We present simultaneous microwave and X-ray data for two microwave bursts with simple impulsive time prooles. The 17 GHz images show compact sources, and in the one case for which we have simultaneous soft and hard X{ray images, they also show compact sources coincident with the radio source. One of the bursts is barely detected in soft X{rays, yet has a moderate 17 GHz ux.

The Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA) is an interferometric array of 19 dishes co-mounted on a steerable platform and operating at 95GHz. One of the main scientific aims of AMiBA is to conduct cluster surveys using the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) effect. Here we explore the potential of AMiBA as a tailor-made SZ instrument for the study of cluster physics and cosmology via cluster s...

In order to determine more accurate indicators of wood structure obtained by microwave sensing and improve our understanding of plane wave propagation through this complex material, we have undertaken a permittivity survey and experimentally investigated scattering of a plane wave, measuring its transmission over two non-parallel surfaces of a rectangular lumber sample. This novel non-destructi...

Article history: Received 19 August 2016 Accepted 10 December 2016 Published 31 December 2016