Balmer series
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Balmer series
[′bȯl·mər ¦sir·ēz] (spectroscopy)
The set of Balmer lines.
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This contains strong
Balmer series emission exhibiting P Cygni profiles with velocities ~2000 km/s, suggesting the object was a classical nova in the early fireball stage.
Along with Cillie, Menzel soon observed
Balmer series emission up to H31, with higher states limited only by resolution [30].
In 1886, Swiss scientist Johann Balmer discovered that a group of lines (the
Balmer series) in the spectrum have wavelengths that conform to a number sequence generated by a simple formula.
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