International stations
LOFAR attracts a growing community that also would like to contribute to the LOFAR adventure. This is the general information page for the (potential) international partners of LOFAR.
A document has been drafted detailing the site requirements, the placement and the layout of a LOFAR station on an LOFAR site in countries outside the Netherlands (stations in the Netherlands have a different layout). This document tries to address a lot of questions that we are frequently asked.
If you have more questions, you would like to visit us or you would like us to visit you, please contact Corina Vogt (vogt<at>astron.nl)
International partners
At the moment, there are the following countries planning to add station to LOFAR or have them already funded:
Germany - Six stations funded and completed (Effelsberg, Garching, Potsdam, Tautenburg, Juelich, Hamburg [DE601,DE602, DE603, DE604, DE605, DE609)
UK - One station funded and completed (Chilbolton) [UK608]
France - One station funded and completed (Nancay) [FR606]
Sweden - One station funded and completed (Onsala) [SE607]
Finland - One prototype-station funded and completed (Kilpisjärvi) for ESICAT testing, not ILT condected [Kaira]
Poland - Three stations funded and completed (Lazy near Krakow, Baldy near Olsztyn, Borowiec near Poznan) [PL610, PL611, PL612]
Ireland - One funded and completed [IE613]
Latvia - One station funded and completed [LV614]
Italy - One station planned
On Google Maps that looks like (green: funded station, yellow: funded but no place found yet, red: planned station):
On the uv-plane this looks like:
At the various countries that are already involved in LOFAR, consortia exist. The contact details for the people in these countries being involved in LOFAR can be found below:
Germany:
German Long Wavelength Consortium (
GLOW)
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As of 2008 May 06:
Chair: Ralf-Juergen Dettmar (dettmar<at>astro.rub.de)
Vice-chair: Marcus Brueggen (m.brueggen<at>jacobs-university.de)
Secretary: Matthias Hoef(hoeft<at>tls-tautenburg.de)
Technical Working Group Chair: N.A.
Scientific Working Group Chair: Benedetta Ciardi (ciardi<at>mpa-garching.mpg.de)
KSP Contact List
EoR: Benedetta Ciardi (ciardi<at>mpa-garching.mpg.de)
Surveys: Marcus Brueggen (m.brueggen<at>jacobs-university.de)
Transients: Jochen Eisloeffel (jochen<at>tls-tautenburg.de)
Cosmic Rays: ???
Cosmic Magnetism: Rainer Beck (PI) (rbeck<at>mpifr-bonn.mpg.de)
Solar: Gottfried Mann (PI) (GMann<at>aip.de)
ARC Representatives
LOFAR TWG Representatives
LAD Representatives
Rainer Beck, Magnetism KSP, (rbeck<at>mpifr-bonn.mpg.de)
Christian Vocks, Solar KSP, (vocks<at>aip.de)
Station Contact List
DE601 (Effelsberg) Andreas Horneffer (lofar-ops<at>mpifr-bonn.mpg.de)
DE602 (Garching) Benedetta Ciardi (ciardi<at>mpa-garching.mpg.de)
DE603 (Tautenburg) Jochen Eisloeffel (jochen<at>tls-tautenburg.de)
DE604 (Potsdam) Gottfried Mann (PI) (GMann<at>aip.de)
DE605 (Juelich) Marcus Brueggen (m.brueggen<at>jacobs-university.de)
UK:
LOFAR-UK is a consortium of 23 partner universities and research laboratories.
Project leaders: Philip Best (UK-ATC, current chairman)
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Station Contact List