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Novel Structure in the Hα-Line Profile of Hydrogen in a Dense Helium Plasma

St. Böddeker1, H.-J. Kunze1, and E. Oks2

  • 1Institut für Experimentalphysik V, Ruhr-Universität, 44780 Bochum, Germany
  • 2Physics Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849

Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4740 – Published 25 December, 1995

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4740

Abstract

Detailed experimental studies of the profile of the Hα line emitted by hydrogen atoms in dense helium plasmas revealed a structure on the blue wing. It appears as a dip and was observable only for special plasma conditions. The position did not vary with the electron density, which was determined independently by Thomson scattering. It is suggested that the feature is caused by the crossing of terms of a two-center quantum system consisting of the radiating hydrogen atom and a perturbing fully ionized atom of different nuclear charge.

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