Where would the energy to emit the next “almost highest energy,” or “next-highest energy,” photon come from?
the same place !!!
the atom continues to release its excess energy.
Those hotter and cooler atoms radiate at frequencies that create the head and tail of the curve/spectrum,
while most of the atoms (the peak intensity for the curve) will be radiating at (or nearer to) the frequency
for that average temperature.
what would be the difference between examining one atom as it
cools and examining a group of atoms as they cool.
I would think that the one would represent the group.
by examining a group of atoms all your going to do is
make the examination more difficult and harder to understand.
not that you would intentionally do anything like that.
Though Paul, even if we accept your ideas about "hyperfine lines" your logic still doesn't follow.
its not mine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperfine_structureIn atomic physics, hyperfine structure is the different effects leading to small shifts and splittings in the energy levels of atoms, molecules and ions.
the atoms we are discussing were not super heated by photon
absorption that caused the electron to increase its orbit
they were slowly heated after they cooled enough to hold
an electron.
and photon emission from the atom is due to a continuous
cooling.
the atoms in its proximity are also cooling from a
super heated / energized state and most likely cannot absorb
a photon so the photon is radiated away from the atom/atoms.
And what does your point about how "co2 absorbs inbound radiation from the sun" have to do with anything
that I might not like about greenhouse warming?
I was just thinking that you wouldnt like it because it
isnt in line with your beliefs because the inbound
radiation causes the co2 in the atmosphere
to become saturated as they become energized and that
isnt what is being preached by the global warming cartel .
so all day long ( daylight ) the normal state (non energized)
co2 molecules in the atmosphere will be blocking the inbound photons from the sun that they absorb.
and the energized co2 in the atmosphere cannot
absorb another photon until they emit a photon.
but as soon as co2 in the atmosphere emits
a photon in the daytime it is re-energized by inbound
radiation from the sun.
The greenhouse effect is driven by the "upgoing" long-wave heat,
but not by the "downgoing" short-wave heat. What is your point?
my point is that this pretty much removes your entire greenhouse effect during daylight hours.
but if its any consolation to you and yours the co2 will
warm the planet at night if it emits a photon towards the
earth.
but all day long the co2 pretty much just blocks the radiation
from the sun.
so in order to debunk this the global warming due to co2 cartel
will need to show that the sun does not emit the full spectrum
and that it only emits photons from individual
atoms in all the required modes to produce all the required frequencies from the available atoms that actually are on the
sun that just so happen to only have the frequencies that would allow the greenhouse effect to work the way that they believe
or want it to work.
because if the sun emits the full spectrum then the co2 in
the atmosphere will absorb the emitted photons that are in
the required frequency.
