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Spectral Line
A
spectral line
is a dark or
bright line
in an otherwise uniform and
continuous spectrum
, resulting from emission or
absorption of light
in a
narrow frequency range
, compared with the
nearby frequencies
. These lines are critical in identifying the composition, temperature, density, and
motion of astronomical objects
and are fundamental to the
study of quantum mechanics
and
atomic physics
.
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