Spectral line-shape models are an important part of understanding high-energy-density (HED) plasmas. Models are needed for calculating opacity of materials and can serve as diagnostics for astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. However, much of the literature on line shapes is directed toward specialists. This perspective makes it difficult for non-specialists to enter the field. We have two broad goals with this topical review. First, we aim to give information so that others in HED physics may better understand the current field. Additionally, this first goal may help guide future experiments to test different aspects of the theory. Second, we provide an introduction for those who might be interested in line-shape theory, and enough materials to be able to navigate the field and the literature. We give a high-level overview of line broadening process, as well as dive into the formalism, available methods, and approximations.
Gomez, T. A., et al. "Introduction to spectral line shape theory." Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 55, no. 3, Mar. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac4f31
Gomez, T. A., Nagayama, T., Cho, P. B., Kilcrease, David Parker, Fontes, Christopher John, & Zammit, Mark Christian (2022). Introduction to spectral line shape theory. Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 55(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac4f31
Gomez, T. A., Nagayama, T., Cho, P. B., et al., "Introduction to spectral line shape theory," Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 55, no. 3 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac4f31
@article{osti_1845386,
author = {Gomez, T. A. and Nagayama, T. and Cho, P. B. and Kilcrease, David Parker and Fontes, Christopher John and Zammit, Mark Christian},
title = {Introduction to spectral line shape theory},
annote = {Spectral line-shape models are an important part of understanding high-energy-density (HED) plasmas. Models are needed for calculating opacity of materials and can serve as diagnostics for astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. However, much of the literature on line shapes is directed toward specialists. This perspective makes it difficult for non-specialists to enter the field. We have two broad goals with this topical review. First, we aim to give information so that others in HED physics may better understand the current field. Additionally, this first goal may help guide future experiments to test different aspects of the theory. Second, we provide an introduction for those who might be interested in line-shape theory, and enough materials to be able to navigate the field and the literature. We give a high-level overview of line broadening process, as well as dive into the formalism, available methods, and approximations.},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6455/ac4f31},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1845386},
journal = {Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics},
issn = {ISSN 0953-4075},
number = {3},
volume = {55},
place = {United States},
publisher = {IOP Publishing},
year = {2022},
month = {03}}
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 188, Issue 1012, p. 10-18https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1946.0093