Speed-dependent line profile: A test of a unified model from the Doppler to the collisional regime for molecule–molecule collisions

A speed-dependent line profile combining soft and hard fully correlated Dicke-narrowing collisions was recently successfully tested on Ar-broadened H2 spectra in a wide density and temperature range. A further test for mixtures of H2 in nitrogen molecules (instead of Ar atoms) is presented. This test is also based on high resolution Raman investigation of the isotropic Q(1) line of H2 from low to high density at various temperatures. The same consistency of the speed-dependent line profile as for H2–Ar is obtained for H2–N2 through a remarkable agreement with all the data by using a unique set of four parameters (the collisional width and shift, the kinetic frequency, and a characteristic velocity memory parameter). The present study is a preliminary step for the hydrogen CARS thermometry in H2–air flames at high pressure.