jamers Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 when a atom goes into the quantum transition by the electron jumping down a orbit, a photon is emited but wher does this photon come from (the laws of conservation of mass) and how does it get the signal to jump down a orbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 when a atom goes into the quantum transition by the electron jumping down a orbit, a photon is emited but wher does this photon come from (the laws of conservation of mass) and how does it get the signal to jump down a orbit? The lower orbital has less energy. ("Lower" is a description of the energy) The rest mass of the atom is lower (and is not a conserved quantity). This has been experimentally confirmed in a nuclear transition; atomic ones are too small of a difference to measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamers Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 thank, but how does the photon get emmited? does it just brake apart from the electron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 It's created in the interaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamers Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 in the interaction of what? is it the energys of the orbit and electron that gives off throught photons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 The electron and nucleus interact (mainly) electromagnetically. The atomic energy levels are the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamers Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 so the energy loss of the electron going down a orbit is givin of through a photon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 so the energy loss of the electron going down a orbit is givin of through a photon? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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