Polarization Aberrations in Astronomical Telescopes: The Point Spread Function
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Polarization Aberrations in Astronomical Telescopes: The Point Spread Function
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عنوان ژورنال: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0004-6280,1538-3873
DOI: 10.1086/681280