PHYS 2004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Balmer Series, Lyman Series
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The bohr hydrogen atom correctly predicts the discrete spectrum of the hydrogen atom. The figure shows the balmer series and the lyman series transitions on an energy-level diagram. Ions with a single electron orbiting z protons in the nucleus are called hydrogen-like ions. Simply a variation of the bohr hydrogen atom. As the charge increases, the electron moves into a smaller-diameter, higher-speed orbit. The ionization energy increases and the spectrum shifts to shorter wavelengths. The bohr hydrogen atom picture fails to describe such ions as well as any neutral atom. Boh(cid:396) s (cid:373)odel of (cid:395)ua(cid:374)tizatio(cid:374) (cid:396)e(cid:373)ai(cid:374)s valid, the difficulty is i(cid:374) fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)g the statio(cid:374)a(cid:396)y states involved. Missing is a complete theory of dynamics in a quantized universe, a quantum mechanics.