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Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III: Tapes Series

Interviewee: John Paul Wild

John Paul Wild, 1923-2008. Interviewed 3 March 1978 at CSIRO/Radiophysics, length of interview: 150 minutes.

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: 1947-67 at Radiophysics; first and second solar spectrographs at Penrith and Dapto; Types I, II, III bursts and explanations; hydrogen spectrum; harmonics in bursts, speeds of particles, plasma waves, etc.; swept-frequency interferometer; in U.S. 1955-56; Culgoora thinking, designing, financing and building 1956-67; overall Radiophysics structure, etc.

Sullivan's files include: Publications card, Sullivan's notes, transcription of Sullivan's interview (reviewed and edited by Sullivan), archival material, correspondence with Sullivan.

See the Listing of Conferences and Lectures for Wild's 1980 talk on solar radio investigations.

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