An absorption profile centred at 78 megahertz in the sky-averaged spectrum

Judd D. Bowman; Alan E. E. Rogers; Raul A. Monsalve; Thomas J. Mozdzen; Nivedita Mahesh

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journal article Mar 01, 2018

An absorption profile centred at 78 megahertz in the sky-averaged spectrum

Judd D. Bowman Alan E. E. Rogers Raul A. Monsalve Thomas J. Mozdzen Nivedita Mahesh

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Judd D. Bowman, Alan E. E. Rogers, Raul A. Monsalve, et al. (2018). An absorption profile centred at 78 megahertz in the sky-averaged spectrum. Nature, 555(7694), 67-70. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25792

An absorption profile centred at 78 megahertz in the sky-averaged spectrum

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