Answer to Question #117236 in Physics for nimra

Question

atoms of Carbon dioxide gas decay from upper level to lower level with a spread in frequency is about 10kHz. calculate the line shape if the broadening mechanism is found Doppler broadening?

Answer 1

The line shape is Gaussian with the standard deviation of

$$\sigma=\sqrt{\frac{kT}{Mc^2}}\omega_0.$$

The distribution of frequencies will be

$$L=\frac{1}{\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}\text{ exp}\bigg[-\frac{(f-f_0)^2}{2\sigma^2}\bigg].$$