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Pressure Broadening of UV Lines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

H. van Regemorter

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Most of the lines in the UV spectra are lines of ions which are formed in high temperature regions where the pressure broadening is caused by electrons and protons. This is the case in O and B type stars for which the theoretical calculation of the width of all the strong UV lines is important in determining both the blanketing effect and the abundances of the elements.

The cores of these strong lines are formed in non-LTE layers near the surface where the electron density is very low. The wings of some of the lines are more easy to interpret, being formed in deeper layers of the star, where one can assume LTE and where the electron density - or in the Sun, the neutral hydrogen density - is such that the pressure broadening is much more important than the natural width.

Two opposite approximations have been applied to the line broadening problem; the impact approximation is generally valid for electrons when the perturbations are so rapid that the collision time τc is very small compared to the typical time, Δω-1, of importance in computing the profile at the frequency Δω = ω – ω0 measured from the line centre. On the contrary, when τc≫Δω−1 the quasi static approximation may be assumed. Both of these approximations have been considerably improved and efforts have been made recently to develop a unified theory valid from the impact regime to the static regime.

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III. Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 1970 , 1971 , pp. 561 - 565
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Copyright © Reidel 1971

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