Abstract: | The asymmetric Stark profile for spectral lines of hydrogen has been calculated in first approximation in terms of the expansion parameter a0=Bohr radius, n= principal quantum numberm =mean distance between charged particles]. Additional terms, which determine the asymmetry, are expressed through the universal functions Λ(β) and χ(β), which are connected with the first moments of the components of the ion-electric field inhomogeneity tensor. Comparison is made with results based on a nearest neighbour approximation. It is shown that the shift of the symmetry centre of the profiles may be the ion-electric field inhomogeneity. |