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16. Microwave and radio-frequency resonance lines of interest to radio astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

C. H. Townes
C. H. Townes*
Affiliation:
Physical Laboratory, Ecole Normale Supéure, Paris

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A review of microwave and radio-frequency spectral lines which might possibly be detected by the techniques of radio astronomy is attempted here. Brief discussions of this type have already been given by several authors [1, 2, 3, 4]. However, the present treatment is somewhat more complete than previously published material, and has the advantage of more recent information about certain transition frequencies. It includes a general discussion of types of spectra which might be found, expected intensities, and some characteristics and known frequencies of the lines which may be of interest in radio astronomy.

Type
Part I: Spectral Line Investigations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 4: Radio Astronomy , 1957 , pp. 92 - 103
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957 

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