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We all know that the elctrons in the nucleus of an atom can't jump to any enrgy state but rather specific sets of energy levels which we call sub-shells (orbitals), implying that energy is quantized just like electric charge.
But here is an excerpt from my Phyiscs Book which says otherwise :
When moving a particle
between two points A and B that are
a distance x apart,
Work done by electric field= FΔx= -ΔPotential Energy
∴ F = -ΔPotential Energy/Δx
If the two points are close together, x is very small. The change in
potential energy must therefore also be very small; otherwise, the
force would be extremely large. This argument applies as the displacement
becomes infinitesimal (in the limit Δx → 0) and means that the electric
potential energy cannot jump discontinuously when a particle moves
between two points A and B an infinitesimal distance apart.
Which one is correct, the book or the theory (we all take for granted)
But here is an excerpt from my Phyiscs Book which says otherwise :
When moving a particle
between two points A and B that are
a distance x apart,
Work done by electric field= FΔx= -ΔPotential Energy
∴ F = -ΔPotential Energy/Δx
If the two points are close together, x is very small. The change in
potential energy must therefore also be very small; otherwise, the
force would be extremely large. This argument applies as the displacement
becomes infinitesimal (in the limit Δx → 0) and means that the electric
potential energy cannot jump discontinuously when a particle moves
between two points A and B an infinitesimal distance apart.
Which one is correct, the book or the theory (we all take for granted)