Abstract
Stark widths and shifts of alkali metal resonance lines are calculated by the model microfield method (MMM). The im pact results of Griem for the prevailing electronic broadening are recovered by the unified MMM. Both theories are in close agreement with recent experimental results. It is shown further that the shift values are very sensitive to the line strength values of the involved transitions. The reliability of the experimentally observed regularities through the alkali sequence is next discussed. On the basis of the MMM results these regularities can be understood in term s of the line strengths and frequencies of transitions from the main levels actually involved.

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