Data analysis for precision 21 cm cosmology

A Liu, JR Shaw - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The redshifted 21 cm line is an emerging tool in cosmology, in principle permitting three-
dimensional surveys of our universe that reach unprecedentedly large volumes, previously …

A long-period radio transient active for three decades

N Hurley-Walker, N Rea, SJ McSweeney, BW Meyers… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Several long-period radio transients have recently been discovered, with strongly polarized
coherent radio pulses appearing on timescales between tens to thousands of seconds,. In …

The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1-I. Direction-dependent calibration and imaging

C Tasse, T Shimwell, MJ Hardcastle… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is an ideal instrument to conduct deep extragalactic
surveys. It has a large field of view and is sensitive to large-scale and compact emission. It …

Improved upper limits on the 21 cm signal power spectrum of neutral hydrogen at z ≈ 9.1 from LOFAR

FG Mertens, M Mevius, LVE Koopmans… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A new upper limit on the 21 cm signal power spectrum at a redshift of z≈ 9.1 is
presented, based on 141 h of data obtained with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR). The …

[HTML][HTML] The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey-I. Survey description and preliminary data release

TW Shimwell, HJA Röttgering, PN Best… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
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 h …

GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey–I. A low-frequency extragalactic catalogue

N Hurley-Walker, JR Callingham… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), the low-frequency Square Kilometre
Array precursor located in Western Australia, we have completed the GaLactic and …

wsclean: an implementation of a fast, generic wide-field imager for radio astronomy

AR Offringa, B McKinley… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Astronomical wide-field imaging of interferometric radio data is computationally expensive,
especially for the large data volumes created by modern non-coplanar many-element …

Upper limits on the 21 cm epoch of reionization power spectrum from one night with LOFAR

AH Patil, S Yatawatta, LVE Koopmans… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first limits on the Epoch of Reionization 21 cm H i power spectra, in the
redshift range z= 7.9–10.6, using the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) High-Band Antenna …

LOFAR: The low-frequency array

MP van Haarlem, MW Wise, AW Gunst, G Heald… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
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 observations of galaxy clusters in HETDEX-Extraction and self-calibration of individual LOFAR targets

RJ Van Weeren, TW Shimwell, A Botteon… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Diffuse cluster radio sources, in the form of radio halos and relics, reveal the presence of
cosmic rays and magnetic fields in the intracluster medium (ICM). These cosmic rays are …