Rapid and accurate calculation of the Voigt function

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-192

  Letchworth, Kendra L ^a   Benner, D Chris ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Voigt function

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

SPECTRAL LINE SHAPES; VOIGT FUNCTION;

STATISTICAL OPTICS;

ALGORITHM; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34247501643     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.01.052     Document Type: Article

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