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Other Hydrogen Series Lines

The Balmer series (sometimes referred to as the L series) are transitions between the n = 2 shell (ie. the L-shell) and the n > 2 shells. There are several line components associated with permitted transitions, and are sometimes distinguished based upon the lower configuration as follows:

Lower Config	Name
2s 2S1/2	LI series
2p 2Po1/2	LII series
2p 2Po3/2	LIII series

Here are a few of the lines

Energy (eV) [Wavelength (nm)]	Ion	Upper Configurations	Notes
1.88920617, 1.88921961 [656.27714, 656.27247]	HI	3p 2Po1/2 , 3p 2Po3/2	lowest energy transitions in the LI series
1.88921184, 1.88922396 [656.27517, 656.27096]	HI	3s 2S1/2 , 3d 2D3/2	lowest energy transitions in the LII series
1.88916647 to 1.88918308 [656.29093 to 656.28516]	HI	3s 2S1/2 , 3d 2D3/2 , 3d 2D5/2	lowest energy transitions in the LIII series
2.55043591, 2.55044157 [486.12977, 486.12869]	HI	4p 2Po1/2 , 4p 2Po3/2	next transitions in the LI series
etc		etc	More details on Hydrogen Balmer Series

Here's a summary of range of energy covered by the various transitions:

Energy Range (eV) [Wavelength Range (nm)]	Ion	Upper shell	Notes
1.88922396 to 1.8891665 [656.27096 to 656.29093]	H I	n=3	Halpha A = 4.410x107 s-1 fabs = 0.6407
2.55044598 to 2.5504006 [486.12785 to 486.13650]	H I	n=4	Hbeta A = 8.419x106 s-1 fabs = 0.1193
2.85649978 to 2.8564517 [434.04268 to 434.04998]	H I	n=5	Hgamma A = 2.530x106 s-1 fabs = 4.467x10-2
3.02275192 to 3.0227051 [410.17022 to 410.17658]	H I	n=6	Hdelta A = 9.732x105 s-1 fabs = 2.209x10-2
etc		etc	etc

The Paschen series (sometimes referred to as the M series) are transitions between the n = 3 shell (ie. the L-shell) and the n > 3 shells. There are several line components associated with permitted transitions, and are sometimes distinguished based upon the lower configuration as follows:

Lower Config	Name
3s 2S1/2	MI series
3p 2Po1/2	MII series
3p 2Po3/2	MIII series
3d 2D3/2	MIV series
3d 2D5/2	MV series

Here's a summary of range of energy covered by the various transitions:

Energy Range (eV) [Wavelength Range (nm)]	Ion	Upper shell	Notes
0.66105020 to 0.6610202 [1875.5653 to 1875.6504]	H I	n=4	Palpha A = 8.986x106 s-1 fabs = 0.8421
0.967010301 to 0.96699030 [1282.14024 to 1282.16676]	H I	n=5	Pbeta A = 2.201x106 s-1 fabs = 0.1506
etc		etc	etc