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In atomic physics, spin–orbit coupling, also known as spin-pairing, describes a weak magnetic interaction, or coupling, of the particle spin and the orbital motion of this particle, e.g. the electron spin and its motion around an atomic nucleus. One of its effects is to separate the energy of internal states of the atom, e.g. spin-aligned and ...
The renormalization group was initially devised in particle physics, but nowadays its applications extend to solid-state physics, fluid mechanics, physical cosmology, and even nanotechnology. An early article [ 2 ] by Ernst Stueckelberg and André Petermann in 1953 anticipates the idea in quantum field theory .
The remaining terms fit inside the middle 3×3 portion of the table above. Then a second table can be extracted, removing the entries for M L and M S both ranging from −1 to +1 (and so S = L = 1, a 3 P term). The remaining table is a 1×1 table, with L = S = 0, i.e., a 1 S term.
The electric charge Q, third component of weak isospin T 3 (also called T z, I 3 or I z) and weak hypercharge Y W are related by = +, (or by the alternative convention Q = T 3 + Y W). The first convention, used in this article, is equivalent to the earlier Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula. It makes the hypercharge be twice the average charge of a ...
We need to consider only the outer 3p 2 electrons, for which it can be shown (see term symbols) that the possible terms allowed by the Pauli exclusion principle are 1 D , 3 P , and 1 S. Hund's first rule now states that the ground state term is 3 P, which has S = 1. The superscript 3 is the value of the multiplicity = 2S + 1 = 3.
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The debut College Football Playoff rankings can be used as a road map for the rest of the regular season. Here are a few things to expect: Look for the Big Ten and SEC to dominate the top half of ...
The Breit–Wheeler process is the creation of an electron–positron pair following the collision of two high-energy photons (gamma photons). The nonlinear Breit–Wheeler process or multiphoton Breit–Wheeler is the creation of an electron-positron pair from the decay of a high-energy photon (gamma photon) interacting with a strong electromagnetic field such as a laser.