The Effect of Damping on the Width of X-ray Spectrum Lines
Open Access
- 1 January 1922
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 19 (1) , 64-67
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.19.64
Abstract
Width of Spectrum Lines Due to Damping.—(1) Assuming exponential damping, the equation for the ether vibrations, , is developed as a Fourier integral and thus a theoretical relation of the width to the damping factor is found. If we define the width of the line as the range in wave-length throughout which the intensity is greater than half the maximum intensity of the line, then , very closely.