Effects of nonlocality in time of interactions of an atom with its surroundings on the broadening of spectral lines of atoms

Renat Kh. Gainutdinov, Aigul A. Mutygullina, Werner Scheid

Published 2002-10-21Version 1

We investigate effects of nonlocality in time of the interaction of an atom with its surroundings on the spectral line broadening. We show that these effects can be very significant: In some cases nonlocality in time of this interaction can give rise to a spectral line splitting.