Quanta of the Phase-Space Areas Given by Intervals of Energy and Time Associated with Electron Transitions

Abstract

The paper examines the energy of electron transitions in an emission process and the time intervals necessary for that process. For simple quantum systems, the both parameters—that of energy and time—depend on the difference Δ n of the quantum numbers n labelling the beginning and end state of emission. It is shown that the phase-space areas formed by products of energy and time involved in the emission can be represented as a quadratic function of Δ n multiplied by the Planck constant h .