Name: LOFAR Family Meeting 2024
Start: 2024-06-03T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-07T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Pesthuis Leiden

LOFAR Family Meeting 2024

from Monday, June 3, 2024 (9:00 AM) to Friday, June 7, 2024 (5:00 PM)

Monday, June 3, 2024

11:00 AM Registration / lunch
Registration / lunch
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
1:30 PM Welcome
Welcome
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

1:30 PM Welcome - Jessica Dempsey Wim van Cappellen

1:40 PM LOFAR 2.0: running the new observatory - Jessica Dempsey Wim van Cappellen

2:00 PM LOFAR 2.0: science overview - Jason Hessels (ASTRON & University of Amsterdam)

2:15 PM SDC operations: achievement, past & future challenges - Roberto Pizzo

2:35 PM LOFAR2.0 development status and plans - Boudwijn Hut

2:55 PM SDC Developments towards LOFAR 2.0 - John Swinbank
3:15 PM coffee / tea
coffee / tea
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: Zuid 1
3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

3:45 PM LOFAR 2.0 commissioning areas: status, challenges, plans - Michiel Brentjens (ASTRON)

4:05 PM Telescope - Cees Bassa (ASTRON)

4:20 PM Operations - Emanuela Orrù

4:35 PM Pipelines - Timothy Shimwell et al. (ASTRON)

5:05 PM Discussion: LOFAR2.0 pipelines roadmap - Timothy Shimwell et al. (ASTRON)
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
9:00 AM ISM / magnetism / other
ISM / magnetism / other
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

9:00 AM First detections of Carbon Radio Recombination Lines with the NenuFAR telescope - Lucie Cros

9:30 AM Revealing the Local Bubble and the Complex of Local Interstellar Clouds in the LoTSS-DR2 Faraday tomographic data - Vibor Jelic (Ruder Boskovic Institute)

9:45 AM ApPolLo - Apertif counterparts of polarised LOFAR sources - Anna Berger

10:00 AM The ultra-low frequency radio continuum spectra of nearby galaxies - Lovorka Gajović (Universität Hamburg, Hamburger Sternwarte)

10:15 AM Studying radio galaxies with twisted jets using multifrequency data - Arpita Misra (Jagiellonian University)

10:20 AM Extend the extragalactic peaked-spectrum sources to 54 megahertz - Sai Zhai (Leiden University)

10:24 AM Old AGN remnant sculpted by IGM sloshing - Aleksandar Shulevski

10:27 AM Near-Field Interferometry of Lightning with LOFAR - Paulina Turekova (ASTRON)
10:30 AM coffee / tea / posters
coffee / tea / posters
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Zuid 1
11:00 AM CR / lightning / other
CR / lightning / other
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

11:00 AM Detecting cosmic rays with LOFAR - Stijn Buitink

11:30 AM Measuring high-energy cosmic rays at SKA-Low - Arthur Corstanje (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

11:45 AM The Initiation of Lightning Dart Leaders with LOFAR - Brian Hare (ASTRON)

12:00 PM LOFAR cross correlation with eBOSS - Jinglan Zheng
12:15 PM Group picture
Group picture
12:15 PM - 12:25 PM
Room: Zuid 1

12:25 PM Lunch (external)
Lunch (external)
12:25 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Zuid 1
2:00 PM Surveys and Methods (1)
Surveys and Methods (1)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

2:00 PM Low-frequency VLBI with the International LOFAR Telescope - Roland Timmerman

2:30 PM The high-resolution COSMOS: peering into the unknown with LOFAR and JWST observations - Eleni Vardoulaki (National Observatory of Athens IAASARS/NOA)

2:45 PM Into the Depths: Unveiling ELAIS-N1 with LOFAR's deepest sub-arcsecond wide-field images - Jurjen de Jong (Leiden Observatory)

3:00 PM HETDEX-LOFAR Spectroscopic Redshift Catalog - Maya Debski (University of Texas at Austin)

3:15 PM Cosmology from LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Data Release 2: Counts-in-Cells statistics - Morteza Pashapour-Ahmadabadi (University Bielefeld)

3:19 PM Tracking travelling ionospheric disturbances in the mid-latitude ionosphere from Poland to the North Sea with LOFAR. - Gareth Dorrian (University of Birmingham)

3:22 PM Radial variation of anisotropic density turbulence from the low corona to 1au and solar radio observations - Eduard Kontar
3:30 PM coffee / tea / posters
coffee / tea / posters
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Zuid 1
4:00 PM Surveys and Methods (2)
Surveys and Methods (2)
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

4:00 PM Ultra-low frequencies with LOFAR: status and plans - Francesco de Gasperin (IRA INAF)

4:30 PM The awakening of the WEAVE-LOFAR survey - Anniek Gloudemans (NSF’s NOIRLab)

4:45 PM The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - Timothy Shimwell (ASTRON)

5:00 PM The LOFAR LBA Virgo Cluster Survey - Henrik Edler (University of Hamburg)

5:15 PM A cautionary tale about pipelines - Frits Sweijen (Durham University)
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
9:00 AM Galaxy Clusters (1)
Galaxy Clusters (1)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

9:00 AM Optical identifications in LoTSS DR2: from Citizens to Science - Martin Hardcastle (University of Hertfordshire, UK)

9:15 AM Galaxy clusters at LOFAR's turning point: lessons learned and open questions - Andrea Botteon

9:45 AM LOFAR-CHEXMATE study of radio halo clusters - Marco Balboni (DiSAT Insubria - IASF Milan)

10:00 AM Decameter observations of Galaxy Clusters - Christian Groeneveld (Leiden Observatory)

10:15 AM Can we use LOFAR to estimate SFR of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies? - KATARZYNA MALEK (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)

10:19 AM Bridging the Gap: From UV/IR to Radio in Infrared Bright galaxies via SED Modeling and Radio SFR Calibration - Subhrata Dey (Jagiellonian University)

10:23 AM The influence of the ionosphere visible in the dynamic spectra of pulsars observed with PL612 LOFAR station - Leszek Błaszkiewicz (Space RadioDiagnostic Research Centre, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland)

10:27 AM LOFAR-BG – the South-easternmost station of LOFAR ERIC: status update - Antoaneta Antonova (Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
10:30 AM coffee / tea / poster
coffee / tea / poster
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Zuid 1
11:00 AM Galaxy Clusters (2), Planets (1)
Galaxy Clusters (2), Planets (1)
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

11:00 AM Tracing large-scale gas outflows from spiral galaxies in clusters with LOFAR - Alessandro Ignesti (INAF-Padova)

11:15 AM The high resolution view of radio phoenices - Nadia Biava (Thüringer Landessternwarte (TLS))

11:30 AM The age of filaments - Marcus Brüggen (Uni Hamburg)

11:45 AM A periodic radio transient found with LOFAR - Iris de Ruiter (University of Amsterdam/Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy)
12:15 PM Lunch (Pesthuis)
Lunch (Pesthuis)
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
1:30 PM Planets (2), Transients and Pulsars (1)
Planets (2), Transients and Pulsars (1)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

1:30 PM Catching the wisps: constraining mass-loss rates of cool stars at low frequencies - Sanne Bloot (ASTRON, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)

1:45 PM Hide and seek: Using LOFAR to hunt for hot Jupiters at decameter wavelengths - Cristina-Maria Cordun (ASTRON)

2:00 PM The collaboration between the University of Warmia and Mazury and the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center: A significant milestone in our endeavor to conduct high-resolution mapping of compact galaxies utilizing the LOFAR-VLBI pipeline. - Aleksandra Wołowska (University of Warmia and Mazury) Mateusz Olech (Space RadioDiagnostic Research Centre, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland)

2:15 PM Fast transients < 300 MHz

2:45 PM Galaxy groups at the lowest frequencies: a combined LOFAR-uGMRT view of A1213 - Thomas Pasini (Istituto di Radioastronomia IRA-INAF)

2:49 PM Title: Thermal and non-thermal emission in merging galaxy groups NGC7618/UGC12491 - Davide Matteo Brustio (University of Bologna)

2:53 PM Unveiling the fine structure details of the radio relics in MACS J1752.0+4440 - Maicol Della Chiesa (UNIBO)
3:00 PM Coffee / tea / posters
Coffee / tea / posters
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
3:30 PM Transients and Pulsars (2)
Transients and Pulsars (2)
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

3:30 PM Invited talk - planets - Joe Callingham

4:00 PM Pulsar Timing Arrays -- The impact of LOFAR and NenuFAR - Caterina Tiburzi (INAF-OAC)

4:15 PM The Crab Nebula - Maria Arias (Leiden Observatory)

4:30 PM EuroFlash: a commensal fast transient search machine for LOFAR2.0 - Jason Hessels (ASTRON & University of Amsterdam)
5:30 PM Boat tour and conference dinner
Boat tour and conference dinner
5:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Thursday, June 6, 2024
9:00 AM Sun and Space Weather (1)
Sun and Space Weather (1)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

9:00 AM Solar research with LOFAR telescope - Bartosz Dąbrowski

9:30 AM Observations and simulations of the shortest solar radio bursts with LOFAR - Daniel Clarkson (University of Glasgow)

9:45 AM Evolution of fundamental and harmonic sources in LOFAR type III radio burst images - Christian Vocks (Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP))

10:00 AM Ionospheric irregularities assesed throught LOFAR and GNSS observations - Andrzej Krankowski (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn)

10:15 AM Observing the Sky with a Single LOFAR Station: Impact of Ionosphere on Position Measurements and Observation of related ionospheric structures - Dorota Przepiórka-Skup (Centrum Badań Kosmicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk)
10:30 AM Coffee / tea / posters
Coffee / tea / posters
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Zuid 1
11:00 AM Sun and Space Weather (2), Cosmology (1)
Sun and Space Weather (2), Cosmology (1)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

11:00 AM LOFAR observations of highly defined symmetric quasi-periodic ionospheric scintillations - Hannah Trigg (University of Birmingham)

11:15 AM Modeling and experimental investigations for Modern Radio-Diagnostics of the Ionosphere using LOFAR and GNSS Data - Yuriy Rapoport (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn)

11:30 AM Radio eyes for the Sun, Heliosphere and Ionosphere: Status and plans for the LOFAR2.0 era. - Pietro Zucca (ASTRON - Netherlands Institute for radio astronomy)

11:45 AM Cosmological studies with LOFAR surveys - Catherine Hale

12:15 PM The Cosmic Radio Dipole: Bayesian multi-survey estimation - Lukas Böhme (Bielefeld University)
12:30 PM Lunch (external)
Lunch (external)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Zuid 1
2:00 PM Cosmology, EoR (2)
Cosmology, EoR (2)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

2:00 PM Observing the 21-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization and the Cosmic Dawn - Kariuki Chege

2:30 PM Advanced modeling of bright radio sources for LOFAR 21-cm power spectrum analysis: the Cygnus A and 3C196 cases - Emilio Ceccotti (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)

2:45 PM Beyond Just Beam Error: Direction-Dependent Calibration Challenges Far from the Phase Center - Stefanie Brackenhoff (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
3:00 PM Coffee / tea / poster
Coffee / tea / poster
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
3:30 PM LOFAR ERIC Celebration
LOFAR ERIC Celebration
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

3:30 PM The LOFAR Family on a roll; the role of the ILT - René Vermeulen

3:50 PM The LOFAR ERIC - Jacqueline Mout
5:00 PM Reception at the city hall (Stadhuisplein 1)
Reception at the city hall (Stadhuisplein 1)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Friday, June 7, 2024
9:30 AM Galaxy Clusters (2), Other
Galaxy Clusters (2), Other
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

9:30 AM Intercontinental decametric VLBI - Olaf Wucknitz (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

9:45 AM Unintended electromagnetic radiation from satellite constellations - Cees Bassa (ASTRON)

10:00 AM A view on cluster-scale diffuse radio emission at high redshift - Gabriella di Gennaro
10:30 AM Coffee / tea / posters
Coffee / tea / posters
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Zuid 1
11:00 AM AGN (1)
AGN (1)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

11:00 AM AGN through the eyes of the LOw Frequency ARray - Emmy Escott

11:30 AM The LOFAR-eFEDS survey: The incidence of radio and X-ray AGN - Zsofi Igo (MPE)

11:45 AM The Mass Assembly and Quenching of Radio AGN Host Galaxies - Gaoxiang Jin (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)

12:00 PM New constraints on the contribution of star formation and AGN activity in quasar radio emission from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - Bohan Yue (University of Edinburgh)

12:15 PM High-resolution low-frequency probes of X-ray emitting knots in blazar jets - Hrishikesh Shetgaonkar (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
12:30 PM Lunch (Pesthuis)
Lunch (Pesthuis)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Zuid 1
1:30 PM AGN (2)
AGN (2)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

1:30 PM Revealing the sub-arcsecond nature of radio galaxies in Abell 2255 - Emanuele De Rubeis (Università di Bologna (UNIBO) & Istituto di Radioastronomia (INAF-IRA))

1:45 PM Multi-frequency mapping and analysis of the largest giant radio galaxies - Sagar Sethi (Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University)

2:00 PM LOFAR Legacy 58 MHz Survey of the 3CRR Catalogue - Jort Boxelaar (INAF - IRA)

2:15 PM Probing the Evolution of Radio Quasar Morphologies Across Cosmic Time with LoTSS - Pratik Dabhade (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC, Spain))

2:30 PM A statistical study of the most extreme star factories and gorging black holes - Ismail Eissa (University of Groningen)
2:45 PM Closing
Closing
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Zuid 1
Contributions

2:45 PM Closing - Roberto Pizzo

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