Determination of plasma parameters from shapes of atomic spectral lines

This paper is concerned with the possibility of determination the basic plasma parameters such as temperature and electron density by using advanced numerical procedure for deconvolution of theoretical asymmetric convolution integral of a Gaussian and a plasma broadened spectral line profile j(A,R)(lambda) for spectral lines. Special attention was dedicated to reliability of obtained parameters. The methods for verifying the validity of the theory predicted model function with real plasma conditions and for detecting the presence of other undesirable broadening mechanisms are given. The comparison with plasma parameters determined by using standard diagnostics methods is also presented.