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Hydrogen spectral series
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Hydrogen spectral series
The
emission spectrum
of atomic
hydrogen
is divided into a number of the
spectral series
, with wavelengths given by the
Rydberg formula
. These observed spectral lines are due to the
electron
making
transitions
between two
energy levels
in the atom. The classification of the series by the Rydberg formula was important in the development of
quantum mechanics
. The spectral series are important in
astronomical spectroscopy
for detecting the presence of hydrogen and calculating
red shifts
.
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