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written by the Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and Dean A. Zollman
This resource discusses spectra and thier use in identifying the gasses in stars. Emission and absorption spectra from different gasses are investigated, with questions and an online simulation of spectra and atomic energy levels.
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- Astronomy Education
Quantum Physics
- Bound State Systems
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- Lower Undergraduate
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absorption spectra, quantum applications, spectroscopy, star, tutorial
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Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and D. Zollman, (2003), WWW Document, (https://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm/tutorials/applyingspectra/).
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Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and D. Zollman, Applying Spectra and Energy Diagrams to Learn About Stars (2003), <https://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm/tutorials/applyingspectra/>.
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Kansas State Physics Education Research Group, & Zollman, D. (2003). Applying Spectra and Energy Diagrams to Learn About Stars. Retrieved October 3, 2024, from https://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm/tutorials/applyingspectra/
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Kansas State Physics Education Research Group, and Dean Zollman. Applying Spectra and Energy Diagrams to Learn About Stars. 2003. https://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm/tutorials/applyingspectra/ (accessed 3 October 2024).
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Kansas State Physics Education Research Group, and Dean Zollman. Applying Spectra and Energy Diagrams to Learn About Stars. 2003. 3 Oct. 2024 <https://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm/tutorials/applyingspectra/>.
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