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Doppler broadening | ||||
subject | fact |
Doppler broadening | has effect small displacements of radiation absorbed or emitted by atoms toward longer and shorter wavelengths result in broadening of the lines | |
has cause thermal, turbulent, or mass motions of atoms along the line of sight | ||
has definition Line broadening caused by the thermal, turbulent, or mass motions of atoms along the line of sight. | ||
is a kind of line broadening | ||
line broadening | changes property spectral line width | |
optical process | has domain optics |