The full width at half maximum peak-height. The natural linewidth is the theoretical
value of the full width at half maximum of the
nuclear transition, usually calculated from
lifetime data.
Source:
PAC, 1976, 45, 211
(Nomenclature and Conventions for Reporting Mossbauer Spectroscopic Data)
on page 213
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