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These mechanisms are studied by calculating the emergent spectra of the radiation without making the \"\"large velocity gradient\"\" approximation which has always been made in previous calculations of masing in a velocity gradient. Eliminating this approximation leads to previously unsuspected narrow line profiles even in regions where large velocity gradients are present, as well as to polarized spectra that resemble those of the observations.\"","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:22:21Z (GMT). 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