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Stark effect
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Stark effectis proportional to the ion and electron density in a plasmahas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:44.0
has effect splitting of a spectral linehas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:44.0
has cause the influence of an electric field on a radiating atom or ionhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:44.0
has use indicator of atmospheric pressure in a stellar atmosphere and hence of the star's luminosityhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:44.0
has definition Line broadening due to the influence of electric fields.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:44.0
is a kind of line broadening2001-09-27 09:29:44.0
line broadeningchanges property spectral line width2001-09-27 09:29:44.0
optical processhas domain optics2001-09-27 09:29:44.0