Theoretical Study of Pressure Broadening of Lithium Resonance Lines by Helium Atoms
arXiv:physics/0503244 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.71.052710
Abstract
Quantum mechanical calculations are performed of the emission and absorption profiles of the lithium 2s-2p resonance line under the influence of a helium perturbing gas. We use carefully constructed potential energy surfaces and transition dipole moments to compute the emission and absorption coefficients at temperatures from 200 to 3000 K at wavelengths between 500 nm and 1000 nm. Contributions from quasi-bound states are included. The resulting red and blue wing profiles are compared with previous theoretical calculations and with an experiment, carried out at a temperature of 670 K.
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