[ainoko_hikaru]

hello. i've been asked by my professor to solve a problem. i know how to attack it by using rydberg's constant, but she insists that we use B instead of R_H. she didn't say what B is. I tried searching it but found nothing. help, please. it's not balmer though, i think. our topic is about bohr's theory of the hydrogen atom. the equation i'm talking about is emission spectrum of the hydrogen atom.

the equation is:

    E_n = -R_H * (1/n²)

[macman104]

Could it be the einstein coefficient?  I have no idea about any of this, just random guessing...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_spectral_line

[ainoko_hikaru]

uhm... maybe... i forgot to mention that the problem involves photons. the formula i used (the actual one) was

delta E = hv = R_H * [(1/n_i²) - (1/n_f²)]

what she showed is

delta E = hv = B * [(1/n_i²) - (1/n_f²)]

not that this might change my question though.

thanks for the guess, macman104...

[Mitch]

Rh is kinda fun to derive for yourself, this might be what she is trying to convey.