Emission Spectrum

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4952. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Observational Domains And Techniques

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A spectrum that consists of a number of bright emission lines, each line corresponding to the emission of light at a certain particular wavelength. An atom or ion will emit a photon of a particular energy (and hence of a particular wavelength) when one of its constituent electrons spontaneously drops down from one of its higher (`excited') permitted energy levels to a lower energy level (i.e. whe...

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