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Table 1

Summary of various datasets used in the experiments.

Dataset I II III IV

Sources Point sources Boötes field “Toothbrush” cluster RX J0603.3+4214

Data type Simulated Actual observation Actual observation

Antenna layout LOFAR core stations (HBA) LOFAR core and remote stations (HBA) LOFAR core and remote stations (HBA)

Number of stations 24 28* 36

Telescope focus (RA, Dec) (14h32m00.0s, + 34°30′00.1′′) (14h32m00.0s, + 34°30′00.1′′) (06h03m20.0s, + 42°14′00.0′′)

Longest baseline (× wavelength) 713.3 1015.4 1019.9 1150.3

Instrument angular resolution 4′49.2′′ 3′23.1′′ 3′22.2′′ 2′59.3′′

Polarization I

Observation start time (UTC) 2014-08-10-13:00:04.01 2014-08-10-13:00:04.01 2013-02-24-15:32:01.42

Observation end time (UTC) 2014-08-10-19:53:58.48 2014-08-10-20:07:19.59 2013-02-25-00:09:24.51

Time resolution (s) 400.56 400.56 3204.45 500.70

Number of integration times 63 72 9 63

Number of sub-bands 1 1 8 1

Sub-band frequency (MHz) 145.8 145.8 145.8 ~ 146.5 132.1

Section 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6

Notes. The LOFAR antenna layout is used in simulation (Dataset I). We have sub-sampled the real observations over different integration times such that only 2% (for the single band cases: Dataset II and IV) or 0.25% (for the multi-band case: Dataset III) of the total integration times is available to the FRI reconstruction algorithm.

(*)

4 of the 24 LOFAR core stations (HBA) were not working during the observation. We have used 4 additional remote stations that are closest to the telescope center.

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