emission line

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emission
noun
uk
/iˈmɪʃ.ən/us
/iˈmɪʃ.ən/
the act of sending out gas, heat, ...
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line
noun
uk
/laɪn/us
/laɪn/
a long, thin mark on the surface ...
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(Definition ofemissionandlinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Measurements of the carbonemissionlineshape are therefore used to extract values for the impurity ion temperature and velocity.
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She further developed such methods and devised ways of extracting information from intensity measurements and fromemissionlineshapes.
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Millimeter-waveemissionlinestudies have also provided evidence for the infall of material onto an accreting protostar.
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Neutral hydrogen clouds are detected via the 21 cmemissionline.
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They exhibit broademissionlinespectra with helium, nitrogen, carbon and oxygen lines.
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A redshifted absorption oremissionlinewill appear more towards the red end of the spectrum than a stationary line.
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This results in anemissionlineshape that is much taller but not much wider.
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The hydrogen-alphaemissionlinebecomes far more prominent as the star becomes brighter.
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The use of tunable filters is a completely new feature in 8 to 10 m class telescopes that will allow observing the very faint and distantemissionlineobjects.
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Other emission lines are many orders of magnitude weaker.
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As the density is increased more initial states are accessible, and so more possible emission lines are found.
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Sodium does not have emission lines in the neighbourhood of this wavelength.
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In mixtures of argon and hydrogen, the hydrogen emission lines are significantly broader than any argon line.
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Depending on the type of gas, the photon source and what reaches the detector of the instrument, either anemissionlineor an absorption line will be produced.
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