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To conserve momentum, an atom emitting a photon must recoil, meaning that not all of the energy made available in the downward jump goes to the photon. (a) Find a hydrogen atom's recoil energy when it emits a photon in a n = 2 to n = 1 transition. (Note: The calculation is easiest to carry out if it is assumed that the photon carries essentially all the transition energy, which thus determines its momentum. The result justifies the assumption.) (b) What fraction of the transition energy is the recoil energy?

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(a) Recoil energy of the hydrogen atom when it emits a photon in a n = 2 to n = 1 transition 5.510-8eV.

(b) Recoil energy is the 510-9of the photon鈥檚 energy.

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01

A concept:

Energy levels or energy state is any discrete value from a set of total energy values for a force-limited subatomic particle in a limited space, or for a system of such particles, such as an atom or a nucleus.

02

(a) Energy difference from n = 2 to n = 1 :

According to the law of conservation of momentum, the total momentum of two isolated bodies remains same unless an external force is applied.

As you know that, energy difference,

En=13.6eV1nf2-1ni2

Where, nfis the final orbit and niis the initial orbit.

Now, energy difference for transition from n = 2 to n = 1 is

role="math" localid="1659178231672" E=E1-E2=13.6eV112-122=13.6eV1-0.25=10.2eVE=10.2eV1.610-19J/eV=1.6310-18J

03

Finding momentum of the photon:

As you know that, Energy of emitted photon,

E=hc

Where, h is Plank鈥檚 Constant, c is the speed of light, and is the wavelength.

The relation between wavelength and momentum is as below.

hc=pc

Where, p is the momentum.

Therefore,

p=Ec=1.6310-183108m/s=5.4410-27kg.m/s

04

Recoil Energy of the photon

As you know that,

Momentum(p)=mass(m)Velocity(v)

Also, the kinetic energy is,

KE=12mv2

Hence, by comparing both the above equation, you have

KE=p22m

Since, momentum must be conserved, the atom will have an equal and opposite momentum to balance that out.

Substitute known values in the above equation.

KE=(5.4410-27kg.m/s)221.6710-27kg=8.910-27J=5.510-8eV

Hence, the recoil energy is KE=5.510-8eV.

05

(b) Recoil energy and photon’s energy:

From Step 1 you, have,

Photon鈥檚 Energy, E = 10.2 eV

Recoil energy, KE=5.510-8eV

Take a ratio of the recoil energy and photon鈥檚 energy as below.

RecoilEnergyPhoton'sEnergy=5.510-8eV10.2eV=510-9

Hence, the recoil energy is the 510-9of the photon鈥檚 energy.

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