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The main properties of the first- and second-order moments of polarized hydrogen lines, forming in the presence of stationary electric and magnetic fields, are reviewed. The analytical results presented here apply directly to the case of optically-thin emission lines in the LTE regime. Some applications of such results to electric- and magnetic-field diagnostics in (solar) plasmas are then briefly considered.
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On leave from the Dipartimento di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio, Università di Firenze, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
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HCasini, R., Landi Degl'Innocenti, E. The first and second order moments of the polarization profiles of hydrogen lines. Sol Phys 164, 91–96 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146625
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