The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: I. Survey description and preliminary data release

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, which, at most declinations, is sufficient to produce ~5″ resolution images with a sensitivity of ~100 μJy/beam and acc...

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Main Authors: Shimwell, T., Röttgering, H., Best, P., Williams, W., Dijkema, T., De Gasperin, F., Hardcastle, M., Heald, G., Hoang, D., Horneffer, A., Intema, Hubertus, Mahony, E., Mandal, S., Mechev, A., Morabito, L., Oonk, J., Rafferty, D., Retana-Montenegro, E., Sabater, J., Tasse, C., Van Weeren, R., Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Chy, K., Conway, J., Haverkorn, M., Jackson, N., Jarvis, M., McKean, J., Miley, G., Morganti, R., White, G., Wise, M., Van Bemmel, I., Beck, R., Brienza, M., Bonafede, A., Calistro Rivera, G., Cassano, R., Clarke, A., Cseh, D., Deller, A., Drabent, A., Van Driel, W., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Ferrari, C., Fröhlich, S., Garrett, M., Harwood, J., Heesen, V., Hoeft, M., Horellou, C., Israel, F., Kapinska, A., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., McKay, D., Mohan, N., Orrú, E., Pizzo, R., Prandoni, I., Schwarz, D., Shulevski, A., Sipior, M., Smith, D., Sridhar, S., Steinmetz, M., Stroe, A., Varenius, E., Van Der Werf, P., Zensus, J., Zwart, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: EDP Sciences 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74222