SQUID System Issues

The SQUID Handbook

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 251-355

  Foley, C P ^a   Keene, M N ^b   Ter Brake, H J M ^c   Vrba, Jiri ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d VSM MedTech Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cabling and electronics; Calibration; Characterization; Cryogenics; Data acquisition; Environment and applications; Noise suppression; Signal and noise implications for the SQUID system design; Signal processing; SQUID system issues; Testing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARACTERIZATION; CRYOGENICS; DATA ACQUISITION; MOLLUSCS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TESTING;

NOISE SUPPRESSION; SYSTEM ISSUES;

SHELLFISH;

EID: 34547405850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527603646.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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