LOFAR: A new radio telescope for low frequency radio observations: Science and project status

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2003-07-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307240v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the XXI Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics held on December 9--1

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LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array, is a large radio telescope consisting about 100 soccer field sized antenna stations spread over a region of 400 km in diameter. It will operate in the frequency range from ~10 to 240 MHz, with a resolution at 240 MHz of better than an arcsecond. Its superb sensitivity will allow for a broad range of astrophysical studies. In this contribution we first discuss four major areas of astrophysical research in which LOFAR will undoubtedly make important contributions: reionisation, distant galaxies and AGNs, transient radio sources and cosmic rays. Subsequently, we will discuss the technical concept of the instrument and the status of the LOFAR project

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