Balmer series

English

Etymology

For Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician.

Noun

Balmer series (plural Balmer series)

  1. (physics) The set of spectral lines of the hydrogen atom that correspond to transitions involving a principal quantum number n=2

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