Abstract
A new type of radio interferometer has been developed which has a number of important advantages over earlier systems. Its use enables the radiation from a weak ‘point’ source such as a radio star to be recorded independently of the radiation of much greater intensity from an extended source. It is therefore possible to use a very much greater recorder sensitivity than with earlier methods. It is, in addition, possible to use pre-amplifiers at the aerials, and the resolving power which may be used is therefore not restricted by attenuation in the aerial cables.
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Ryle, M. (1952). A New Radio Interferometer and Its Application to the Observation of Weak Radio Stars. In: Classics in Radio Astronomy. Studies in the History of Modern Science, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7752-5_12
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