Effect of diffraction of molecules on collisional line narrowing

A new model of line profile is proposed, which simultaneously takes into account hard and soft (in velocity) collisions leading to collisional line narrowing. It is shown that parameters of collisional narrowing and broadening obtained by processing experimental profiles on the basis of the standard model of hard collisions contain almost no contribution of diffraction scattering of molecules by buffer gas particles. The model proposed for the line profile makes possible a correct comparison of frequencies of the collision integral measured by methods of linear and nonlinear spectroscopy.