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Mitzner, K.M., Kaplin, K.J., Cashen, J.F. (1990). How Scattering Increases as an Edge Is Blunted: The Case of an Electric Field Parallel to the Edge. In: Kritikos, H.N., Jaggard, D.L. (eds) Recent Advances in Electromagnetic Theory. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3330-5_13
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