Thursday, September 22, 2016

Photon emission and absorption by atomic electrons


Assume a photon is produced by an atomic electron making a transition down from a certain energy level to another.


Can that photon only be absorbed by another atomic electron making exactly the opposite transition?



Is there any chance that the photon could be absorbed by an atomic electron undergoing a transition with a slightly different energy difference?




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