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Fluorescence spectra of beta-carotene molecule in ethanol have been me
asured in a temperature range from 20 to 240 K. Assuming that dephasin
g of the system is characterized by slow modulation, we obtained tempe
rature dependence of homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening widths a
nalyzing a linear dependence of the fluorescence peak energy on the ex
citation energy.