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An electron in an atom can “jump down” from a higher energy level to a lower one, then to...

An electron in an atom can “jump down” from a higher energy level to a lower one, then to a lower one still. The energy the atom thus loses at each jump goes to a photon. Typically, an electron might occupy a level for a nanosecond. What uncertainty in the electron’s energy does this imply?

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