Talk:Stokes shift

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[edit] How about Lorentian?

Why the profile of the spectral line of absorption is so asymmetric? Shouldn't it be Lorentian, or Gaussian or Foight's profile? dima 01:11, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the picture is of a generic molecular absorption and its fluorescence. The reason they aren't both a more recognizable lineshape is that we are not seeing all of the fine structure. We see a broad envelope of an electronic transition from one electronic state to another. In reality the system is changing electronic, vibrational, and rotational states at the same time. So if the spectra were taken with a higher resolution spectrometer we would see hundreds of lines, each of which had a recognizable line shape. Man It's So Loud In Here 21:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

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