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energy levels for hydrogen energy levels of a luminescent centre Figure 12: The energy levels of three nuclei with A = 6, relative to the ground state of 6Li after subtraction of the calculated electrostatic energy. The isospin T = 1 levels exist in all three nuclei. energy states in molecular systems Figure 5: Energy levels of the neon atom. The orbitals occupied by the six outer electrons are indicated on the levels. The transition responsible for the red light from common lasers (wavelength of 6330 Å) is shown by the arrow. Figure 15: Energy-level spectrum of the deformed nucleus erbium-164.
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Also Known As stationary state • eigenstate • energy level

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energy levels for hydrogen
energy levels of a luminescent centre
Figure 12: The energy levels of three nuclei with A = 6, relative to the ground state of 6Li after subtraction of the calculated electrostatic energy. The isospin T = 1 levels exist in all three nuclei.
energy states in molecular systems
Figure 5: Energy levels of the neon atom. The orbitals occupied by the six outer electrons are indicated on the levels. The transition responsible for the red light from common lasers (wavelength of 6330 Å) is shown by the arrow.
Figure 15: Energy-level spectrum of the deformed nucleus erbium-164.
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