The lifetime of a typical excited state in an atom is

Chapter 28, Problem 58

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The lifetime of a typical excited state in an atom is about 10 ns. Suppose an atom falls from one such excited state to a lower one, and emits a photon of wavelength about 500 nm. Find the fractional energy uncertainty and wavelength uncertainty of this photon.

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