Showing papers by "Michael W. Werner published in 1972"
01 Jan 1972
TL;DR: In this paper, the spectral features of submillimeter background radiation were determined at 1 per cent spectral resolution of atmospheric and sky emission in an attempt to determine the spectral properties of the background radiation.
Abstract: Mountaintop observations were made at 1 per cent spectral resolution of atmospheric and sky emission in an attempt to determine the spectral features of submillimeter background radiation. No emission features were found that could be related to the diffuse isotropic flux reported from rocket and balloon experiments.
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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that neither scattering near the source nor scattering in the intervening medium is sufficiently strong to produce the effect of making masers appear larger than their actual sizes.
Abstract: The suggestion is explored that scattering by inhomogeneities in the distribution of electrons causes astronomical masers to appear larger than their actual sizes. It is shown that neither scattering near the source nor scattering in the intervening medium is sufficiently strong to produce this effect.
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