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Zilles, A. (2017). Going to Extreme Precision Measurements: Detecting Cosmic Rays with SKA1-Low. In: Emission of Radio Waves in Particle Showers. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63411-1_6
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