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Voigt profile  

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  • The Voigt profile (named after Woldemar Voigt) is a probability distribution given by a convolution of a Cauchy-Lorentz distribution and a Gaussian distribution. It is often used in analyzing data from spectroscopy or diffraction. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voigt_profile)

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