Download or read book Spectral Line Shapes written by Eugene Oks and published by American Institute of Physics. This book was released on 2006-12-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of spectral line shapes, on the fundamental side, reveal the underlying atomic and molecular interactions. On the practical side, they are employed as powerful diagnostic tools for energy pursuit via controlled fusion, for technological gas discharges, for the atmosphere of the Earth, the Sun, and other stars.