Browsing Research publications by Author "Bonafede, A."
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The beautiful mess in Abell 2255
Botteon, A.; Brunetti, G.; Weeren, R. J. van; Shimwell, T. W.; Pizzo, R. F.; Cassano, R.; Iacobelli, M.; Gastaldello, F.; Bîrzan, L.; Bonafede, A.; Brüggen, M.; Cuciti, V.; Dallacasa, D.; Gasperin, F. de; Gennaro, G. Di; Drabent, A.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Hoeft, M.; Mandal, S.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Simionescu, A. (2020-07-07)We present LOFAR observations of one of the most spectacular objects in the radio sky: Abell 2255. This is a nearby ($z = 0.0806$) merging galaxy cluster hosting one of the first radio halos ever detected in the intra-cluster ... -
Diffuse Radio Emission from Galaxy Clusters in the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Deep Fields
Osinga, E.; Weeren, R. J. van; Boxelaar, J.; Brunetti, G.; Botteon, A.; Brüggen, M.; Shimwell, T. W.; Bonafede, A.; Best, P. N.; Bonato, M.; Cassano, R.; Gastaldello, F.; Gennaro, G. di; Hardcastle, M. J.; Mandal, S.; Rossetti, M.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Sabater, J. (2021-04-07)Low-frequency radio observations are revealing an increasing number of diffuse synchrotron sources from galaxy clusters, dominantly in the form of radio halos or radio relics. The existence of this diffuse synchrotron ... -
The galaxy group NGC 507: newly detected AGN remnant plasma transported by sloshing
Brienza, M.; Lovisari, L.; Rajpurohit, K.; Bonafede, A.; Gastaldello, F.; Murgia, M.; Vazza, F.; Bonnassieux, E.; Botteon, A.; Brunetti, G.; Drabent, A.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Pasini, T.; Riseley, C. J.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Shimwell, T.; Simionescu, A.; Weeren, R. J. van (2022-05-06)Jets from active galactic nuclei (AGN) are known to recurrently enrich their surrounding medium with mildly-relativistic particles and magnetic fields. Here, we present a detailed multi-frequency analysis of the nearby ... -
LOFAR discovery of a radio halo in the high-redshift galaxy cluster PSZ2 G099.86+58.45
Cassano, R.; Botteon, A.; Gennaro, G. Di; Brunetti, G.; Sereno, M.; Shimwell, T. W.; Weeren, R. J. van; Brüggen, M.; Gastaldello, F.; Izzo, L.; Bîrzan, L.; Bonafede, A.; Cuciti, V.; Gasperin, F. de; Rötttgering, H. J. A.; Hardcastle, M.; Mechev, A. P.; Tasse, C. (2019-08-19)In this Letter, we report the discovery of a radio halo in the high-redshift galaxy cluster PSZ2 G099.86+58.45 ($z=0.616$) with the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) at 120-168 MHz. This is one of the most distant radio halos ... -
LOFAR facet calibration
Van Weeren, R. J.; Williams, W. L.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Shimwell, T. W.; Rafferty, D. A.; Sabater, J.; Heald, G.; Sridhar, S. S.; Dijkema, T. J.; Brunetti, G.; Brüggen, M.; Andrade-Santos, F.; Ogrean, G. A.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Dawson, W. A.; Forman, W.R.; Gasperin, F. de; Jones, C.; Miley, G.K.; Rudnick, L.; Sarazin, C.L.; Bonafede, A.; Best, P. N.; Bîrzan, L.; Cassano, R.; Chyży, K. T.; Croston, J. H.; Ensslin, T.; Ferrari, C.; Hoeft, M.; Horellou, C.; Jarvis, M.J.; Kraft, R.P.; Mevius, M.; Intema, H. T.; Murray, S. S.; Orrú, E.; Pizzo, R.; Simionescu, A.; Stroe, A.; Tol, S. van der; White, G.J. (2016-03-07)LOFAR, the Low-Frequency Array, is a powerful new radio telescope operating between 10 and 240 MHz. LOFAR allows detailed sensitive high-resolution studies of the low-frequency radio sky. At the same time LOFAR also provides ... -
LOFAR imaging of Cygnus A - direct detection of a turnover in the hotspot radio spectra
McKean, J. P.; Godfrey, L. E H; Vegetti, S.; Wise, Michael W.; Morganti, R.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Rafferty, D.; Avruch, I. M.; Beck, R.; Bell, M. E.; Bemmel, I. M. van; Bentum, M. J.; Bernardi, G.; Best, Philip; Blaauw, R.; Bonafede, A.; Breitling, F.; Broderick, J. W.; Brüggen, Marcus; Cerrigone, L.; Ciardi, B.; De Gasperin, Francesco; Deller, A.; Duscha, S.; Engels, D.; Falcke, H.; Fallows, R. A.; Frieswijk, W.; Garrett, M.A.; Grießmeier, J. -M.; Haarlem, M. P. van; Heald, G.; Hoeft, Matthias; van der, HorstA J.; Iacobelli, M.; Interna, H.; Juette, E.; Karastergiou, A.; Kondratiev, V. I.; Koopmans, L. V E; Kuniyoshi, M.; Kuper, G.; Van Leeuwen, J.; Maat, P.; Mann, R. G.; Markoff, S.; McFadden, R.; McKay-Bukowski, D.; Mulcahy, D. D.; Munk, H.; Nelles, A.; Orru, E.; Paas, H.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Pietka, M.; Pizzo, R.; Polatidis, A. G.; Reich, W.; Rottgering, H. J. A.; Rowlinson, A.; Scaife, A. M M; Serylak, M.; Shulevski, Alexander; Sluman, J.; Smirnov, O.; Steinmetz, M.; Stewart, A. J.; Swinbank, J.; Tagger, M.; Thoudam, S.; Toribio, M. C.; Vermeulen, R.; Vocks, C.; Van Weeren, R. J.; Wucknitz, O.; Yatawatta, S.; Zarka, P. (2016-12-01)The low-frequency radio spectra of the hotspots within powerful radio galaxies can provide valuable information about the physical processes operating at the site of the jet termination. These processes are responsible for ... -
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 ... -
The LOFAR LBA Sky Survey II. First data release
Gasperin, F. de; Edler, H. W.; Williams, W. L.; Callingham, J. R.; Asabere, B.; Bruggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Dijkema, T. J.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Iacobelli, M.; Offringa, A.; Norden, M. J.; Rottgering, H. J. A.; Shimwell, T.; Weeren, R. J. van; Tasse, C.; Bomans, D. J.; Bonafede, A.; Botteon, A.; Cassano, R.; Chyzy, K. T.; Cuciti, V.; Emig, K. L.; Kadler, M.; Miley, G.; Mingo, B.; Oei, M. S. S. L.; Prandoni, I.; Schwarz, D. J.; Zarka, P. (2023-05-26)Context. The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is the only existing radio interferometer able to observe at ultra-low frequencies (<100 MHz) with high resolution (<15") and high sensitivity (<1 mJy beam-1). To exploit these ... -
Lofar low-band antenna observations of the 3C 295 and boötes fields : Source counts and ultra-steep spectrum sources
Van Weeren, R. J.; Williams, W. L.; Tasse, C.; Röttgering, H. J.A.; Rafferty, D. A.; Van Der Tol, S.; Heald, G.; White, G. J.; Shulevski, A.; Best, P.; Intema, H. T.; Bhatnagar, S.; Reich, W.; Steinmetz, M.; Van Velzen, S.; Enßlin, T. A.; Prandoni, I.; De Gasperin, F.; Jamrozy, M.; Brunetti, G.; Jarvis, M. J.; McKean, J. P.; Wise, M. W.; Ferrari, C.; Harwood, J.; Oonk, J. B.R.; Hoeft, M.; Kunert-Bajraszewska, M.; Horellou, C.; Wucknitz, O.; Bonafede, A.; Mohan, N. R.; Scaife, A. M.M.; Klöckner, H. R.; Van Bemmel, I. M.; Merloni, A.; Chyzy, K. T.; Engels, D.; Falcke, H.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Alexov, A.; Anderson, J.; Avruch, I. M.; Beck, R.; Bell, M. E.; Bentum, M. J.; Bernardi, G.; Breitling, F.; Broderick, J.; De Vos, M. (2014-10-01)We present Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) Low Band observations of the Boötes and 3C 295 fields. Our images made at 34, 46, and 62 MHz reach noise levels of 12, 8, and 5 mJy beam-1, making them the deepest images ever obtained ... -
LOFAR MSSS: Detection of a low-frequency radio transient in 400 hrs of monitoring of the North Celestial Pole
Stewart, A. J.; Fender, R.P.; Broderick, J. W.; Hassall, T. E.; Muñoz-Darias, T.; Rowlinson, A.; Swinbank, J. D.; Staley, T. D.; Molenaar, G. J.; Scheers, B.; Grobler, T. L.; Pietka, M.; Heald, G.; McKean, J. P.; Bell, M. E.; Bonafede, A.; Breton, R. P.; Carbone, D.; Cendes, Y.; Clarke, A. O.; Corbel, S.; Gasperin, F. de; Eislöffel, J.; Falcke, H.; Ferrari, C.; Grießmeier, J. -M.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Heesen, V.; Hessels, J. W. T.; Horneffer, A.; Iacobelli, M.; Jonker, P.; Karastergiou, A.; Kokotanekov, G.; Kondratiev, V. I.; Kuniyoshi, M.; Law, C. J.; Leeuwen, J. van; Markoff, S.; Miller-Jones, J. C. A.; Mulcahy, D.; Orru, E.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Pratley, L.; Rol, E.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Scaife, A. M. M.; Shulevski, A.; Sobey, C. A.; Stappers, B. W.; Tasse, C.; van der Horst, A.J.; Velzen, S. van; Weeren, R. J. van; Wijers, R.A.M.J.; Wijnands, R.; Wise, M.; Zarka, P.; Alexov, A.; Anderson, J.; Asgekar, A.; Avruch, I. M.; Bentum, M. J.; Bernardi, G.; Best, P.; Breitling, F.; Brüggen, M.; Butcher, H. R.; Ciardi, B.; Conway, J. E.; Corstanje, A.; Geus, E. de; Deller, A.; Duscha, S.; Frieswijk, W.; Garrett, M.A.; Gunst, A. W.; Haarlem, M. P. van; Hoeft, M.; Hörandel, J.; Juette, E.; Kuper, G.; Loose, M.; Maat, P.; McFadden, R.; McKay-Bukowski, D.; Moldon, J.; Munk, H.; Norden, M. J.; Paas, H.; Polatidis, A. G.; Schwarz, D.; Sluman, J.; Smirnov, O.; Steinmetz, M.; Thoudam, S.; Toribio, M. C.; Vermeulen, R.; Vocks, C.; Wijnholds, S. J.; Wucknitz, O.; Yatawatta, S. (2016-03-01)We present the results of a four-month campaign searching for low-frequency radio transients near the North Celestial Pole with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), as part of the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS). The ... -
LOFAR MSSS: Discovery of a 2.56 Mpc giant radio galaxy associated with a disturbed galaxy group
Clarke, A. O.; Heald, G.; Jarrett, T.; Bray, J. D.; Hardcastle, Martin; Cantwell, T. M.; Scaife, A. M. M.; Brienza, M.; Bonafede, A.; Breton, R. P.; Broderick, J. W.; Carbone, D.; Croston, J. H.; Farnes, J. S.; Harwood, J. J.; Heesen, V.; Horneffer, A.; Horst, A. J. van der; Iacobelli, M.; Jurusik, W.; Kokotanekov, G.; McKean, J. P.; Morabito, L. K.; Mulcahy, D. D.; Nikiel-Wroczynski, B. S.; Orru, E.; Paladino, R.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Pietka, M.; Pizzo, R.; Pratley, L.; Riseley, C. J.; Rottgering, H. J. A.; Rowlinson, A.; Sabater, J.; Sendlinger, K.; Shulevski, A.; Sridhar, S. S.; Stewart, A. J.; Tasse, C.; Velzen, S. van; Weeren, R. J. van; Wise, M. W. (2017-05-01)We report on the discovery in the LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) of a giant radio galaxy (GRG) with a projected size of $2.56 \pm 0.07$ Mpc projected on the sky. It is associated with the galaxy triplet ... -
LOFAR MSSS: The Scaling Relation between AGN Cavity Power and Radio Luminosity at Low Radio Frequencies
Kokotanekov, G.; Wise, Michael; Heald, G. H.; McKean, J. P.; Bîrzan, L.; Rafferty, D. A.; Godfrey, L. E H; Vries, M. de; Intema, Huib T.; Broderick, J. W.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Bonafede, A.; Clarke, A. O.; Weeren, R. J. van; Röttgering, H.~J.~A.; Pizzo, R.; Iacobelli, M.; Orrú, E.; Shulevski, Alexander; Riseley, C. J.; Breton, R. P.; Nikiel-Wroczyński, B.; Sridhar, S. S.; Stewart, A. J.; Rowlinson, A.; Horst, A. J. van der; Harwood, J. J.; Gürkan, G.; Carbone, D.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Tasse, C.; Scaife, A. M. M.; Pratley, L.; Ferrari, Chiara; Croston, J. H.; Pandey, V. N.; Jurusik, W.; Mulcahy, D. D. (2017-09-07)We present a new analysis of the widely used relation between cavity power and radio luminosity in clusters of galaxies with evidence for strong AGN feedback. We study the correlation at low radio frequencies using two new ... -
The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) : I. Survey description and first results
Heald, G. H.; Pizzo, R. F.; Orrú, E.; Breton, R. P.; Carbone, D.; Ferrari, C.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Jurusik, W.; Macario, G.; Mulcahy, D.; Rafferty, D.; Asgekar, A.; Brentjens, M.; Fallows, R. A.; Frieswijk, W.; Toribio, M. C.; Adebahr, B.; Arts, M.; Bell, M. R.; Bonafede, A.; Bray, J.; Broderick, J.; Cantwell, T.; Carroll, P.; Cendes, Y.; Clarke, A. O.; Croston, J. H.; Daiboo, S.; De Gasperin, F.; Gregson, J.; Harwood, J.; Hassall, T.; Heesen, V.; Horneffer, A.; van der Horst, A.J.; Iacobelli, M.; Jelić, V.; Jones, D.; Kant, D.; Kokotanekov, G.; Martin, P.; McKean, J. P.; Morabito, L. K.; Nikiel-Wroczyński, B.; Offringa, A.; Pandey, V. N.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Pietka, M.; Pratley, L.; Riseley, C.; Rowlinson, A.; Sabater, J.; Scaife, A. M. M.; Scheers, L. H. A.; Sendlinger, K.; Shulevski, A.; Sipior, M.; Sobey, C.; Stewart, A. J.; Stroe, A.; Swinbank, J.; Tasse, C.; Trüstedt, J.; Varenius, E.; Van Velzen, S.; Vilchez, N.; Van Weeren, R. J.; Wijnholds, S.; Williams, W. L.; de Bruyn, A. G.; Nijboer, R.; Wise, M.; Alexov, A.; Anderson, J.; Avruch, I. M.; Beck, R.; Bell, M. E.; Van Bemmel, I.; Bentum, M. J.; Bernardi, G.; Best, P.; Breitling, F.; Brouw, W. N.; Brüggen, M.; Butcher, H. R.; Ciardi, B.; Conway, J. E.; De Geus, E.; De Jong, A.; De Vos, M.; Deller, A.; Dettmar, R. J.; Duscha, S.; Eislöffel, J.; Engels, D.; Falcke, H.; Fender, R.; Garrett, M.A.; Grießmeier, J.; Gunst, A. W.; Hamaker, J. P.; Hessels, J. W. T.; Hoeft, M.; Hörandel, J.; Holties, H. A.; Intema, H.; Jackson, N. J.; Jütte, E.; Karastergiou, A.; Klijn, W. F. A.; Kondratiev, V. I.; Koopmans, L. V. E.; Kuniyoshi, M.; Kuper, G.; Law, C.; Van Leeuwen, J.; Loose, M.; Maat, P.; Markoff, S.; McFadden, R.; McKay-Bukowski, D.; Mevius, M.; Miller-Jones, J. C A; Morganti, R.; Munk, H.; Nelles, A.; Noordam, J. E.; Norden, M. J.; Paas, H.; Polatidis, A. G.; Reich, W.; Renting, A.; Röttgering, H.; Schoenmakers, A.; Schwarz, D.; Sluman, J.; Smirnov, O.; Stappers, B. W.; Steinmetz, M.; Tagger, M.; Tang, Y.; Ter Veen, S.; Thoudam, S.; Vermeulen, R.; Vocks, C.; Vogt, C.; Wijers, R.A.M.J.; Wucknitz, O.; Yatawatta, S.; Zarka, P. (2015-10-01)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 detail the motivation and design of the survey. ... -
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 -- 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 ... -
LOFAR, VLA, and Chandra observations of the Toothbrush galaxy cluster
Van Weeren, R. J.; Brunetti, G.; Brüggen, M.; Andrade-Santos, F.; Ogrean, G. A.; Williams, W. L.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Dawson, W. A.; Forman, W.R.; Gasperin, F. de; Hardcastle, M.J.; Jones, C.; Miley, G.K.; Rafferty, D. A.; Rudnick, L.; Sabater, J.; Sarazin, C.L.; Shimwell, T. W.; Bonafede, A.; Best, P. N.; Bîrzan, L.; Cassano, R.; Chyży, K. T.; Croston, J. H.; Dijkema, T. J.; Ensslin, T.; Ferrari, C.; Heald, G.; Hoeft, M.; Horellou, C.; Jarvis, M.J.; Kraft, R.P.; Mevius, M.; Intema, H. T.; Murray, S. S.; Orrú, E.; Pizzo, R.; Sridhar, S. S.; Simionescu, A.; Stroe, A.; Tol, S. van der; White, G.J. (2016-02-22)We present deep LOFAR observations between 120-181 MHz of the "Toothbrush" (RX J0603.3+4214), a cluster that contains one of the brightest radio relic sources known. Our LOFAR observations exploit a new and novel calibration ... -
The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky. I. LoTSS-DR2 new detections and sample overview
Botteon, A.; Shimwell, T. W.; Cassano, R.; Cuciti, V.; Zhang, X.; Bruno, L.; Camillini, L.; Natale, R.; Jones, A.; Gastaldello, F.; Simionescu, A.; Rossetti, M.; Akamatsu, H.; Weeren, R. J. van; Brunetti, G.; Brüggen, M.; Groenveld, C.; Hoang, D. N.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Ignesti, A.; Gennaro, G. Di; Bonafede, A.; Drabent, A.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Hoeft, M.; Gasperin, F. de (2022-04-30)Context. Relativistic electrons and magnetic fields permeate the intra-cluster medium (ICM) and manifest themselves as diffuse sources of synchrotron emission observable at radio wavelengths, namely radio halos and radio ... -
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. ... -
Signatures from a merging galaxy cluster and its AGN population : LOFAR observations of Abell 1682
Clarke, A. O.; Scaife, Anna M.M.; Shimwell, T.; Weeren, R. J. van; Bonafede, A.; Heald, George; Brunetti, G.; Cantwell, T. M.; Gasperin, F. de; Brüggen, M.; Botteon, A.; Hoeft, M.; Horellou, C.; Cassano, R.; Harwood, J. J.; Röttgering, H. J. A. (2019-07-05)We present LOFAR data from 110-180 MHz of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 1682, alongside archival optical, radio, and X-ray data. Our images of 6 arcsec in resolution at low frequencies reveal new structures associated ... -
A snapshot of the oldest AGN feedback phases
Brienza, M.; Shimwell, T. W.; Gasperin, F. de; Bikmaev, I.; Bonafede, A.; Botteon, A.; Brüggen, M.; Brunetti, G.; Burenin, R.; Capetti, A.; Churazov, E.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Khabibullin, I.; Lyskova, N.; R öttgering, H. J. A.; Sunyaev, R.; Weeren, R. J. van; Gastaldello, F.; Mandal, S.; Purser, S.; Simionescu, A.; Tasse, C. (2021-10-18)Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) inject large amounts of energy into their host galaxies and surrounding environment, shaping their properties and evolution. In particular, AGN jets inflate cosmic-ray lobes, which can rise ...