Sensitivity of antenna arrays for long-wavelength radio astronomy

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1855-1863

  Ellingson, Steven W ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna array; beamforming; radio astronomy

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY REGIMES; GALACTIC NOISE; LARGE ARRAYS; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW-GAIN ANTENNAS; MUTUAL COUPLING; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; NOISE TEMPERATURE; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SINGLE ANTENNA; SYSTEM EQUIVALENT FLUX DENSITIES; SYSTEM MODELS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELESCOPES;

RADAR ASTRONOMY;

EID: 79957983845     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2122230     Document Type: Article

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