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  The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1 II. The ELAIS-N1 LOFAR deep field

Sabater, J., Best, P. N., Tasse, C., Hardcastle, M. J., Shimwell, T. W., Nisbet, D., et al. (2021). The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1 II. The ELAIS-N1 LOFAR deep field. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 648: A2. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038828.

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Sabater, J., Author
Best, P. N., Author
Tasse, C., Author
Hardcastle, M. J., Author
Shimwell, T. W., Author
Nisbet, D., Author
Jelic, V., Author
Callingham, J. R., Author
Röttgering, H. J. A., Author
Bonato, M., Author
Bondi, M., Author
Ciardi, B.1, Author           
Cochrane, R. K., Author
Jarvis, M. J., Author
Kondapally, R., Author
Koopmans, L. V. E., Author
O’Sullivan, S. P., Author
Prandoni, I., Author
Schwarz, D. J., Author
Smith, D. J. B., Author
Wang, L., AuthorWilliams, W. L., AuthorZaroubi, S., Author more..
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1Computational Structure Formation, MPI for Astrophysics, Max Planck Society, ou_2205642              

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 Abstract: The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) will cover the full northern sky and, additionally, aims to observe the LoTSS deep fields to a noise level of ≲10 μJy beam−1 over several tens of square degrees in areas that have the most extensive ancillary data. This paper presents the ELAIS-N1 deep field, the deepest of the LoTSS deep fields to date. With an effective observing time of 163.7 h, it reaches a root mean square noise level of ≲20 μJy beam−1 in the central region (and below 30 μJy beam−1 over 10 square degrees). The resolution is ~6 arcsecs and 84 862 radio sources were detected in the full area (68 square degrees) with 74 127 sources in the highest quality area at less than 3 degrees from the pointing centre. The observation reaches a sky density of more than 5000 sources per square degree in the central region (~5 square degrees). We present the calibration procedure, which addresses the special configuration of some observations and the extended bandwidth covered (115–177 MHz; central frequency 146.2 MHz) compared to standard LoTSS. We also describe the methods used to calibrate the flux density scale using cross-matching with sources detected by other radio surveys in the literature. We find the flux density uncertainty related to the flux density scale to be ~6.5 per cent. By studying the variations of the flux density measurements between different epochs, we show that relative flux density calibration is reliable out to about a 3 degree radius, but that additional flux density uncertainty is present for all sources at about the 3 per cent level; this is likely to be associated with residual calibration errors, and is shown to be more significant in datasets with poorer ionosphere conditions. We also provide intra-band spectral indices, which can be useful to detect sources with unusual spectral properties. The final uncertainty in the flux densities is estimated to be ~10 per cent for ELAIS-N1.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2021-04-07
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038828
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Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Publ. Info: France : EDP Sciences S A
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 648 Sequence Number: A2 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1432-0746
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954922828219_1