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Sensitive Search for Microwave Pulses from the Galactic Centre

Nature Physical Science volume 245, pages 53–55 (1973)Cite this article

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A sensitive search for radio pulses from the galactic centre has been carried out using two receivers at ∼ 1,500 MHz, spaced 104 km apart. Upper limits on the microwave flux lie twenty-five orders of magnitude below the pulsed gravitational flux reported by Weber.

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  1. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania

    R. B. PARTRIDGE

  2. Bell Telephone Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey

    G. T. WRIXON

  3. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia, La Plata, Argentina

    HUGO PEÑA

  4. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia, La Plata, Argentina

    KENNETH C. TURNER

  5. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington,

    KENNETH C. TURNER

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PARTRIDGE, R., WRIXON, G., PEÑA, H. et al. Sensitive Search for Microwave Pulses from the Galactic Centre. Nature Physical Science 245, 53–55 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci245053a0

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