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MathewsMD
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Just curious: if an electron absorbs a photon of energy, it is in an excited state. The electron may go to a lower energy state (but NOT the ground state). Can a photon (of higher wavelength than absorbed) be emitted still?
I don't quite see the importance of the electron having to go to the ground state in this case...
I don't quite see the importance of the electron having to go to the ground state in this case...