When a photon is released due to electronic excitations in atomic energy levels, what determines the direction that the photon is headed?
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Since the exact mechanism by which the photon is emitted, or released, is unknown, the direction appears random. However one might speculate that in large part the direction is affected by several factors, 1) the position in orbit of the electron at the instant of emission 2) EM - interaction and deflection of the photon as it is released near the proton, and as it passes other nucleii on its exit from the material. 3) Some other phenomena.
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3) the electron has a component of spin to it as well. 4) the electron travels in an orbit about the nucleus. 5) the nucleus is not fixed in orientation and its polar orientation is constantly changing, adding a compound angle to the system. 6) Temperature affects all of the above. 7) ? . Since the electron is assumed to move at or near the theoretical speed of light, it becomes a large challenge to locate it at any given instant, however if you divide time finely enough you would be able to resolve unique positions of the electron, so the suggestion that the electron occupies all spaces in any instant merely points out the inability to resolve a small enough instant, and thus the "apparent" conundrum. . given energies of the electron can vary within the energy constraints of the given shell. so an energy quantity for the electron must include some toerance value in that range. . Hiesenberg cannot be said to be violated until
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Male photons don't ask for directions.
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