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natural line broadening
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natural line broadeninghas definition Line broadening resulting from the fact that excited levels have certain mean lives, and these mean lives, by virtue of the uncertainty principle, imply a spread in the energy values.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:45.0
is a kind of line broadening2001-09-27 09:29:45.0
line broadeningchanges property spectral line width2001-09-27 09:29:44.0
optical processhas domain optics2001-09-27 09:29:44.0