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No single technology can meet the current science specifications for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). In this paper a hybrid option is explored that uses cylindrical reflectors to satisfy low frequency sensitivity and field-of-view requirements and small parabolic dishes to work at frequencies above 0.5 GHz.
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Bunton, J.D., Joseph, T. & Lazio, W. Cylinder – Small Dish Hybrid For The SKA. Exp Astron 17, 417–422 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-005-0034-7
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