A hydrogen atom in the ground state is placed in a magnetic field of strength B z

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A hydrogen atom in the ground state is placed in a magnetic field of strength Bz = 0.55 T.

(a) Compute the energy splitting of the spin states.

(b) Which state has the higher energy?

(c) If you wish to excite the atom from the lower- to the higher-energy state with a photon, what frequency must the photon have? In what part of the electromagnetic spectrum does this lie?

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Modern Physics

ISBN: 9781429250788

6th Edition

Authors: Paul A. Tipler, Ralph Llewellyn

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