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LOFAR and Radio Loud AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2014

Wendy L. Williams ,
Huub Röttgering  and
Reinout van Weeren
Wendy L. Williams
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513, NL-2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), PO Box 2, 7990AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Huub Röttgering
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513, NL-2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
Reinout van Weeren
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138, USA email: wwilliams@strw.leidenuniv.nl
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Abstract

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At very low frequencies, the new pan-European radio telescope, LOFAR, is opening the last unexplored window of the electromagnetic spectrum for astrophysical studies. LOFAR will deeply survey the northern sky from ~ 10 up to 240 MHz. In this contribution we briefly describe some of the capabilities of LOFAR and the surveys planned to study fundamental issues related to the formation and evolution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies. We describe some of the challenges of low frequency observations with LOFAR and our progress in overcoming them. Further, we present some recent results from the ongoing imaging commissioning efforts. In the second part we discuss our studies of Low Excitation and High Excitation Radio Galaxies in the Boötes field and how LOFAR Surveys will help in studying their evolution.

Keywords

Galaxies: activesurveystelescopesInstrumentation: interferometers
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S304: Multiwavelength AGN Surveys and Studies , October 2013 , pp. 86 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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