Balmer and Rydberg Equations for Hydrogen Spectra Revisited

Details Balmer and Rydberg Equations for Hydrogen Spectra Revisited Balmer and Rydberg Equations for Hydrogen Spectra Revisited

2011-05-22

arxiv.org/abs/1105.4366v1

Physics

General Physics

12 pages, 1 Table, 2 figues

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Balmer equation for the atomic spectral lines was generalized by Rydberg. Here it is shown that 1) while Bohr's theory explains the Rydberg constant in terms of the ground state energy of the hydrogen atom, quantizing the angular momentum does not explain the Rydberg equation, 2) on reformulating Rydberg's equation, the principal quantum numbers are found to correspond to integral numbers of de Broglie waves and 3) the ground state energy of hydrogen is electromagnetic like that of photons and the frequency of the emitted or absorbed light is the difference in the frequencies of the electromagnetic energy levels.

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