First release of Apertif imaging survey data

Autor: Adams, Elizabeth A. K., Adebahr, B., de Blok, W. J. G., Denes, H., Hess, K. M., van der Hulst, J. M., Kutkin, A., Lucero, D. M., Morganti, R., Moss, V. A., Oosterloo, T. A., Orru, E., Schulz, R., van Amesfoort, A. S., Berger, A., Boersma, O. M., Bouwhuis, M., Brink, R. van den, van Cappellen, W. A., Connor, L., Coolen, A. H. W. M., Damstra, S., van Diepen, G. N. J., Dijkema, T. J., Ebbendorf, N., Grange, Y. G., de Goei, R., Gunst, A. W., Holties, H. A., Hut, B., Ivashina, M. V., Jozsa, G. I. G., Loose, G. M., van Leeuwen, J., Maan, Y., Mancini, M., Mika, A., Mulder, H., Norden, M. J., Offringa, A. R., Oostrum, L. C., Pastor-Marazuela, I., Pisano, D. J., Ponomareva, A. A., Romein, J. W., Ruiter, M, Schoenmakers, A. P., van der Schuur, D., Sluman, J. J., Smits, R., Stuurwold, K. J. C, Verstappen, J., Vilchez, N. P. E, Vohl, D., Wierenga, K. J., Wijnholds, S. J., Woestenburg, E. E. M., Zanting, A. W., Ziemke, J.

Publikováno v: A&A 667, A38 (2022)

(Abridged) Apertif is a phased-array feed system for WSRT, providing forty instantaneous beams over 300 MHz of bandwidth. A dedicated survey program started on 1 July 2019, with the last observations taken on 28 February 2022. We describe the release

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.05348

Characterising the Apertif primary beam response

Autor: Dénes, H., Hess, K. M., Adams, E. A. K., Kutkin, A., Morganti, R., van der Hulst, J. M., Oosterloo, T. A., Moss, V. A., Adebahr, B., de Blok, W. J. G., Ivashina, M. V., Coolen, A. H. W. M., Damstra, S., Hut, B., Loose, G. M., Lucero, D. M., Maan, Y., Mika, Á., Norden, M. J., Oostrum, L. C., Pisano, D. J., Smits, R., van Cappellen, W. A., Brink, R. van den, van der Schuur, D., van Diepen, G. N. J., van Leeuwen, J., Vohl, D., Wijnholds, S. J., Ziemke, J.

Publikováno v: A&A 667, A40 (2022)

Context. Phased Array Feeds (PAFs) are multi element receivers in the focal plane of a telescope that make it possible to form simultaneously multiple beams on the sky by combining the complex gains of the individual antenna elements. Recently the We

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.09662

A fast radio burst with sub-millisecond quasi-periodic structure

Autor: Pastor-Marazuela, Inés, van Leeuwen, Joeri, Bilous, Anna, Connor, Liam, Maan, Yogesh, Oostrum, Leon, Petroff, Emily, Straal, Samayra, Vohl, Dany, Adams, E. A. K., Adebahr, B., Attema, Jisk, Boersma, Oliver M., Brink, R. van den, van Cappellen, W. A., Coolen, A. H. W. M., Damstra, S., Dénes, H., Hess, K. M., van der Hulst, J. M., Hut, B., Kutkin, A., Loose, G. Marcel, Lucero, D. M., Mika, Á., Moss, V. A., Mulder, H., Norden, M. J., Oosterloo, T. A., Rajwade, Kaustubh, van der Schuur, D., Sclocco, A., Smits, R., Ziemke, J.

Publikováno v: A&A 678, A149 (2023)

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are extragalactic radio transients of extraordinary luminosity. Studying the diverse temporal and spectral behaviour recently observed in a number of FRBs may help determine the nature of the entire class. For example, a fast

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.08002

Apertif, Phased Array Feeds for the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

Autor: van Cappellen, W. A., Oosterloo, T. A., Verheijen, M. A. W., Adams, E. A. K., Adebahr, B., Braun, R., Hess, K. M., Holties, H., van der Hulst, J. M., Hut, B., Kooistra, E., van Leeuwen, J., Loose, G. M., Morganti, R., Moss, V. A., Orrú, E., Ruiter, M., Schoenmakers, A. P., Vermaas, N. J., Wijnholds, S. J., van Amesfoort, A. S., Arts, M. J., Attema, J. J., Bakker, L., Bassa, C. G., Bast, J. E., Benthem, P., Beukema, R., Blaauw, R., de Blok, W. J. G., Bouwhuis, M., Brink, R. H. van den, Connor, L., Coolen, A. H. W. M., Damstra, S., van Diepen, G. N. J., de Goei, R., Dénes, H., Drost, M., Ebbendorf, N., Frank, B. S., Gardenier, D. W., Gerbers, M., Grange, Y. G., Grit, T., Gunst, A. W., Gupta, N., Ivashina, M. V., Józsa, G. I. G., Janssen, G. H., Koster, A., Kruithof, G. H., Kuindersma, S. J., Kutkin, A., Lucero, D. M., Maan, Y., Maccagni, F. M., van der Marel, J., Mika, A., Morawietz, J., Mulder, H., Mulder, E., Norden, M. J., Offringa, A. R., Oostrum, L. C., Overeem, R. E., Paragi, Z., Pepping, H. J., Petroff, E., Pisano, D. J., Polatidis, A. G., Prasad, P., de Reijer, J. P. R., Romein, J. W., Schaap, J., Schoonderbeek, G. W., Schulz, R., van der Schuur, D., Sclocco, A., Sluman, J. J., Smits, R., Stappers, B. W., Straal, S. M., Stuurwold, K. J. C., Verstappen, J., Vohl, D., Wierenga, K. J., Woestenburg, E. E. M., Zanting, A. W., Ziemke, J.

Publikováno v: A&A 658, A146 (2022)

We describe the APERture Tile In Focus (Apertif) system, a phased array feed (PAF) upgrade of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope which has transformed this telescope into a high-sensitivity, wide field-of-view L-band imaging and transient surve

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.14234

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

Autor: 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., van Weeren, R. J., Anderson, J. M., Asgekar, A., Avruch, I. M., van Bemmel, I. M., Bentum, M. J., Bonafede, A., Brouw, W. N., Butcher, H. R., Ciardi, B., Corstanje, A., Coolen, A., Damstra, S., de Gasperin, F., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Garrett, M. A., Griessmeier, J., Gunst, A. W., van Haarlem, M. P., Hoeft, M., van der Horst, A. J., 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.

Publikováno v: A&A 658, A1 (2022)

[abridged] The International LOFAR Telescope is an interferometer with stations spread across Europe. With baselines of up to ~2,000 km, LOFAR has the unique capability of achieving sub-arcsecond resolution at frequencies below 200 MHz, although this

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.07283