Photo: Private Central LOFAR area near Exloo, Netherlands
Photo: Private Central LOFAR area near Exloo, Netherlands - The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is the world's largest radio telescope for radio shortwave and and ultrashort wave reception. Universität Hamburg and Bielefeld University jointly operate a LOFAR antenna station in Hamburg-Norderstedt, which is also part of the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe. A new carrier system is to establish better conditions for producing deep radio images of the Universe. Ten years ago, the LOFAR radio telescope went into operation. Today, it is a Pan-European project spanning 52 antenna stations in 8 countries. The collaborative project brought on fundamental developments in low frequency radio astronomy with hundreds of academic publications. Due to its Pan-European significance, the European Commission decided to convert the hitherto Netherlands foundation LOFAR into an independent legal entity now.
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