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4 - Emission and absorption of radiation by atoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2012

Christopher Gerry
Affiliation:
Lehman College, City University of New York
Peter Knight
Affiliation:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
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