If you bombard hydrogen atoms in the ground state with a beam of particles, the collisions will

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If you bombard hydrogen atoms in the ground state with a beam of particles, the collisions will sometimes excite the atoms into one of their upper states. What is the minimum kinetic energy the incoming particles must have if they are to produce such an excitation?

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Inquiry into Physics

ISBN: 978-1305959422

8th edition

Authors: Vern J. Ostdiek, Donald J. Bord

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