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Charles H. Townes

Researcher at University of California, Berkeley

Publications -  345
Citations -  19936

Charles H. Townes is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infrared Spatial Interferometer & Interferometry. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 345 publications receiving 19318 citations. Previous affiliations of Charles H. Townes include University of California & University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Fluctuations in Amplification of Quanta with Application to Maser Amplifiers

TL;DR: In this paper, a set of differential equations for the amplification and absorption of quanta in maser-type amplifiers is presented, and a complete expression for the probability of distribution of the quanta distribution is obtained for the average values and fractional fluctuation.
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Far-infrared spectroscopy of galaxies - The 158 micron C(+) line and the energy balance of molecular clouds

TL;DR: In this paper, the 158 microns fine-structure line of C(+) toward the nuclei of six gas-rich galaxies was observed and compared with observations of the CO J = 1-0 and H I 21 cm lines, observations of far IR continuum emission, and observations of forbidden C II emission with the Galaxy.
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Neutral gas in the central 2 parsecs of the Galaxy

TL;DR: In this article, the spatial distribution, kinematics, and density structure of atomic and molecular gas within about 2 p from IRS 16/SgrA was investigated and it was shown that a dense clumpy molecular gas ring surrounding a short-lived central cavity of much lower mean gas density.
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Physical conditions, dynamics, and mass distribution in the center of the galaxy

TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent observations and theoretical models of the Galactic center (GC) is given, including the stellar cluster, radio continuum emission and interstellar clouds, the Sgr A complex, and X-ray and gamma emission.
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Microwave Spectra of the Free Radicals OH and OD

TL;DR: In this paper, the free OH radical was detected by Zeeman modulation and the experimental results were in agreement with theoretical expectations to about one part in 2000 which is the order of accuracy of the theory.