An electron is confined in a harmonic oscillator potential well.  A photon is emitted when the electron undergoes a 3→1 quantum jump. What is the wavelength of the emission if the net force on the electron behaves as though it has a spring constant of 9.6 N/m? (mel = 9.11 × 10-31 kg, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10-19 J,  h = 1.055 × 10-34 J ∙ s, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J ∙ s) Group of answer choices 580 nm 190 nm 150 nm 290 nm

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An electron is confined in a harmonic oscillator potential well.  A photon is emitted when the electron undergoes a 3→1 quantum jump. What is the wavelength of the emission if the net force on the electron behaves as though it has a spring constant of 9.6 N/m? (mel = 9.11 × 10-31 kg, = 3.00 × 108 m/s, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10-19 J,  h = 1.055 × 10-34 J ∙ s, = 6.626 × 10-34 J ∙ s)

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