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Pressure Broadening in the Inversion Spectrum of Ammonia

Henry Margenau*

  • Sloane Physics Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

  • *Assisted by the ONR under contract N7onr-288, Task Order II

Phys. Rev. 76, 121 – Published 1 July, 1949

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.76.121

Abstract

A formula is developed to explain the low pressure line widths observed in the inversion spectrum of NH3 by Bleaney and Penrose. The assumptions made are those characteristic of the statistical theory of pressure broadening. The result, which is entirely devoid of adjustable parameters, agrees with the data about as well as do the impact theories with their unreasonable collision radius.

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