Lyman alpha Comparison Table

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Lyman alpha comparison table

Subject has lower energy level has specie has upper energy level has definition has series limit is a kind of has wavelength is an instance of

Lyman line 1 hydrogen (H I) 912 Å hydrogen line

resonance line The longest-wavelength line arising from the ground state. spectral line

Lyman alpha 1 hydrogen (H I) 2 The resonance line of hydrogen. It can only be studied from spacecraft or in the spectra of highly redshifted quasars. 912 Å 1215.67 Å Lyman line

Subject	has lower energy level	has specie	has upper energy level	has definition	has series limit	is a kind of	has wavelength	is an instance of
Lyman line	1	hydrogen (H I)			912 Å	hydrogen line
resonance line				The longest-wavelength line arising from the ground state.		spectral line
Lyman alpha	1	hydrogen (H I)	2	The resonance line of hydrogen. It can only be studied from spacecraft or in the spectra of highly redshifted quasars.	912 Å		1215.67 Å	Lyman line

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