A wide-band, active antenna system for long wavelength radio astronomy

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Volumn 124, Issue 920, 2012, Pages 1090-1104

  Hicks, Brian C ^a   Paravastu Dalal, Nagini ^b   Stewart, Kenneth P ^a   Erickson, William C ^c   Ray, Paul S ^a   Kassim, Namir E ^a   Burns, Steve ^d   Clarke, Tracy ^a   Schmitt, Henrique ^a   Craig, Joe ^e   Hartman, Jake ^f   Weiler, Kurt W ^g  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Burns Industries   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84868330100     PISSN: 00046280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668121     Document Type: Article

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