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Radiative excitation followed by spontaneous (radiative) emission

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g

previous position of an electron

current position of an electron

movement of an electron

movement of an photon

photon

e

external electron

g

g

Taken together, these processes constitute line scattering

• A photon is neither created nor destroyed

• Atom/electron ends up in same configuration in which it began

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