using System; using L=Science.Physics.GeneralPhysics; namespace Serway.Chapter40 { /// /// Example09: The Line Width of Atomic Emissions /// Atoms have quantized energy levels similar to those of /// Planck's oscillators, although the energy levels of an /// atom are generally not evenly spaced. When an atom makes /// a transition between states, energy is emitted in the /// form of a photon. Although an excited atom can radiate /// at any time from t = 0 to t = \infinity, /// the average time interval after /// excitation during which an atom radiates is called the /// lifetime \tau. If \tau = 1.0 \times 10^{-8} s, /// use the uncertainty principle to /// compute the line width \Delta f /// produced by this finite lifetime. /// public class Example09 { public Example09() { } private string result; public string Result { get{return result;} } public void Compute() { L.Time dt = new L.Time(); dt.s = 1.0E-8; L.Energy dE = new L.Energy(); dE.VariableQ = true; L.QuantumPhysics.UncertaintyPrinciple(dt,dE); result+=Convert.ToString(dE.J/L.Constant.PlankConstant); } } } //7957747.15459477