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A Plasma Hypothesis for Anomalous OH Emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

D. B. Melrose
D. B. Melrose*
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics. CSIRO, Sydney
*
* On leave from Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Science, Australian National University.
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Although the maser hypothesis for anomalous OH emission encounters difficulties it has not been seriously questioned because, as pointed out by Turner, no alternative has been available. The following ideas might suggest that there is an alternative hypothesis for anomalous OH emission.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1973 , pp. 206 - 208
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1973

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