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    in a narrow frequency range, compared with the nearby frequencies. Spectral lines are often used to identify atoms and molecules. These "fingerprints"...
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  • Spectral Lines is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. The album was released on April 28, 2023 on Thirty Tigers Records...
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    been divided into a number of spectral series, with wavelengths given by the Rydberg formula. These observed spectral lines are due to the electron making...
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    into a spectrum exhibiting the rainbow of colors interspersed with spectral lines. Each line indicates a particular chemical element or molecule, with...
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    The Fraunhofer lines are a set of spectral absorption lines. They are dark absorption lines, seen in the optical spectrum of the Sun, and are formed when...
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  • Balmer series (redirect from Balmer Lines)
    The Balmer series, or Balmer lines in atomic physics, is one of a set of six named series describing the spectral line emissions of the hydrogen atom....
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    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...
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    continuum of energy levels, the so-called "spectral bands". They are often labeled in the same way as the monatomic lines. The bands may overlap. In general,...
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    user sees specific lines of colour falling on a graduated scale. Each substance will have its own unique pattern of spectral lines. Most remote sensing...
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    the same strange emission lines. Schmidt was able to demonstrate that these were likely to be the ordinary spectral lines of hydrogen redshifted by 15...
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    particular shape. Numerous factors can contribute to the broadening of spectral lines. Broadening can only be mitigated by the use of specialized techniques...
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  • shift (also called isomer shift) is the shift on atomic spectral lines and gamma spectral lines, which occurs as a consequence of replacement of one nuclear...
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    respectively. A spectrometer is used in spectroscopy for producing spectral lines and measuring their wavelengths and intensities. Spectrometers may operate...
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    The Stark effect is the shifting and splitting of spectral lines of atoms and molecules due to the presence of an external electric field. It is the electric-field...
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    strength, shape, and position of absorption and emission lines, as well as the overall spectral energy distribution of the continuum, reveal many properties...
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    resulting in multiple spectral lines. The presence of an external electric field can cause a comparable splitting and shifting of spectral lines by modifying the...
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    Schrödinger equation, and Matrix mechanics, all of which can produce the spectral lines of hydrogen, therefore providing the basis for discrete quantum jumps...
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    within a single spectral line, as opposed to double lines (doublet state) or triple lines (triplet state). The number of spectral lines n {\displaystyle...
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    spectral lines match Nd:YAG's absorption lines so, when pumping Nd:YAG with xenon, the continuum radiation must be used. All gases produce spectral lines...
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    spaced groups of many different spectral lines, known as spectral bands. Unresolved band spectra may appear as a spectral continuum. Light consists of electromagnetic...
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    success lies in explaining the Rydberg formula for hydrogen's spectral emission lines. While the Rydberg formula had been known experimentally, it did...
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  • six million spectral lines and is maintained by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). The name is a portmanteau of "spectral line catalogue"...
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    filters are astronomical filters which transmit only a narrow band of spectral lines from the spectrum (usually 22 nm bandwidth, or less). They are mainly...
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    Redshift (redirect from Spectral shift)
    French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau in 1848, who pointed to the shift in spectral lines seen in stars as being due to the Doppler effect. The effect is sometimes...
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    (/ˈzeɪmən/; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzeːmɑn]) is the effect of splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of a static magnetic field...
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  • CEO, Steve Ballmer, and is likely a play on Balmer series of hydrogen spectral lines named for the scientist Johann Balmer. A San Francisco organization...
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    1914-1917. Vol. 6. pp. 212–216. Sommerfeld, A. (1923). Atomic Structure and Spectral Lines. Brose, H. L. (transl.) (from 3rd German ed.). Methuen. p. 43. Heisenberg...
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  • that the spectral lines of any element include frequencies that are either the sum or the difference of the frequencies of two other lines. Lines of the...
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    the hydrogen spectral series. In 1890, Rydberg proposed on a formula describing the relation between the wavelengths in spectral lines of alkali metals...
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  • element's symbol followed by a Roman numeral. The numeral I is used for spectral lines associated with the neutral element, II for those from the first ionization...
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