For hydrogen, fine-structure splitting of the 2p state is only about 50 eV. What percentage is this

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For hydrogen, fine-structure splitting of the 2p state is only about 50 μeV. What percentage is this difference of the photon energy emitted in the 2p → 1s transition? Your answer shows why it’s hard to observe spin-orbit splitting in hydrogen.

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Essential University Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976420

3rd Edition Volume 2

Authors: Richard Wolfsonby

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