.; Horst, A. J. van der; Jütte, E.; Koopmans, L. V. E.; Krankowski, A.; Maat, P.; Mann, G.; Miley, G. K.; Nelles, A.; Norden, M.; Paas, M.; Pandey, V. N.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Pizzo, R. F.; Reich, W.; Rothkaehl, H.; Rowlinson, A.; Ruiter, M.; Shulevski, A.; Schwarz, D. J.; Smirnov, O.; Tagger, M.; Vocks, C.; Weeren, R. J. van; Wijers, R.; Wucknitz, O.; Zarka, P.; Zensus, J. A.; Zucca, P. (2022-02-01)
      The Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) Long-Baseline Calibrator Survey (LBCS) was conducted between 2014 and 2019 in order to obtain a set of suitable calibrators for the LOFAR array. In this paper, we present the complete survey, ...