Maser sources in astrophysics

DOI10.1017/CBO9780511977534MaRDI QIDQ2886989zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Malcolm Gray

Publication date 15 May 2012

Published in Cambridge Astrophysics Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511977534

zbMATH Keywords

semiclassical approximationEinstein coefficientsradiation transfer equationStokes parametersradioastronomyaccelerated lambda iteration methodbeamingdirect non-linear methodsenergy level inversionfree-electron maserslarge velocity gradient approximationlineshape functionmaserrate equation for NLTE theoryspontaneaus radiationstimulated radiationthree-level atomic systemwave coherence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics (78A60) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics (85-02)

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