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A stationary hydrogen atom in the first excited state emits a photon. If the mass of the hydrogen atom is and its ionization energy is , then the recoil velocity acquired by the atom is [speed of light = ]
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, here is recoil speed of -atom and is the wavelength of the photon.
When the electron jumps down from the first excited state to the ground state the energy released is
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