LOFAR
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LOFAR is the Low Frequency ARray for radio astronomy. It is an ambitious project to build an interferometric array of radio telescopes distributed across the Netherlands and Northern Germany, with a total effective collecting area of up to 1 square kilometre.
The mission of LOFAR is to survey the universe at radio frequencies from ~10 – 240 MHz with greater resolution and greater sensitivity than previous surveys, such as the 7C and 8C surveys, and surveys by the Very Large Array (VLA) and Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT).
On April 26, 2005, an IBM Blue Gene-L supercomputer was installed at the University of Groningen's math center, for LOFAR's data processing. It is now the most powerful supercomputer in Europe, surpassing the MareNostrum. [1] (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8300990)
External Links
- LOFAR website (http://www.lofar.org/)nl:LOFAR
