Superconducting magnetic gradiometers for underwater target detection

Naval Engineers Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-149

  Clem, T R ^a,b,c,d  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b Nav Consortium for SuperConduct ^*

^c AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SENSORS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

LIQUID HELIUM COOLING; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC GRADIOMETERS; UNDERWATER TARGET DETECTION;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 0031649360     PISSN: 00281425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-3584.1998.tb02393.x     Document Type: Article

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