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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
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Subject: Re: Large sources of short period pulses
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Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 22:02:37 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 21 22:02:37 1984
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We must assume that the photons do not scatter from the atoms in the lasing
body.  In this case, the light received by a distant observer all comes
from a small patch of surface, not the entire sphere.  I guess this *is* a
large source with short period, but the non-scattering requirement is very
unplausible.
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