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Offline Daxx

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Quantum Mechanics Question
« on: January 06, 2010, 09:26:36 AM »
How would you calculate the separation, deltaE, between adjacent energy levels and show that for a large n, deltaE/E = (approx) 2/n ?

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Re: Quantum Mechanics Question
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 01:32:26 PM »
what expression do you know for En?
« Last Edit: January 06, 2010, 02:14:32 PM by savy2020 »
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Re: Quantum Mechanics Question
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 11:05:01 AM »
Start with the Rydberg formula and go from there....

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