TY  - BOOK
TI  - Astrophysical lasers
SN  - 9780199548279
U1  - 523.01 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge university
N1  - 1. Introduction; 2. Elements of radiative quantum transitions; 3. Elements of atomic spectroscopy; 4. Elementary excitation processes in rarefied gas plasma; 5. Astrophysical rarefied gas plasma; 6. Elements of laser physics; 7. General introduction to an astrophysical lasers; 8. Basics of collisionally-pumped astrophysical lasers; 9. Basics of optically-pumped astrophysical lasers; 10. Anomalous spectral effects in the Weigelt blobs of Carinae; 11. Astrophysical laser on the Fe II lines; 12. Astrophysical laser in the OI line 8446 A line; 13. Narrowing of spectral line of astrophysical lasers; 14. Possibility of scattering feedback in astrophysical masers/lasers; 15. Nonlinear optical effects in astrophysical conditions; 16. Conclusion: laser and interstellar communications; Appendices: Useful hints
ER  -