natural broadening

of a spectral line
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Broadening which has its origin in the finite optical @L03515@ of one or both levels involved in the transition.
Sources:
Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 121 [Terms] [Book]
PAC, 1985, 57, 1453. (Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - V: Radiation sources (Recommendations 1985)) on page 1463 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'natural broadening' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04087 RIS BibTex EndNote
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