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The Voigt Profile for Spectral Line Shapes

The Voigt Profile for spectral line shapes combines the Lorentz and the Doppler effects in the functional form


f(ν) = A∫-∞γe-s²ds/[((ν0-ν)−s)²+γ²]
 

where A is a normalizing constant and γ is a parameter related to the width of the profile function.


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