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Guess I should know this but...
Maybe a good quantum guy can help me out.
In atomic transitions involving orbital angular momentum, L, (or total angular momentum J) , how is a change of + or - 2 accounted for??
Usually it is said that electromagnetic transitions are forbidden (presumably because they must change by + or - 1); therefore in a 0 to + 2 transition what happens to the excess (loss or gain) in angular momentum ?? How is it accounted for if not radiated electromagnetically?
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Maybe a good quantum guy can help me out.
In atomic transitions involving orbital angular momentum, L, (or total angular momentum J) , how is a change of + or - 2 accounted for??
Usually it is said that electromagnetic transitions are forbidden (presumably because they must change by + or - 1); therefore in a 0 to + 2 transition what happens to the excess (loss or gain) in angular momentum ?? How is it accounted for if not radiated electromagnetically?
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