N. Feautrier, Chair
Observatoire de Paris
Section de Meudon
Département Atomes et Molécules en Astrophysique
URA 812 du CNRS
5, place Jules Janssen
F-92195 Meudon Cedex
France
The field of line broadening has continued to be very active during the last three years, as could be observed during both the 12th International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes (ICSLS, Toronto 1994) (1) and the 13th ICSLS (Firenze 1996) (2). This activity has been mostly stimulated by the interpretation of recent observations or by the preparation of space investigations.
During the last period, most of the works were concentrated on applications of methods established in the preceding years, yielding many results, so new data bases were elaborated and existing ones improved. It is not the aim of this report to be exhaustive; we will simply give a selection of references on the basis of their astrophysical interest.