Performance and polarization response of slit homogenizers for the GeoCarb mission

Crowell, Sean; Haist, Tobias; Tscherpel, Michael; Caron, Jérôme; Burgh, Eric; Moore III, Berrien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-195-2023

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Performance and polarization response of slit homogenizers for the GeoCarb mission

Sean Crowell, Tobias Haist, Michael Tscherpel, Jérôme Caron, Eric Burgh, and Berrien Moore III

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