LINE WIDTHS OF PRESSURE BROADENED SPECTRAL LINES
Abstract
THE METHOD OF CALCULATING THE WIDTH OF PRESSURE-BROADENED SPECTRAL LINES BY USING THE IMPACT THEORY OF P. W. ANDERSON(PHYS. REV. 76: 647, 1949) IS OUTLINED IN CONSIDERABLE DETAIL. THE GENERAL QUANTUM MECHANICALRESULT IS DERIVED, THE ADIABATIC APPROXIMATIONS ARE DISCUSSED, AND ANDERSON S THEORY IS ESSENTIALLY REPEATED WITH SOME SLIGHT CHANGES. SEVERAL CASES OF MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS ARE TREATED. THE CALCULATIONS ARE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE EFFECT OF THE NONRESONANT TERMS OF THE INTERACTION MATRIX WHICH ARE NEGLECTED IN ANDERSON S WORK
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1960
- Accession Number
- AD0248011
Entities
People
- B. Curnutte
- C.j. Tsao
Organizations
- Ohio State University