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What is the emission spectra of electrons under the Zeeman/Stark effect?
As the Zeeman effect/Stark effect lead to a change in the energy levels of orbital electrons in relation to their spin, similar to hyperfine transitions, I was wondering what the emission spectra of ...
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Is spin-orbit coupling mass dependent?
When comparing spin-orbit coupling in the case of electrons and in the case of nucleons, do nuclear states exhibit a stronger level splitting compared to atomic states because the nucleons are more ...
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Why do spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ nuclei have zero electric quadrupole moment?
Why do spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ nuclei have zero electric quadrupole moment? How does this come about, and how can one tell in general whether a spin-$j$ nucleus can have a nonzero quadrupole (or higher ...
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