Published November 25, 1980
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Journal article
Possible new interstellar masers
Description
A collisional mechanism for the production of population inversion in the Λ-doublet sub-levels of the lowest rotational energy levels of diatomic molecules is considered. This leads to the conclusion that not only should the known celestial masers, OH and CH, be capable of exhibiting stimulated emission, but also HF+, HCl+ and SH. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Proc. R. Soc. (London), Ser. A
- Journal Volume
- 373
- Journal Issue
- 1753
- Series
- Proc. R. Soc. (London), Ser. A.
- Journal Page Range
- 269-284
- ISSN
- 0080-4630
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 12590371
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANIONS; COLLISIONS; FINE STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDES; HYDROXIDES; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; MASERS; MOLECULAR IONS; MOLECULES; POPULATION INVERSION; ROTATIONAL STATES; STIMULATED EMISSION
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLIFIERS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHARGED PARTICLES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EXCITED STATES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; IONS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SPACE; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS