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The classical problem of photon redistribution in a spectral line due to resonance fluorescence has two distinct aspects: the atomic one and the kinetic one. The atomic aspect concerns the redistribution of photon frequency (and photon direction) in the rest frame of the atom, while the kinetic aspect concerns the velocity distribution of the atoms, which affects via the Doppler effect the redistribution of photon frequencies as observed in the laboratory frame.
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Oxenius, J. (1985). Kinetic Aspects of Redistribution in Spectral Lines. In: Beckman, J.E., Crivellari, L. (eds) Progress in Stellar Spectral Line Formation Theory. NATO ASI Series, vol 152. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5372-7_3
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