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Assume that a hypothetical object has just four quantum states, with the energies shown in Figure 8.43.

(a) Suppose that the temperature is high enough that in a material containing many such objects, at any instant some objects are found in all of these states. What are all the energies of photons that could be strongly emitted by the material? (In actual quantum objects there are often 鈥渟election rules鈥 that forbid certain emissions even though there is enough energy; assume that there are no such restrictions here.) (b) If the temperature is very low and electromagnetic radiation with a wide range of energies is passed through the material, what will be the energies of photons corresponding to missing (鈥渄ark鈥) lines in the spectrum? (Assume that the detector is sensitive to a wide range of photon energies, not just energies in the visible region.)

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(a) 1.9eV, 2.5eV, 3eV, 0.6eV, 1.1eVand 0.5eV

(b) 1.9eV, 2.5eVand 3eV

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01

Identification of the given data

The given data is listed below as-

  • The energy at the ground state is, E0
  • The energy at the first excited state is, E1=1.9eV+E0
  • The energy at the second excited state is,E2=2.5eV+E0
  • The energy at the third excited state is, E3=3.0eV+E0
02

Significance of the change in the energy of the photon

The change in the energy of the photon equals the difference between the energy at the higher and the energy at the lower state.

The equation of the photon energies can be expressed as,

E=Ef-E0 鈥(1)

Here, E is the emitted energy of photon, Ef is the energy in excited state and E0 is energy in the ground state.

03

Determination of the energies of the photons emitted by the material 

E1=1.9eV(a)

As there is no energy at the ground state, then the energy at the ground state is zero that is E0=0.

For the electrons going from the ground state to the first excited state,

For Ef=E1=1.9eVand E0=0eVin equation (1).

E=1.9eV-(0eV)=1.9eV

For the electrons going from the ground state to the second excited state,

For Ef=E2=2.5eVand E0=0eVin equation (1).

E=2.5eV-(0eV)=2.5eV

For the electrons going from the ground state to the third excited state,

For Ef=E3=3.0eVand E0=0eVin equation (1).

E=3.0eV-(0eV)=3.0eV

For the electrons going from the first excited state to the second excited state, the equation becomes,

E=Ef-E1 鈥(2)

Here, Eis the energy emitted by the photon, Efis the energy of the other excited state and E1is the energy of the first excited state

For the electrons going from the first excited state to the second excited state

For Ef=E2=2.5eVand E1=1.9eVin equation (2),

E=2.5eV-(1.9eV)=0.6eV

For the electrons going from the first excited state to the third excited state,

For Ef=E3=3eVand E1=1.9eVin equation (2),

E=3eV-(1.9eV)=1.1eV

For the electrons going from the second excited state to the third excited state, the equation becomes,

E=Ef-E2 鈥(3)

Here, Eis the energy emitted by the photon, Efis the energy of the other excited state and E2is the energy of the second excited state.

For Ef=E3=3.0eVand E2=2.5eVin equation (3).

E=3.0eV-(2.5eV)=0.5eV

Thus, the energies of photon that could be strongly emitted by the material are 1.9eV, 2.5eV, 3eV, 0.6eV, 1.1eVand 0.5eV.

04

Determination of the dark lines in the spectrum

(b)

The electrons move from the ground to the higher excited state and gain energy. Hence, due to low temperature and the electromagnetic radiation, wide energy range has been passed through the material. So, energy of the photon that is corresponding to the dark lines is from the ground to the higher excited states.

Thus, the energies of the photons that corresponds to the missing lines in the spectrum are1.9eV, 2.5eVand 3eVrespectively.

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Suppose we have a reason to suspect that a certain quantum object has only three quantum states.When we excite a collection of such objects we observe that they emit electromagnetic radiation of three different energies: 0.3eV(infrared), 2.0eV(visible), and 2.3eV(visible).

(a) Draw a possible energy-level diagram for one of the quantum objects, which has three bound states. On the diagram, indicate the transitions corresponding to the emitted photons, and check that the possible transitions produce the observed photons and no others. The energyK+U of the ground state is -4eV. Label the energies of each level ( K+U, which is negative).

(b) The material is now cooled down to a very low temperature, and the photon detector stops detecting photon emissions. Next a beam of light with a continuous range of energies from infrared through ultraviolet shines on the material, and the photon detector observes the beam of light after it passes through the material. What photon energies in this beam of light are observed to be significantly reduced in intensity ("dark absorption lines")? Energy of highest-energy dark line: eV Energy of lowest-energy dark line: eV

(c) There exists another possible set of energy levels for these objects which produces the same photon emission spectrum. On an alternative energy-level diagram, different from the one you drew in part (a), indicate the transitions corresponding to the emitted photons, and check that the possible transitions produce the observed photons and no others. When you are sure that your alternative energy-level diagram is consistent with the observed photon energies, enter the energies of each level (K+U, which is negative).

(d) For your second proposed energy-level scheme, what photon energies would be observed to be significantly reduced in intensity in an absorption experiment ("dark absorption lines")? (Given the differences from part (b), you can see that an absorption measurement can be used to tell which of your two energy-level schemes is correct).

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