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Stark effect

The Stark effect is the splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of an electric field. This splitting is called a Stark Shift. It is analogous to the Zeeman effect where a spectral line is split into several components in the presence of a magnetic field.

Discovered by Johannes Stark.



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