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Balmer jump
(Balmer discontinuity)

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Balmer jump has wavelength 3646 Å 2001-09-27 09:33:20.0
has synonym Balmer discontinuity
has definition The sudden decrease in the intensity of the continuous spectrum at the limit of the Balmer series of hydrogen at 3646 Å, representing the energy absorbed when electrons originally in the second energy level are ionized. has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:20.0
is a kind of absorption edge
has species hydrogen (H I)

spectral feature has width 2001-09-27 09:33:18.0
occurs in

radiation measurement has unit radiation unit 2001-09-27 09:33:16.0

number has value 2001-09-27 09:32:57.0

Balmer jump	has wavelength 3646 Å
	has synonym Balmer discontinuity
	has definition The sudden decrease in the intensity of the continuous spectrum at the limit of the Balmer series of hydrogen at 3646 Å, representing the energy absorbed when electrons originally in the second energy level are ionized.
	is a kind of absorption edge
	has species hydrogen (H I)
spectral feature	has width
spectral feature	occurs in
radiation measurement	has unit radiation unit
number	has value