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The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS). I. Survey description and first results
G. H. Heald
1
R. F. Pizzo
1
E. Orrú
1
R. P. Breton
2
D. Carbone
C. Ferrari
M. J. Hardcastle
3
W. Jurusik
4
G. Macario
5
D. Mulcahy
6
D. Rafferty
A. Asgekar
1
M. Brentjens
1
R. A. Fallows
W. Frieswijk
1
M. C. Toribio
B. Adebahr
M. Arts
M. R. Bell
6
A. Bonafede
7
J. Bray
J. Broderick
6
T. Cantwell
P. Carroll
Y. Cendes
8
A. O. Clarke
J. Croston
S. Daiboo
9
F. de Gasperin
10
J. Gregson
J. Harwood
T. Hassall
V. Heesen
11
A. Horneffer
A. J. van der Horst
8
M. Iacobelli
V. Jelić
D. Jones
D. Kant
G. Kokotanekov
8
P. Martin
J. P. Mckean
1
L. K. Morabito
12
B. Nikiel-Wroczyński
A. Offringa
V. N. Pandey
1
M. Pandey-Pommier
13
M. Pietka
L. Pratley
C. Riseley
A. Rowlinson
14
J. Sabater
A. M. M. Scaife
11
L. H. A. Scheers
K. Sendlinger
A. Shulevski
M. Sipior
C. Sobey
15
A. J. Stewart
16
A. Stroe
J. Swinbank
8
C. Tasse
17
J. Trüstedt
E. Varenius
S. van Velzen
1
N. Vilchez
18
R. J. van Weeren
19
S. Wijnholds
1
W. L. Williams
20
A. G. de Bruyn
R. Nijboer
1
M. Wise
8
A. Alexov
1
J. Anderson
I. M. Avruch
21
R. Beck
M. E. Bell
6
I. van Bemmel
1
M. J. Bentum
G. Bernardi
22
P. Best
F. Breitling
23
W. N. Brouw
M. Brüggen
7
H. R. Butcher
24
B. Ciardi
25
J. E. Conway
26
E. de Geus
A. de Jong
M. de Vos
1
A. Deller
1
R.-J. Dettmar
27
S. Duscha
J. Eislöffel
28
D. Engels
10
H. Falcke
29
R. Fender
6
M. A. Garrett
20
Jean-Mathias Grießmeier
30, 31
A. W. Gunst
J. P. Hamaker
J. W. T. Hessels
8
M. Hoeft
28
J. Hörandel
29
H. A. Holties
1
H. Intema
20
N. J. Jackson
E. Jütte
A. Karastergiou
W. F. A. Klijn
V. I. Kondratiev
1
L. V. E. Koopmans
M. Kuniyoshi
15
G. Kuper
1
C. Law
8
J. van Leeuwen
8, 1
M. Loose
P. Maat
S. Markoff
8
R. Mcfadden
D. Mckay-Bukowski
M. Mevius
1
J. C. A. Miller-Jones
R. Morganti
H. Munk
A. Nelles
29
J. E. Noordam
1
M. J. Norden
1
H. Paas
A. G. Polatidis
1
W. Reich
15
A. Renting
1
H. Röttgering
20
A. Schoenmakers
1
D. Schwarz
J. Sluman
1
O. Smirnov
B. W. Stappers
M. Steinmetz
32
Michel Tagger
31
Y. Tang
S. ter Veen
33
S. Thoudam
29
R. Vermeulen
1
C. Vocks
23
C. Vogt
1
R. A. M. J. Wijers
O. Wucknitz
S. Yatawatta
1
P. Zarka
9
R. Fender 6
Author
M. A. Garrett 20
Author
Jean-Mathias Grießmeier 30, 31
Author Employer institution : Université d'Orléans IdHAL : jean-mathias-griessmeier arXiv : https://arxiv.org/a/griessmeier IdRef : https://www.idref.fr/235780871 ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3362-7996 VIAF : https://viaf.org/viaf/20837572 ISNI : http://isni.org/isni/0000000020640428
A. W. Gunst
Author
O. Smirnov
Author
B. W. Stappers
Author
M. Steinmetz 32
Author
Michel Tagger 31
Author IdHAL : michel-tagger ResearcherId : http://www.researcherid.com/rid/O-6615-2014 IdRef : https://www.idref.fr/097156310 ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2962-3220
S. Yatawatta 1
Author
P. Zarka 9
Author
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Abstract : We present the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS), the first northern-sky 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 multifrequency nature providing information about the spectral properties of the detected sources over more than two octaves (from 30 to 160 MHz). The broadband frequency coverage, together with the fast survey speed generated by LOFAR's multibeaming capabilities, make MSSS the first survey of the sort anticipated to be carried out with the forthcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Two of the sixteen frequency bands included in the survey were chosen to exactly overlap the frequency coverage of large-area Very Large Array (VLA) and Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) surveys at 74 MHz and 151 MHz respectively. The survey performance is illustrated within the "MSSS Verification Field" (MVF), a region of 100 square degrees centered at J2000 (RA,Dec)=(15h,69deg). The MSSS results from the MVF are compared with previous radio survey catalogs. We assess the flux and astrometric uncertainties in the catalog, as well as the completeness and reliability considering our source finding strategy. We determine the 90% completeness levels within the MVF to be 100 mJy at 135 MHz with 108" resolution, and 550 mJy at 50 MHz with 166" resolution. Images and catalogs for the full survey, expected to contain 150,000-200,000 sources, will be released to a public web server. We outline the plans for the ongoing production of the final survey products, and the ultimate public release of images and source catalogs.
Keywords :
Surveys
Radio continuum: general
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G. H. Heald, R. F. Pizzo, E. Orrú, R. P. Breton, D. Carbone, et al.. The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS). I. Survey description and first results. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, EDP Sciences, 2015, 582, pp.A123. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201425210⟩. ⟨insu-01343089⟩
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