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Line Emission
Observations of spectral lines offer the possibility of determining a wealth of information about an astronomical source. A usual plan of attack is :Identify the line.

Obtain from theory/experiment a value for the absorbtion cross-section. Calculate the number of atoms/ions/molecules giving rise to the line.

The position of the lines gives information on the velocity of the emitters along the line of sight or the cosmological redshift.



Infer information about the population of states. Determine temperature and density.


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So if we can find one Einstein coefficient then we can calculate the other two.

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Excitation Temperature
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If the emitters are in local thermodynamic equilibrium then . The level is said to be thermalised.

The ratio of how much stimulated emission there is compared to absorbtion is

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Example: Cooling rate of gaseous nebulae
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Line Shape
Spectral lines always have a width ­ 3 contributions to this width. Natural line shape:gives the mean occupation time in the upper state; Heisenberg's uncer tainty relationship gives the corresponding energy width of the line. Lorentzian line shape.

Pressure broadening:- collisions while emitting disrupt the radiation train line width. Lorentzian line shape. Doppler broadening:- velocity of emitter along the line of sight results in a Doppler shift. Many emitters with Maxwellian random velocities result in Gaussian line shape, width dependant on temperature or bulk motion of the gas. In most cases the natural line shape and pressure broadening can be ignored and we just consider Doppler broadening. The shape will also depend on the optical depth. The brightness temperature is a function of frequency given by

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Example: H 21 cm line

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Summary

Fermi's Golden Rule can be used to find ; the other two coefficients can be calculated from this.

Collisions can also excite/de-excite atomic transitions with and . rates governed by There is a critical density above which the rate of cooling of a gas varies linearly with density and below which it varies quadratically. Emission line widths are determined by their natural line shapes (uncer tainty principle), pressure broadening and Doppler broadening.

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