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spontaneous emission
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spontaneous emissionhas definition Radiation emitted by an isolated body.has source: Lightman, A., Brawer, R. 1990 The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Harvard University Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:48.0
is an instance of bound-bound transition2001-09-27 09:29:48.0
is an instance of emission2001-09-27 09:29:48.0
emissionhas inverse process absorption2001-09-27 09:29:45.0
atomic processhas domain atomic physics2001-09-27 09:29:47.0
radiation intensity modificationchanges property intensity2001-09-27 09:29:45.0
eventhas duration2001-09-27 09:29:57.0
has synonym world point2001-09-27 09:29:57.0
has time of occurrence2001-09-27 09:29:57.0