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Chapter 6: Q49P (page 1316)

An atom in a metastable state has a lifetime of 5.2 ms. What is the uncertainty in energy of the metastable state?

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The minimum uncertainty in energy of the metastable state is

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01

Uncertainty in the energy

For a given time, the uncertainty in the energy of a state is given by;

02

Uncertainty in energy of the metastable state

the lifetime of the metastable state as the maximum uncertainty in timewhereis the value of the metastable state's energy;

Hence, the minimum uncertainty in energy of the metastable state is

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