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  2. Electromagnetic radiation - Wikipedia

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    As electrons descend to lower energy levels, a spectrum is emitted that represents the jumps between the energy levels of the electrons, but lines are seen because again emission happens only at particular energies after excitation. [37] An example is the emission spectrum of nebulae. [38]

  3. Matter wave - Wikipedia

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    The more general description of matter waves corresponding to a single particle type (e.g. a single electron or neutron only) would have a form similar to = (,) ⁡ (() /) where now there is an additional spatial term (,) in the front, and the energy has been written more generally as a function of the wave vector. The various terms given ...

  4. Energy level - Wikipedia

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    The energy level of the bonding orbitals is lower, and the energy level of the antibonding orbitals is higher. For the bond in the molecule to be stable, the covalent bonding electrons occupy the lower energy bonding orbital, which may be signified by such symbols as σ or π depending on the situation.

  5. Electromagnetic spectrum - Wikipedia

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    The electromagnetic waves in each of these bands have different characteristics, such as how they are produced, how they interact with matter, and their practical applications. Radio waves, at the low-frequency end of the spectrum, have the lowest photon energy and the longest wavelengths—thousands of kilometers, or more.

  6. Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) - Wikipedia

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    A white light source—emitting light of multiple wavelengths—is focused on a sample (the pairs of complementary colors are indicated by the yellow dotted lines). Upon striking the sample, photons that match the energy gap of the molecules present (green light in this example) are absorbed, exciting the molecules. Other photons are scattered ...

  7. Orders of magnitude (energy) - Wikipedia

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    Mass–energy emitted as gravitational waves during the most energetic black hole merger observed until 2020 (GW170729) [309] 8.8×10 47 J GRB 080916C – formerly the most powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded – total/true [ 310 ] isotropic energy output estimated at 8.8 × 10 47 joules (8.8 × 10 54 erg), or 4.9 times the Sun's mass ...

  8. Degenerate energy levels - Wikipedia

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    For an N-particle system in three dimensions, a single energy level may correspond to several different wave functions or energy states. These degenerate states at the same level all have an equal probability of being filled. The number of such states gives the degeneracy of a particular energy level. Degenerate states in a quantum system

  9. Planck's law - Wikipedia

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    If level 1 is the lower energy level with energy E 1, and level 2 is the upper energy level with energy E 2, then the frequency ν of the radiation radiated or absorbed will be determined by Bohr's frequency condition: [35] [36] =.