Shifts and asymmetry parameters of hydrogen Balmer lines in dense plasmas

Shifts and asymmetry parameters of hydrogen Balmer lines have been calculated and compared with experimental data. In order to determine these theoretical values, shifted and asymmetric line profiles have been calculated. This way it is possible to employ the same definitions for shifts and asymmetry parameters as it has been done in corresponding experiments. The resulting theoretical values are in excellent agreement with experimental results. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society