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absorption coefficient, absorption cross section

The transition cross section constant coefficient which defines the transition probability of absorption from ground to a higher level within a given atomic or molecular species. The transition probabilities may be understood in terms of the atomic and molecular structure and further the behavior of ground state and upper state manifold sublevels.
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