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THE Stark broadening of spectrum lines, in particular the lines of hydrogen, has been of interest to astrophysicists for many years. Recent advances in plasma physics on a laboratory scale have emphasized the need for a better understanding of the relationship between the number density of charged particles in a plasma and the profiles of the spectrum lines from the plasma. The broadened hydrogen lines from a water-stabilized carbon arc have been studied carefully by workers at Kiel1–3, and the latest refinements of the theory of line broadening describe the profile of Hβ quite accurately4.
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LAPWORTH, K. Stark Broadening of the Spectrum Line 4603 Å. of Lithium. Nature 192, 252–253 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192252b0
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