Imagine a proton confined in an infinitely square well of length 10 fm, a typical nuclear diameter. Calculate the energy and wavelength associated with the photon emitted when the proton moves from n = 2 state to the ground state.

Imagine a proton confined in an infinitely square well of length 10 fm, a typical nuclear diameter. Calculate the energy and wavelength associated with the photon emitted when the proton moves from n = 2 state to the ground state.

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