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LOFAR Capabilities and Early Results

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Over the past 5 years, Astron has built the largest radio telescope in the world, the low frequency array LOFAR . The telescope is located in north-western Europe and operates at frequencies from 10-90 MHz and from 110-240 MHz. The instrument entered phase 0 science operations in December 2012. It is unique because it is using aperture array antenna stations instead of parabolic dishes. Low frequency aperture arrays are a dirt cheap, very stable, and well-calibratable technology for the SKA . In this seminar, we cover important design decisions, some fundamental concepts in aperture array interferometry, as well as early results that illustrate the excellent sensitivity and calibratability of the array.

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