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Thanks. I guess what I was trying to ascertain was: Is the return to ground state inevitable? My current understanding is that the ground state is almost a 'default' energy level to which the electron, over a long enough time frame, will always return (unless it escapes the system). Or am I...

Hi, I have some very basic questions regarding electron energy levels/states. In the basic atom model when an electron becomes excited (i.e. absorbs a photon or collides with a nearby atom or particle) and moves into an energy state greater than its ground state, must it always eventually...