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A photon collides with a stationary hydrogen atom in ground state inelastically. Energy of the colliding photon is 10.2 eV. After a time interval of the order of micro second another photon collides with same hydrogen atom inelastically with an energy of 15eV. What wil be observed by the detector?
(a) 2 photons of energy 10.2 eV
(b) 2 photons of energy 1.4 eV
(c ) One photon of energy 10.2 eV and an electron of energy 1.4 eV
(d) One photon of energy 10.2 eV and another photon of energy 1.4 eV

A

2 photons of energy 10.2 eV

B

2 photons of energy 1.4 eV

C

One photon of energy 10.2 eV and an electron of energy 1.4 eV

D

One photon of energy 10.2 eV and another photon of energy 1.4 eV

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