Spectral Line Broadening by Plasmas

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of SymbolsChapter I IntroductionChapter II Theory II.1. General Formulation II.2. Quasi-Static Approximation II.2a. Field Strength Distribution Function II.2b. Perturbation Theory II.2c. Atomic Matrix Elements II.3. Impact Approximation II.3a. Hydrogen Lines II.3b. Hydrogenic Ion Lines II.3c. Two- and More-Electron Atoms II.3d. Two-and More-Electron Ions II.3e. Quantum-Mechanical Calculations of Electron Impact Broadening II.3f. Corrections for Ion Broadening of Isolated Lines II.4. Intermediate Approximations II.4a. The Phase Integral Method II.4b. Relaxation Theory II.4c. Dynamical Corrections to the Holtsmark Theory II.4d. The One-Electron Approximation II.5. Correlation Effects II.5a. Debye Shielding II.5b. Plasma Polarization Shift II.5c. Plasma Satellites II.6. Magnetic Field EffectsChapter III Experiments III.1. General Considerations III.2. Hydrogen Lines III.2a. The Balmer ß Line III.2b. Other Balmer Lines at High Electron Densities III.2c. Balmer and Paschen Lines at Low Electron Densities and Temperatures III.3. Ionized Helium Lines III.4. Hydrogenic Lines from Heavy Ions III.5. Lines with Forbidden Components III.6. Isolated Neutral Atom Lines III.7. Isolated Lines from Singly Charged Ions III.8. Isolated Lines from Multiply Charged Ions III.9. Asymmetries and Shifts of Hydrogen Lines III.10. Effects of Suprathermal Field FluctuationsChapter IV Applications IV.1. Density Measurements IV.2. Temperature Measurements IV.3. Amplitudes and Spectra of Plasma Waves IV.4. Stellar Atmospheres IV.4a. Hydrogen and Ionized Helium Lines IV.4b. Lines with Forbidden Components IV.4c. Isolated Lines IV.5. Radio-Frequency Lines IV.6. Opacity CalculationsAppendix I Stark Profiles for Hydrogen and Ionized Helium LinesAppendix II Coefficients for the Asymptotic Holtsmark Profiles of Hydrogen LinesAppendix III Fractional Intensity Widths of Hydrogen and Ionized Helium LinesAppendix IV Stark Broadening Parameters and Profiles for Isolated Neutral Atom LinesAppendix V Electron Impact Widths and Shifts of Isolated Lines from Singly Charged IonsAppendix VI Atomic Parameters for Neutral Helium Lines with Forbidden ComponentsAppendix VII "Dynamical" Profiles of Forbidden ComponentsReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index