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999 _c176706
_d176706
020 _a9780199548279
040 _cCUS
082 _a523.01
_bLET/A
245 0 _aAstrophysical lasers/
_cLetokhov,Vladilen
260 _aNew York:
_bCambridge university,
_c2009.
300 _a252
505 _a1. 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
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