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A simple analytical function to describe the spectral-line contour is suggested; it depends on four parameters whose variation allows one to regulate, in rather wide limits, the character of the frequency dependence and introduce asymmetry.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 707–712, November–December, 2005.
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Cherkasov, M.R. A unified function for approximating the spectral-line contour. J Appl Spectrosc 72, 775–780 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-006-0001-8
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