Collision Broadening and Shift of the 535.0 nm Tl Line Accompanying the Photodissociation of Thallium Iodide Perturbed by Noble Gases Part II: Effects due to He, Ne and Ar

Abstract

Abstract The broadening and shift of the 535.0 nm thallium line resulting from the photodissociation of thallium iodide perturbed by helium, neon and argon were investigated at low densities using a photoelectric Fabry-Perot interferometer. The Doppler and collision broadening components of the line profiles have been determined. Linear variations of both the Lorentzian half-width and the shift of the line with the perturbing gas density were found and interpreted in terms of Van der Waals and Lennard-Jones potentials.