Millimeter-wave profiled corrugated horns for the quad cosmic background polarization experiment

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-523

  Murphy, J A ^a   Gleeson, E ^a   Cahill, G ^a   Lanigan, W ^a   O'Sullivan, C ^a   Cartwright, E ^a   Church, S E ^b   Hinderks, J ^b   Kirby, E ^b   Thompson, K ^b   Rusholme, B ^b   Gear, W K ^c   Maffei, B ^c   Ade, P A R ^c   Tucker, C ^c   Jones, B ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMB; Polarization; Profiled corrugated horn antennas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; POLYPROPYLENES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELESCOPES;

BROADBAND SIMULATIONS; CASSEGRAIN TELESCOPE; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND (CMB) RADIATION; PROFILED CORRUGATED HORN ANTENNAS;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 20244388991     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-005-4069-7     Document Type: Article

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