A Study of Stark Broadening of High-Z Hydrogenic Ion Lines in Dense Hot Plasmas

Abstract: Stark broadened spectral line shapes for hydrogenic ion lines are computed for several different ions, temperatures, and charge densities. The Hooper distribution functions for electric microfields are computed and tabulated for the parameters used in the line shape calculations. Dissertation Discovery Company and University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, “A Study of Stark Broadening of High-Z Hydrogenic Ion Lines in Dense Hot Plasmas” by Richard Joseph Tighe, was obtained from University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A digital copy of this work may also be found in the university’s institutional repository, IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.