Plasma Laser Stars

Y.P. Varshni, Univ. of Ottawa

1. The Essentials
   • Alternative Explanation for the Spectral Lines Observed in Quasars
   • O VI and He II lines in the Spectra of Quasars
2. Theory
   • Laser Action in Stellar Envelopes
   • Laser Action in Stellar Envelopes II. He I
3. Identification of lines
   • The Quasar 0805+046 as a Helium-Rich Shell Star
   • Identification of lines in the spectrum of the quasar 0237-233
   • Identification of lines in the spectrum of the quasar 0420-388
   • Wu States and the Absorption Spectra of Quasars
4. Proper Motions and Distances
   • Kinematics of the central stars of the planetary nebulae
   • Proper Motions and Distances of Quasars
5. Chance coincidences in the redshift identifications
   • Chance Coincidences in the Absorption-Line Spectrum of 4C 05.34
   • Analysis of Ghost Spectra which Simulate the Absorption-Line Spectrum of 4C 05.34
   • Chance coincidences and the so-called redshift systems in the absorption spectrum of PKS 0237-23
   • The Quasar PKS 0237-233: Chance Coincidences and the Alleged CO Redshift systems
   • Common Lines in the Rest-Frame Absorption-line Spectra of QSOs?
6. Other redshift matters
   • On the Largest Angular Size-Redshift Diagram for Quasars
   • The Red Shift Hypothesis for Quasars: Is the Earth the Centre of the Universe?
   • The Red-Shift Hypothesis for Quasars: Is the Earth the Center of the Universe? - II
7. Review Article
   • The Physics of Quasars
8. Thesis
   • Laser Action in CIV, N V and O VI Plasmas Cooled by Adiabatic Expansion - P.A. Millete
9. Related topic
   • Electron Density in the Emission-Line Region of Wolf-Rayet Stars

Abstracts of papers at meetings

• Y.P. Varshni, 1973, Laser Action in Quasi-Stellar Objects, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., 18, 1384.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1973, Quasar PKS 0237-23 is a Shell Star, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., 18, 1385.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1974, No Redshifts in Quasi-Stellar Objects, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 6, 213.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1974, Quasar Mystery Solved, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., 19, 601.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1974, The Redshift Hypothesis and the Plasma-Laser Star Model for Quasi-Stellar Objects, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 6, 308.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1974, Proposed Absorption Redshift Systems for 4C 05.34 are due to Chance Coincidences, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 6, 449.
• Y.P. Varshni, C.S. Lam, C. S., 1975, Laser Action in Stellar Envelopes, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 7, 551
• Y.P. Varshni, 1975, 3C 273 as a Galactic Object, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 7, 269.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1977, Absorption Spectra of Quasars, J. Roy, Astron. Soc. Canada, 71, 403.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1977, Proper Motions and Distances of Quasars, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 9, 578.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1979, No redshift in 3C 295, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 11, 458.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1980, Distance of the Double Quasar 0957+561, J. Roy. Astron. Soc. Canada, 74, 357.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1984, The Quasar 0805+046 as a Helium-Rich Shell Star, J. Roy. Astron. Soc. Canada, 78, 211.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1988, The nature of nebulosity around quasars, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 20, 733.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1988, The quasar Q0051-279 as a star, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 33, 1184.
• Y.P. Varshni, 1999, Evidence for possible laser action in an x-ray line in the quasar PKS 0637-752, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., Apr 1999
• J. Talbot and Y. P. Varshni, 1999, Proper motion of the quasar Ton 202, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 31, 952.