• DocumentCode
    2896660
  • Title

    Tizard´s mission and the cavity magnetron

  • Author

    Phelps, Stephen

  • Author_Institution
    Via della Costa, 304 Sarnano (MC), 62028, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    24-26 April 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    In August 1940, Sir Henry Tizard led a team of scientists from the U.K. on a mission to the U.S. which was the springboard for critical new weapons and defense systems for World War II based on the cavity magnetron, recently developed in Britain.
  • Keywords
    defence industry; magnetrons; weapons; Britain; Tizard mission; World War II; cavity magnetron; defense system; weapon system; Cavity resonators; Microwave antennas; Microwave ovens; Microwave technology; Radar; Weapons; Cavity Magnetron; Sir Henry Tizard; Tizard´s Mission; World War II;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2012 IEEE Thirteenth International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0188-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0187-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262050
  • Filename
    6262050