Abstract
The Method of Model Microfields proposed by Brissaud and Frisch is applied to calculate Stark broadened profiles of hydrogen lines in the static ion approximation. Numerical results for L-α, H-α, and H-β are found to be in good agreement with those derived from the unified theory by Vidal, Cooper, and Smith over a wide range of plasma densities and temperatures. This demon­ strates that reliable line profiles may be obtained from the microfield distribution and covariance alone, more complicated statistical features being less important in this context.

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