Joeri van Leeuwen (ASTRON): Latest pulsar results from LOFAR

Seminar: RAL Seminars | January 28 | 3:10-4 p.m. | B1 Hearst Field Annex

Speaker/Performer: Joeri van Leeuwen, ASTRON

Sponsor: Radio Astronomy Lab

The Dutch/European Low Frequency Array LOFAR provides exceptional collecting area and bandwidth. In the commissioning phase, LOFAR collected muchhigh-quality data. I will describe some of the initial results, on low-frequency behavior in M87; deep LOFAR epoch of reionization observations toward the north celestial pole; recombination lines; and our ionosphere. I will then present in some more detail the results from our two complementary pilot pulsar surveys, and several other pulsar commissioning projects -- mostly on neutron-star magnetospheres. Finally I will sketch some of the dedicated and open-time projects that have started in the current cycle, and describe the current state of the continuously improving observing capabilities.

Event Contact: scroft@berkeley.edu