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Accuracy of one-dimensional collision integral in the rigid spheres approximation

Optics 2017-04-17 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

The accuracy of calculation of spectral line shapes in one-dimensional approximation is studied analytically in several limiting cases for arbitrary collision kernel and numerically in the rigid spheres model. It is shown that the deviation of the line profile is maximal in the center of the line in case of large perturber mass and intermediate values of collision frequency. For moderate masses of buffer molecules the error of one-dimensional approximation is found not to exceed 5%.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0703011,
  title  = {Accuracy of one-dimensional collision integral in the rigid spheres approximation},
  author = {O. V. Belai and O. Y. Schwarz and D. A. Shapiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0703011},
  year   = {2017}
}

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LaTeX, 24 pages, 8 figures

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