Off-axis beam performance of focal plane arrays for the westerbork synthesis radio telescope initial results of a prototype system

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ivashina, M V ^a   Iupikov, O A ^b   Maaskant, R ^a   Cappellen, W A Van ^a   Bakker, L ^a   Oosterloo, T ^a  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^b SEVASTOPOL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 70449370311     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2009.5171751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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