1. Revisiting the Stark Broadening by fluctuating electric fields using the Continuous Time Random Walk Theory
- Author
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H. Capes, M. Christova, D. Boland, F. Catoire, L. Godbert-Mouret, M. Koubiti, A. Mekkaoui, J. Rosato, Y. Marandet, R. Stamm, John Lewis, Adriana Predoi-Cross, Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires (PIIM), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Subjects
[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Stochastic process ,Plasma ,Schrödinger equation ,symbols.namesake ,Distribution function ,Stark effect ,Electric field ,Quantum mechanics ,Line (geometry) ,symbols ,Statistical physics ,Continuous-time random walk ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Mathematics - Abstract
Stark broadening of atomic lines in plasmas is calculated by modelling the plasma stochastic electric field using the CTRW approach [1,2]. This allows retaining non Markovian terms in the Schrodinger equation averaged over the electric field fluctuations. As an application we consider a special case of a non separable CTRW process, the so called Kangaroo process [3]. An analytic expression for the line profile is presented for arbitrary waiting time distribution functions. A preliminary application to the hydrogen Lyman α line is discussed.
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- 2010