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SUMMARY:LOFAR2.0: extending LOFAR observational capabilities for the comin
 g decade
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200921T115000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200921T121500Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260513T150059Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Dr. BOONSTRA\, Albert-Jan (ASTRON)\nASTRON operates 
 the pan-European Low -Frequency Array (LOFAR)\, a unique \ninstrument that
  will complement phase one of the Square Kilometre Array \n(SKA)\, planned
  for construction in the coming three to five years. After \nnearly a deca
 de of scientific operations\, LOFAR science output is still \nramping up. 
 However\, to keep the telescope at the forefront of science\, \na staged u
 pgrade programme LOFAR2.0 was set in motion. This programme \nincludes upg
 rading LOFAR phased-array stations by increasing the number \nof connected
  antennas\, and by jointly observing the low-band and \nhigh-band frequenc
 ies. This will greatly increase the sensitivity\, \nespecially at the lowe
 st frequencies where ionospheric effects are most \nsevere. Simultaneous o
 bservations with both bands will allow to \ncalibrate out these effects at
  the low band by using the ionospheric \ncalibration solutions at the high
  band. The presentation will describe \nthe new station architecture\, sho
 w the first laboratory tests\, and will \nalso highlight the new design me
 thodology.\n\nhttps://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/154/session/0/
 contribution/26
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URL:https://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/154/session/0/contributi
 on/26
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