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An atom in an excited state of 4.7 eV emits a photon and ends up in the ground state. Th...

An atom in an excited state of 4.7 eV emits a photon and ends up in the ground state. The lifetime of the excited state is 1.0 × 10-13 s. (a) What is the energy uncertainty of the emitted photon? (b) What is the spectral line width (in wavelength) of the photon?

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