Effect of antenna characteristics on radio astronomical polarization measurements
Abstract
Various sources of spurious polarization during the observation of the vicinity of very strong sources or extended regions of high intensity are examined. The use of determinations of the Stokes parameters for evaluating the polarization properties of an antenna is described.
- Publication:
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Kleinheubacher Berichte
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977KlBer..20...45R
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Polarization Characteristics;
- Radio Sources (Astronomy);
- Circular Polarization;
- Galactic Structure;
- Horn Antennas;
- Radiant Flux Density;
- Radiation Measurement;
- Stokes Law Of Radiation;
- Astronomy