The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS): I. Survey description and first results

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. Compared to previous radio surveys, MSSS is exceptional due to its intrinsic m...

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Main Authors: Heald, G., Pizzo, R., Orrú, E., Breton, R., Carbone, D., Ferrari, C., Hardcastle, M., Jurusik, W., Macario, G., Mulcahy, D., Rafferty, D., Asgekar, A., Brentjens, M., Fallows, R., Frieswijk, W., Toribio, M., Adebahr, B., Arts, M., Bell, M., Bonafede, A., Bray, J., Broderick, J., Cantwell, T., Carroll, P., Cendes, Y., Clarke, A., Croston, J., Daiboo, S., de Gasperin, F., Gregson, J., Harwood, J., Hassall, T., Heesen, V., Horneffer, A., van der Horst, A., Iacobelli, M., Jelic, V., Jones, D., Kant, D., Kokotanekov, G., Martin, P., McKean, J., Morabito, L., Nikiel-Wroczynski, B., Offringa, A., Pandey, V., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pietka, M., Pratley, L., Riseley, C., Rowlinson, A., Sabater, J., Scaife, A., Scheers, L., Sendlinger, K., Shulevski, A., Sipior, M., Sobey, Charlotte Anne, Stewart, A., Stroe, A., Swinbank, J., Tasse, C., Trüstedt, J., Varenius, E., van Velzen, S., Vilchez, N., van Weeren, R., Wijnholds, S., Williams, W., De Bruyn, A., Nijboer, R., Wise, M., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Avruch, I., Beck, R., van Bemmel, I., Bentum, M., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Breitling, F., Brouw, W., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H., Ciardi, B., Conway, J., de Geus, E., de Jong, A., de Vos, M., Deller, A., Dettmar, R., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Engels, D., Falcke, J., Fender, R., Garrett, M., Grießmeier, J., Gunst, A., Hamaker, J., Hessels, J., Hoeft, J., Hörandel, J., Holties, H., Intema, H., Jackson, N., Jütte, E., Karastergiou, A., Klijn, W., Kondratiev, V., Koopmans, L., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Law, C., van Leeuwen, J., Loose, M., Markoff, S., McFadden, R., McKay-Bukowski, D., Mevius, M., Miller-Jones, James, Morganti, R., Munk, H., Noordam, J., Norden, M., Pass, H., Polatidis, A., Reich, W., Renting, A., Röttgering, H., Schoenmakers, A., Schwarz, D., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Stappers, B., Steinmetz, M., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., ter Veen, S., Thoudam, S., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Vogt, C., Wijers, R., Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., Zarka, P., Nelles, A., Maat, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38225