resonance line Comparison Table

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resonance line comparison table

Subject has specie has upper energy level has definition has series limit has wavelength is an instance of

He II Lyman alpha ionized helium (He II) 227 Å 303.78 Å ionized helium Lyman line

Lyman alpha hydrogen (H I) 2 The resonance line of hydrogen. It can only be studied from spacecraft or in the spectra of highly redshifted quasars. 912 Å 1215.67 Å Lyman line

Subject	has specie	has upper energy level	has definition	has series limit	has wavelength	is an instance of
He II Lyman alpha	ionized helium (He II)			227 Å	303.78 Å	ionized helium Lyman line
Lyman alpha	hydrogen (H I)	2	The resonance line of hydrogen. It can only be studied from spacecraft or in the spectra of highly redshifted quasars.	912 Å	1215.67 Å	Lyman line

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