Multi-mode horn design and beam characteristics for the Planck satellite

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Murphy, A ^a   Peacocke, T ^a   Maffei, B ^b   McAuley, I ^a   Noviello, F ^a,c   Yurchenko, V ^a,j   Ade, R ^d   Savini, G ^d,i   Lamarre, J M ^e   Brossard, J ^f,g   Colgan, R ^a   Gleeson, E ^a   Lange, E ^h   Longval, Y ^c   Pisano, G ^b   Puget, J L ^c   Ristorcelli, I ^f   Sudiwala, R ^d,h   Wylde, J ^k  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Microwave Antennas; Optics; Space instrumentation; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND BEAM PATTERNS; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED RESOLUTION; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY CHANNELS; HIGH FREQUENCY INSTRUMENTS; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE; SPACE INSTRUMENTATIONS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; OPTICS; WAVEGUIDES;

DESIGN;

EID: 77951681985     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/5/04/T04001     Document Type: Article

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