If you pluck a guitar string, it will only vibrate at certain "allowed" frequencies (harmonics), each a multiple of the fundamental frequency. How does this relate to the production of an emission spectrum of light?

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If you pluck a guitar string, it will only vibrate at certain "allowed" frequencies (harmonics), each a multiple of the fundamental frequency. How does this relate to the production of an emission spectrum of light?

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