Electronic multi-beam radio astronomy concept: Embrace a demonstrator for the European SKA program

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 65-77

  Van Ardenne, A ^a   Wilkinson, P N ^b   Patel, P D ^a   De Vaate, J G Bij ^a  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dense arrays; EMBRACE; European demonstrator for SKA; Multi beam phased arrays; Multiple fields of View (FOV); Novel radio telescope concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944531735     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-005-2868-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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