Latest Publications and Theses from I-LOFAR

Publications

On this page, you will find a list of scientific publications from members of the I-LOFAR consortium that have been published in leading astrophysical journals. The members of the I-LOFAR consortium actively participate in the LOFAR Key Science Projects (KSPs).

PhD Theses

• LOFAR Tied-array Imaging and Spectroscopy of Solar Radio Bursts, Diana Morosan (TCD), Supervisor: Peter Gallagher (TCD), 2016.

Masters Theses

• I-LOFAR Observations of Pulsars, Jane Dooley (UCC), Supervisor: Paul Callanan (UCC).
• Detecting Transient Events in LOFAR Data, Dualta O Fionnagain (UCD), Supervisors: Peter Gallagher (TCD Physics) & Brian Coghlan (TCD Computer Science), 2016.

Undergraduate Theses

• Solar Orbiter/STIX and I-LOFAR Observations of Solar Flares and Type III Radio Bursts, Thomas Long (TCD), Supervisors: Shane Maloney (DIAS), Peter Gallagher (DIAS), 2021.
• Keeping an Eye on the Sky with I-LOFAR, David McKenna (TCD), Supervisors: Peter Gallagher (DIAS/TCD), Joe McCauley (TCD), 2019
• Using I-LOFAR to observe Radio Galaxy (Cyg A), Black Hole (Cyg X-3), and Supernova Remnant(Cas A), Hannah Currivan (DIT), Supervisors: Justin Donnelly (DIT), Peter Gallagher (TCD), 2018.
• Automated Detection of Type III Solar Radio Bursts and their Properties, Ian Finnegan (TCD), Supervisor: Peter Gallagher (TCD), 2018.
• An Analysis of Type II Radio Bursts Using LOFAR, Andrew Nally (TCD), Supervisor: Peter Gallagher (TCD), 2018.

Journal Publications

2021

• Observations of Shock Propagation through Turbulent Plasma in the Solar Corona, Carley, E. P.; Cecconi, Baptiste; Reid, Hamish A. and 14 coauthors, Astrophysical Journal, 921, 3C, 2021.
• First results from the REAL-time Transient Acquisition backend (REALTA) at the Irish LOFAR station, Murphy, P. C.; Callanan, P.; McCauley, J. and 27 coauthors, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 655, 16M, 2021.
• Detection of coherent low-frequency radio bursts from weak-line T Tauri stars, Feeney-Johansson, A., Purser, S. J. D., Ray, T. P., Vidotto, A. A., Eislöffel, J., Callingham, J. R., Shimwell, T. W., Vedantham, H. K., Hallinan, G., and Tasse, C., 653, 2021.
• LOFAR observations of radio burst source sizes and scattering in the solar corona, Murphy, P. C.; Carley, E. P. ; Ryan, A. M.; Zucca, P. ; Gallagher, P. T.. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 645A, 11M, 2021.
• Type III solar radio burst detection and classification: A deep learning approach, Scully, J. ; Flynn, R.; Carley, E. ; Gallagher, P.; Daly, M., Irish Signals & Systems Conference, 2021.
• LOFAR Observations of a Jet-driven Piston Shock in the Low Solar Corona, Maguire, C. A.; Carley, E. P.; Zucca, P.; Vilmer, N.; Gallagher, P. T., Astrophysical Journal, 909, 2M, 2021.
• LOFAR imaging of the solar corona during the 2015 March 20 solar eclipse, Ryan, A. M.; Gallagher, P. T.; Carley, E. P. and 12 coauthors, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 648, 43A, 2021.

2020

• Evolution of the Alfvén Mach number associated with a coronal mass ejection shock, Maguire, C. A.; Carley, E. P.; McCauley, J.; Gallagher, P. T., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 633, A56, 2020.
• LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (Corrigendum), Morabito, L. K.; Matthews, J. H.; Best, P. N.; Gürkan, G.; Jarvis, M. J.; Prandoni, I.; Duncan, K. J.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Kunert-Bajraszewska, M.; Mechev, A. P.; Mooney, S.; Sabater, J.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Shimwell, T. W.; Smith, D. J. B.; Tasse, C.; Williams, W. L., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 640, C4, 2020.
• Radio observatories and instrumentation used in space weather science and operations, Carley, E. P.; Baldovin, C.; Benthem, P.; Bisi, M. M.; Fallows, R. A.; Gallagher, P. T.; Olberg, M.; Rothkaehl, H.; Vermeulen, R.; Vilmer, N.; Barnes, D., Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, id.7, 2020.

2019

• Multiple regions of shock-accelerated particles during a solar coronal mass ejection, Morosan, D. E.; Carley, E. P.; Hayes, L. A.; Murray, S. A.; Zucca, P.; Fallows, R. A.; McCauley, J.; Kilpua, E. K. J. ; Mann, G.; Vocks, C.; Gallagher, P. T., Nature Astronomy, 3, 452, 2019.
• beamModelTester: Software framework for testing radio telescope beams, Creaner, O.; Carozzi, T. D., Astronomy & Computing, 28, 100311, 2019.
• Revisiting the Fanaroff-Riley dichotomy and radio-galaxy morphology with the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS), Mingo, B., Croston, J. H., Hardcastle, M. J., Best, P. N., Duncan, K. J., Morganti, R., Rottgering, H. J. A., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T. W., Williams, W. L., Brienza, M., Gurkan, G., Mahatma, V. H., Morabito, L. K., Prandoni, I., Bondi, M., Ineson, J., and Mooney, S., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488, 2721, 2019.
• First look at the giant radio galaxy 3C 236 with LOFAR, Shulevski, A., Barthel, P. D., Morganti, R., Harwood, J. J., Brienza, M., Shimwell, T. W., Röttgering, H. J. A., White, G. J., Callingham, J. R., Mooney, S., and Rafferty, D. A., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 628, 2019.
• The First Detection of a Low-frequency Turnover in Nonthermal Emission from the Jet of a Young Star, Feeney-Johansson, A., Purser, S. J. D., Ray, T. P., Eislöffel, J., Hoeft, M., D., A., and Ainsworth, R E., 885, 2019.
• The LoTSS view of radio AGN in the local Universe. The most massive galaxies are always switched on, Sabater, J., Best, P. N., Hardcastle, M. J., Shimwell, T. W., Tasse, C., Williams, W. L., Brüggen, M., Cochrane, R. K., Croston, J. H., de Gasperin, F., Duncan, K. J., Gürkan, G., Mechev, A. P., Morabito, L. K., Prandoni, I., Röttgering, H. J. A., Smith, D. J. B., Harwood, J. J., Mingo, B., Mooney, S., and Saxena, A., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622, 2019.
• The origin of radio emission in broad absorption line quasars: Results from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey, Morabito, L. K., Matthews, J. H., Best, P. N., Gürkan, G., Jarvis, M. J., Prandoni, I., Duncan, K. J., Hardcastle, M. J., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., Mechev, A. P., Mooney, S., Sabater, J., Röttgering, H. J. A., Shimwell, T. W., Smith, D. J. B., Tasse, C., and Williams, W. L., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622, 2019.
• Blazars in the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey first data release, Mooney, S., Quinn, J., Callingham, J. R., Morganti, R., Duncan, K., Morabito, L. K., Best, P. N., Gürkan, G., Hardcastle, M. J., Prandoni, I., Röttgering, H. J. A., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T. W., Shulevski, A., Tasse, C., and Williams, W. L., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622, 2019.
• Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release. The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources, Hardcastle, M. J., Williams, W. L., Best, P. N., Croston, J. H., Duncan, K. J., Röttgering, H. J. A., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T. W., Tasse, C., Callingham, J. R., Cochrane, R. K., de Gasperin, F., Gürkan, G., Jarvis, M. J., Mahatma, V., Miley, G. K., Mingo, B., Mooney, S., Morabito, L. K., O’Sullivan, S. P., Prandoni, I., Shulevski, A., and Smith, D. J. B., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622, 2019.
• LoTSS/HETDEX: Optical quasars. I. Low-frequency radio properties of optically selected quasars, Gürkan, Gülay, Hardcastle, M. J., Best, P. N., Morabito, L. K., Prandoni, I., Jarvis, M. J., Duncan, K. J., Calistro Rivera, G., Callingham, J. R., Cochrane, R. K., Croston, J. H., Heald, G., Mingo, B., Mooney, S., Sabater, J., Röttgering, H. J. A., Shimwell, T. W., Smith, D. J. B., Tasse, C., and Williams, W. L., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622, 2019.
• The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey. II. First data release, Shimwell, T. W., Tasse, C., Hardcastle, M. J., Mechev, A. P., Williams, W. L., Best, P. N., Röttgering, H. J. A., Callingham, J. R., Dijkema, T. J., de Gasperin, F., Hoang, D. N., Hugo, B., Mirmont, M., Oonk, J. B. R., Prandoni, I., Rafferty, D., Sabater, J., Smirnov, O., van Weeren, R. J., White, G. J., Atemkeng, M., Bester, L., Bonnassieux, E., Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Chyży, K. T., Cochrane, R., Conway, J. E., Croston, J. H., Danezi, A., Duncan, K., Haverkorn, M., Heald, G. H., Iacobelli, M., Intema, H. T., Jackson, N., Jamrozy, M., Jarvis, M. J., Lakhoo, R., Mevius, M., Miley, G. K., Morabito, L., Morganti, R., Nisbet, D., Orrú, E., Perkins, S., Pizzo, R. F., Schrijvers, C., Smith, D. J. B., Vermeulen, R., Wise, M. W., Alegre, L., Bacon, D. J., van Bemmel, I. M., Beswick, R. J., Bonafede, A., Botteon, A., Bourke, S., Brienza, M., Calistro Rivera, G., Cassano, R., Clarke, A. O., Conselice, C. J., Dettmar, R. J., Drabent, A., Dumba, C., Emig, K. L., Enßlin, T. A., Ferrari, C., Garrett, M. A., Génova-Santos, R. T., Goyal, A., Gürkan, G., Hale, C., Harwood, J. J., Heesen, V., Hoeft, M., Horellou, C., Jackson, C., Kokotanekov, G., Kondapally, R., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., Mahatma, V., Mahony, E. K., Mandal, S., McKean, J. P., Merloni, A., Mingo, B., Miskolczi, A., Mooney, S., Nikiel-Wroczyński, B., O’Sullivan, S. P., Quinn, J., Reich, W., Roskowiński, C., Rowlinson, A., Savini, F., Saxena, A., Schwarz, D. J., Shulevski, A., Sridhar, S. S., Stacey, H. R., Urquhart, S., van der Wiel, M. H. D., Varenius, E., Webster, B., and Wilber, A., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622, 2019.

2018

• Shock location and CME 3D reconstruction of a solar type II radio burst with LOFAR, Zucca, P.; Morosan, D. E.; Rouillard, A. P. and 62 coauthors, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615A, 89Z, 2018.

2017

• A LOFAR Detection of the Low-mass Young Star T Tau at 149 MHz, Coughlan, C. P.; Ainsworth, R. E.; Eislöffel, J.; Hoeft, M; Drabent, Alexander; Scaife, A. M. M.; Ray, T. P.; Bell, M. E.; Broderick, J. W.; Corbel, S.; and 8 coauthors, Astrophysical Journal, 2017.

2016

• Conditions for electron-cyclotron maser emission in the solar corona, Morosan, D. E.; Zucca, P.; Bloomfield, D. S.; Gallagher, P. T., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2016

2015

• LOFAR tied-array imaging and spectroscopy of solar S bursts, Morosan, D. E.; Gallagher, P. T.; Zucca, P.; O’Flannagain, A.; Fallows, R.; Reid, H.; Magdalenić, J.; Mann, G.; Bisi, M. M.; Kerdraon, A.; and 43 coauthors, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2015.

2014

• LOFAR tied-array imaging of Type III solar radio bursts, Morosan, D. E.; Gallagher, P. T.; Zucca, P.; Fallows, R.; Carley, E. P.; Mann, G.; Bisi, M. M.; Kerdraon, A.; Konovalenko, A. A.; MacKinnon, A. L.; and 75 coauthors, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2014.