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I'm so much confused with so look-alike formulas ;

So to begin with:

How is this

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Different to this They are basically the same ΔEatom

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And last question:

In this picture, we can use ΔEatom for any two energy states n

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But here, they say we should use it inly for adjacent states (like n=1&2,etc...)

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So can you please tell me the differences between all of these

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Elie Makdissi
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The first of your cited articles is wrong. it is not stated what $\Delta n$ is. maybe it should mean you could have to photons going from n3 to n2 and then from n2 to n1, but usually the have not the same $\nu$ the last article tells you of the smallest occurring $\nu$, but it says the same as the other two above.

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