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Selected Spectral Series Wavelengths for Hydrogen and Hydrogen-like Ions (λmn are given in Å) |
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| Series m | Lyman (n=1) | Balmer (n=2) | Paschen (n=3) | Brackett (n=4) | Pfund (n=5) | Humphreys (n=6) | Pickering (He+, n=4) |
| 2 | 1215.67 |
(Compare
λs with
those of the Balmer series.) |
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| 3 | 1025.72 | 6562.80 | |||||
| 4 | 972.537 | 4861.32 | 18751.0 | ||||
| 5 | 949.743 | 4340.46 | 12818.1 | 40512.0 | 10123.64 | ||
| 6 | 937.803 | 4101.73 | 10938.1 | 26252.0 | 74578 | 6560.10 | |
| 7 | 930.748 | 3970.07 | 10049.4 | 21655.0 | 46525 | 123680 | 5411.52 |
| 8 | 926.226 | 3889.05 | 9545.98 | 19455.6 | 37395 | 75005 | 4859.32 |
| 9 | 923.150 | 3835.38 | 9229.02 | 18174.1 | 32961 | 59066 | 4541.59 |
| 10 | 920.963 | 3797.90 | 9014.91 | 17362.1 | 30384 | 51273 | 4338.67 |
| 11 | 919.352 | 3770.63 | 8862.79 | 16806.5 | 28722 | 46712 | 4199.83 |
| 12 | 918.129 | 3750.15 | 8750.47 | 16407.2 | 27575 | 43753 | 4100.04 |
| 13 | 917.181 | 3734.37 | 8665.02 | 16109.3 | 26744 | 41697 | 4025.60 |
| 14 | 916.429 | 3721.94 | 8598.39 | 15880.5 | 26119 | 40198 | 3968.43 |
| 15 | 915.824 | 3711.97 | 8545.39 | 15700.7 | 25636 | 39065 | 3923.48 |
| 16 | 915.329 | 3703.85 | 8502.49 | 15556.5 | 25254 | 38184 | 3887.44 |
| 17 | 914.919 | 3697.15 | 8467.26 | 15438.9 | 24946 | 37484 | 3858.07 |
| 18 | 914.576 | 3691.55 | 8437.96 | 15341.8 | 24693 | 36916 | 3833.80 |
| 19 | 914.286 | 3686.83 | 8413.32 | 15260.6 | 24483 | 36449 | 3813.50 |
| 20 | 914.039 | 3682.81 | 8392.40 | 15191.8 | 24307 | 36060 | 3796.33 |
| 21 | 913.826 | 3679.35 | 8374.51 | 3781.68 | |||
| ¥ | 911.5 | 3646.0 | 8206.6 | 14584 | 22788 | 32814 | 3644.67 |
Note that, letting λB = the Balmer Series wavelengths and λP = the Pickering Series wavelengths, λPβ » λBα , λPδ » λBβ , . . . , λP(2n) » λBn , . . . .