Definition for Lyman alpha line
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In physics, the Lyman-alpha line, sometimes written as Ly-alpha line, is a spectral line of hydrogen, or more generally of one-electron ions, in the Lyman series, emitted when the electron falls from the n = 2 orbital to the n = 1 orbital, where n is the principal quantum number.
