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> Date: 2 June 2025 at 09:30:02 CEST
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> This weeks's PhDCol
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> Speaker: Christian Groeneveld ()
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> Title: ''Galaxy clusters in the decametre sky''
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> Many galaxy clusters exhibit bright diffuse radio emission that traces
> the underlying structure of the intracluster medium (ICM). Determining
> the properties and uncovering the origin of this diffuse emission are
> essential for understanding the fundamental physics of the plasma in
> galaxy clusters. In particular, observations of diffuse emission in
> galaxy clusters provide unique insights into magnetic fields permeating
> the ICM, the merger history, and the nature of the relativistic
> electron plasma resulting from ancient AGN outbursts. nDetecting
> diffuse radio plasma in a large sample of galaxy clusters requires
> deep, high-sensitivity observations with sufficient angular resolution
> to accurately subtract compact sources. This is now feasible thanks to
> the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR). In particular, the low-band antenna
> (LBA) allows us to observe diffuse emission at ultra-low radio
> frequencies. In this presentation, we present novel calibration
> strategies that allow us to reduce LOFAR LBA data at unprecedented low
> frequencies (between 10-30 MHz), as well as LOFAR LBA data with
> international baselines.
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> Date: Monday 2025-06-02
> Time: 13:15
> Location: BE 0.18
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