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Paschen-Back effect

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Paschen-Back effect has definition An effect on spectral lines obtained when the light source is located in a strong magnetic field, so that the magnetic splitting becomes greater than the multiplet splitting. has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:45.0
is a kind of line broadening

line broadening changes property spectral line width 2001-09-27 09:29:44.0

optical process has domain optics

Paschen-Back effect	has definition An effect on spectral lines obtained when the light source is located in a strong magnetic field, so that the magnetic splitting becomes greater than the multiplet splitting.
Paschen-Back effect	is a kind of line broadening
line broadening	changes property spectral line width
optical process	has domain optics