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Johannes Rydberg, commonly known as Janne Rydberg, ( November 8, 1854 - December 28, 1919), was a Swedish physicist mainly known for devising the Rydberg formula, which is used to predict the wavelengths of photons (of light and other electromagnetic radiation) emitted by changes in the energy level of an electron in an atom.

The physical constant known as the Rydberg constant is named after him. Excited atoms with very high values of the principal quantum number, represented by n in the Rydberg formula, are called Rydberg atom s, and a crater on the moon is also named Rydberg in his honour.

He was active at Lund UniversityLund University or Lunds universitet is a university founded in 1666, in Lund, Sweden. The university has over 34,000 people studying in 50 different programmes and 800 separate courses. History Although there were anterior academic institutions, a studiu for all of his working life.

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