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    Qualitative explanation of radiative transitions and selection rules.

    Start with H atoms, and the allowed electronic transition from the doublet S state (where the electron is in the 1s orbital) to the doublet P state (where the electron is in a 2p orbital). For electric dipole transitions, an electric dipole in the atom or molecule is set to oscillating by the...
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