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Hydrogen spectral series

Index Hydrogen spectral series

The emission spectrum of atomic hydrogen has been divided into a number of spectral series, with wavelengths given by the Rydberg formula. [1]

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  1. 60 relations: Addison-Wesley, Alfred Fowler, Astronomical spectroscopy, Astronomische Nachrichten, Atomic electron transition, Atomic nucleus, Atomic number, Atomic orbital, August Herman Pfund, Bohr model, Bohr radius, Conservation law, Curtis J. Humphreys, Edward Charles Pickering, Electromagnetic radiation, Electromagnetism, Electron, Elsevier, Emission spectrum, Empirical evidence, Energy level, Fine structure, Fraunhofer lines, Frederick Sumner Brackett, Friedrich Paschen, Georgia State University, Germany, Harvard College Observatory, Helium, Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, Hydrogen, Hydrogen line, Hydrogen-alpha, Hydrogen-like atom, Hyperfine structure, HyperPhysics, Infrared, Ionization, Isolated system, Isotopic shift, Johann Jakob Balmer, Lamb shift, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Moseley's law, Muonium, Nature (journal), Photon, Pickering series, Principal quantum number, Proton, ... Expand index (10 more) »

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Addison-Wesley

Addison–Wesley is an American publisher of textbooks and computer literature.

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Alfred Fowler

Alfred Fowler, CBE FRS (22 March 1868, in Yorkshire – 24 June 1940) was an English astronomer and spectroscopist.

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Astronomical spectroscopy

Astronomical spectroscopy is the study of astronomy using the techniques of spectroscopy to measure the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light, ultraviolet, X-ray, infrared and radio waves that radiate from stars and other celestial objects.

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Astronomische Nachrichten

Astronomische Nachrichten (Astronomical Notes), one of the first international journals in the field of astronomy, was established in 1821 by the German astronomer Heinrich Christian Schumacher.

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Atomic electron transition

In atomic physics and chemistry, an atomic electron transition (also called an atomic transition, quantum jump, or quantum leap) is an electron changing from one energy level to another within an atom or artificial atom.

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Atomic nucleus

The atomic nucleus is the small, dense region consisting of protons and neutrons at the center of an atom, discovered in 1911 by Ernest Rutherford based on the 1909 Geiger–Marsden gold foil experiment.

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Atomic number

The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol Z) of a chemical element is the charge number of an atomic nucleus.

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Atomic orbital

In quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital is a function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom.

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August Herman Pfund

August Herman Pfund (December 28, 1879 – January 4, 1949) was an American physicist, spectroscopist, and inventor.

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Bohr model

In atomic physics, the Bohr model or Rutherford–Bohr model is an obsolete model of the atom, presented by Niels Bohr and Ernest Rutherford in 1913. Hydrogen spectral series and Bohr model are hydrogen physics.

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Bohr radius

The Bohr radius is a physical constant, approximately equal to the most probable distance between the nucleus and the electron in a hydrogen atom in its ground state.

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Conservation law

In physics, a conservation law states that a particular measurable property of an isolated physical system does not change as the system evolves over time.

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Curtis J. Humphreys

Curtis Judson Humphreys (17 February 1898 – 22 November 1986) was an American physicist born in Alliance, Ohio, USA and educated at the University of Michigan.

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Edward Charles Pickering

Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering.

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Electromagnetic radiation

In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and electromagnetic radiant energy.

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Electromagnetism

In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields.

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Electron

The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge.

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Elsevier

Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content.

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Emission spectrum

The emission spectrum of a chemical element or chemical compound is the spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to electrons making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state. Hydrogen spectral series and emission spectrum are emission spectroscopy.

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Empirical evidence

Empirical evidence for a proposition is evidence, i.e. what supports or counters this proposition, that is constituted by or accessible to sense experience or experimental procedure.

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Energy level

A quantum mechanical system or particle that is bound—that is, confined spatially—can only take on certain discrete values of energy, called energy levels.

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Fine structure

In atomic physics, the fine structure describes the splitting of the spectral lines of atoms due to electron spin and relativistic corrections to the non-relativistic Schrödinger equation.

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Fraunhofer lines

The Fraunhofer lines are a set of spectral absorption lines.

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Frederick Sumner Brackett

Frederick Sumner Brackett (August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1988), was an American physicist and spectroscopist.

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Friedrich Paschen

Louis Carl Heinrich Friedrich Paschen (22 January 1865 - 25 February 1947), was a German physicist, known for his work on electrical discharges.

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Georgia State University

Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Harvard College Observatory

The Harvard College Observatory (HCO) is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.

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Helium

Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.

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Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences

Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of California Press on behalf of the Office for History of Science and Technology (University of California, Berkeley).

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Hydrogen line

The hydrogen line, 21 centimeter line, or H I line is a spectral line that is created by a change in the energy state of solitary, electrically neutral hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen spectral series and hydrogen line are emission spectroscopy, hydrogen and hydrogen physics.

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Hydrogen-alpha

Hydrogen-alpha, typically shortened to H-alpha or Hα, is a deep-red visible spectral line of the hydrogen atom with a wavelength of 656.28 nm in air and 656.46 nm in vacuum. Hydrogen spectral series and hydrogen-alpha are hydrogen physics.

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Hydrogen-like atom

A hydrogen-like atom (or hydrogenic atom) is any atom or ion with a single valence electron. Hydrogen spectral series and hydrogen-like atom are hydrogen.

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Hyperfine structure

In atomic physics, hyperfine structure is defined by small shifts in otherwise degenerate electronic energy levels and the resulting splittings in those electronic energy levels of atoms, molecules, and ions, due to electromagnetic multipole interaction between the nucleus and electron clouds.

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HyperPhysics

HyperPhysics is an educational website about physics topics.

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Infrared

Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.

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Ionization

Ionization (or ionisation specifically in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons, often in conjunction with other chemical changes.

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Isolated system

In physical science, an isolated system is either of the following.

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Isotopic shift

The isotopic shift (also called isotope shift) is the shift in various forms of spectroscopy that occurs when one nuclear isotope is replaced by another. Hydrogen spectral series and isotopic shift are emission spectroscopy.

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Johann Jakob Balmer

Johann Jakob Balmer (1 May 1825 – 12 March 1898) was a Swiss mathematician best known for his work in physics, the Balmer series of hydrogen atom.

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Lamb shift

In physics, the Lamb shift, named after Willis Lamb, is an anomalous difference in energy between two electron orbitals in a hydrogen atom.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy, astrophysics and related fields.

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Moseley's law

Moseley's law is an empirical law concerning the characteristic X-rays emitted by atoms.

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Muonium

Muonium is an exotic atom made up of an antimuon and an electron, which was discovered in 1960 by Vernon W. Hughes and is given the chemical symbol Mu.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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Photon

A photon is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.

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Pickering series

The Pickering series (also known as the Pickering–Fowler series) consists of three lines of singly ionised helium found, usually in absorption, in the spectra of hot stars like Wolf–Rayet stars.

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Principal quantum number

In quantum mechanics, the principal quantum number (symbolized n) is one of four quantum numbers assigned to each electron in an atom to describe that electron's state.

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Proton

A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol, H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 e (elementary charge). Hydrogen spectral series and proton are hydrogen physics.

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Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory that describes the behavior of nature at and below the scale of atoms.

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Quantum optics

Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics dealing with how individual quanta of light, known as photons, interact with atoms and molecules.

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Quantum state

In quantum physics, a quantum state is a mathematical entity that embodies the knowledge of a quantum system.

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Redshift

In physics, a redshift is an increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the frequency and photon energy, of electromagnetic radiation (such as light).

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Rydberg constant

In spectroscopy, the Rydberg constant, symbol R_\infty for heavy atoms or R_\text for hydrogen, named after the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg, is a physical constant relating to the electromagnetic spectra of an atom. Hydrogen spectral series and Rydberg constant are emission spectroscopy.

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Rydberg formula

In atomic physics, the Rydberg formula calculates the wavelengths of a spectral line in many chemical elements. Hydrogen spectral series and Rydberg formula are hydrogen physics.

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Schrödinger equation

The Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a quantum-mechanical system.

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The Astrophysical Journal

The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astrophysics and astronomy, established in 1895 by American astronomers George Ellery Hale and James Edward Keeler.

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Theodore Lyman IV

Theodore Lyman IV (November 23, 1874 – October 11, 1954) was an American physicist and spectroscopist, born in Boston.

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Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.

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See also

Emission spectroscopy

Hydrogen physics

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_spectral_series

Also known as Bracket series, Brackett line, Brackett lines, Brackett series, Brackett's series, Humphreys line, Humphreys series, Hydrogen Lines, Hydrogen absorption line, Hydrogen emission line, Hydrogen frequencies, Hydrogen spectrum, Lyman Series, Paschen Series, Paschen lines, Paschen-alpha, Pasen series, Pfund Series, Pfund line, Spectral series.

, Quantum mechanics, Quantum optics, Quantum state, Redshift, Rydberg constant, Rydberg formula, Schrödinger equation, The Astrophysical Journal, Theodore Lyman IV, Ultraviolet.