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Homework Statement
Calculate Larmor frequency and the allowed values of the magnetic energy for an electron in a state n=2 of an hydrogen atom. Consider that there's an external magnetic field of intensity B=1T.
Homework Equations
No idea. I don't have any info on this in my classnotes. So I checked out http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/larmor.html#c1 but I get lost.
The Attempt at a Solution
From my understanding, in the state n=2 the electron can have either a "spin up" or "spin down" (though I never learned yet what is the spin). What I understand from my reading is that if there's an external magnetic field, the electron will suffer a torque and "precess" with the Larmor frequency. But I don't know how to relate this with the state n=2 in the hydrogen atom.
According to hyperphysics: [itex]\omega _{\text {Larmor}}=\frac{eB}{2m_e}[/itex].