NGC 3184, 4736, 5055 and 5194 LOFAR & WSRT maps

We calibrate the conversion from the spatially resolved 140MHz RC emission to the SFR surface density (SFR) at 1kpc scale. Radio spectral indices give us, by means of spectral ageing, a handle on the transport of cosmic rays using the electrons as a proxy for GeV nuclei.

We used recent observations of three galaxies (NGC 3184, 4736, and 5055) from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS), and archival LOw Frequency ARay (LOFAR) data of NGC 5194. Maps were created with the facet calibration technique and converted to radio {Sigma}SFR maps using the Condon relation. We compared these maps with hybrid {Sigma}SFR maps from a combination of GALEX far-ultraviolet and Spitzer 24um data using plots tracing the relation at the highest angular resolution allowed by our data at 1.2x1.2-kpc^2^ resolution.