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THE decay of the first September Cyg X-3 radio outburst was observed at 2,695 MHz (λ 11 cm) with the resurfaced 300-foot meridian transit telescope of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (operated by Associated Universities Inc. under contract with the National Science Foundation). An on-axis feed system provided both left and right-handed circular polarizations. An instrumental polarization of 1.2±0.5% (left-handed) was determined by observing fourteen extra-galactic sources at declinations between +39° and +42° and assuming these to have zero average circular polarization. Table 1 lists the total flux density and circular polarization measurements; column 3 gives values of the ratio of the Stokes parameters together with their standard errors. Limits to the circular polarization of (right-handed) may be inferred.
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BRIDLE, A., KESTEVEN, M. & NIELL, A. Limits to the 2,695 MHz Circular Polarization of the September Cyg X-3 Flare. Nature Physical Science 239, 121 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci239121a0
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