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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Simply

Consider,

EΔh=mc2(aψfaψi1)

In the case of a photon, aψ is the radius of its helical path.  This shows that a change in radius is accompanied by an exchange of energy.

and

2πaψn=λn

So,

EΔh=mc2(λfλi1)

EΔh=mc2(fiff1)

Which suggests a photon can change frequency, given an appropriate energy input, EΔh.  If EΔh resulted in an emission of a photon,

hffp=EΔh=mc2(1fiff)

λfmcfp=1ffmc2fp=mc2(1fiff)

fp=ff(1fiff)=fffi

Surprise! Surprise!  This suggests that an emission of a photon occurs only if the lower energy states have been folded up, where a lower energy state actually have higher frequency.  This is illustrated on the plot below,

Frequency Intersections
The curve marked n=1 in red, is folded up and has a higher intersection for frequency with the line y=x.  Transition from all other states with lower frequencies will result in an emission of a photon. Transition from states n=10 however, will not result in a photon emission because the associated frequency is higher than that for state n=1.

And,

1λp=1λf1λi

for photon emission.

Since,

hifi=mc2

hfff=mc2

EΔh=mc2(hfhi1)

which relates the change in energy as a result of a change in hn directly.

We still don't have justifications for Eo