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Balmer series of hydrogen spectral lines
The Balmer series of atomic hydrogen. These spectral lines are emitted when the electron...
Photo: Arthur L. Schawlow, Stanford University, and Theodore W. Hansch, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics; Scale: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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