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An Opportunity for Ireland to Build a LOFAR Radio Telescope and Join the
European LOFAR Network
Big Science meets Big Data
Prof. Peter Gallagher Trinity College Dublin
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LOFAR in Germany
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Low Frequency Array (LOFAR)
€150 million invested in 50 LOFAR radio telescopes by Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, and UK Research in astrophysics, meteorology, agriculture, and ICT Brings together educators, researchers and industry Stepping stone to EU’s €1.5 billion Square Kilometre Array
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International LOFAR Network
Proposed
Existing
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LOFAR Science
Stars and Planets
Space Weather
The Universe
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Potential for Nobel Prize
LOFAR will reveal the structure of Universe soon after the Big Bang for the first time – a potential Nobel Prize
LOFAR invented by an Irishman, Prof. George Miley
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All-‐Ireland I-‐LOFAR Consor9um
• Trinity College Dublin • University College Cork • NUI Galway • Dublin InsQtute for Advanced Studies • Dublin City University • Armagh Observatory • Queen’s University Belfast • University College Cork • NUI Maynooth • University College Dublin • Cork InsQtute of Technology • Dublin InsQtute of Technology
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Big Science meets Big Data
IBM supercomputer at LOFAR core Just awarded €36 million by Dutch for SKA
Intune Networks Ltd. (Dublin) Examplar high-speed data network
Skytek Ltd. (Dublin) Large-scale data processing software
Analog Devices Ltd. (Limerick) Analog to digital converters
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I-‐LOFAR and Birr Castle Legacy in global science Ideal locaQon for I-‐LOFAR
Investment in the midlands
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3rd Earl of Rosse
M51 Whirlpool “Nebula”
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I-LOFAR and Birr Technology Centre
Upgraded broadband for Birr Town and Birr Technology Centre
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LOFAR in the News
Solar observatory flares into life The CALLISTO antenna at Trinity College Dublin's Rosse Solar-Terrestrial Observatory in Birr Castle Demesne.
Desmond to invest in radio telescope for Birr Mr Desmond met a group of Irish scientists last Friday to discuss the building of a state-of-the-art radio telescope at Birr Castle, Co Offaly.
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I-LOFAR Costs
€150 million to build International LOFAR Network €1.5 million to purchase and install LOFAR station in Birr €1.5 billion opportunity for Ireland in Square Kilometer Array I-LOFAR is <1% of Irish science budget for a huge impact on
Irish science, universities, companies, and the midlands.
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Progress to date
• €150k from Denis O’Brien, Dermot Desmond and Joe Hogan
• €200k US Office of Aerospace R&D proposal in preparation
• LOFAR fundraising event at Space Expo in TCD event (June 7)
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I-LOFAR: International Big Science for Low Cost