What Are the Selection Rules for the Zeeman Effect?

Click For Summary
The Zeeman effect is influenced by four selection rules that dictate the allowed transitions of atomic states in the presence of a magnetic field. For a transition to be permitted, it must satisfy all four selection rules, not just one. This means that if any of the rules are violated, the transition will not occur. Understanding these rules is crucial for predicting spectral lines in magnetic fields. Therefore, all four selection rules are essential for determining allowed transitions in the Zeeman effect.
KFC
Messages
477
Reaction score
4
I am reading some online article on Zeeman effect
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/spin/node10.html
In the article, the author mentions 4 selection rules, I wonder the corresponding transition is allowed by satisfying one of these selection rules or the corresponding line will be allowed only when all rules are satisfied?

Thanks.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
All four selection rules must be satisfied.
 

Thread 'Two equivalent statements of time reversal symmetric Hamiltonian'

Time reversal invariant Hamiltonians must satisfy ##[H,\Theta]=0## where ##\Theta## is time reversal operator. However, in some texts (for example see Many-body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics an introduction, HENRIK BRUUS and KARSTEN FLENSBERG, Corrected version: 14 January 2016, section 7.1.4) the time reversal invariant condition is introduced as ##H=H^*##. How these two conditions are identical?
View full post »

Similar threads

Confusion about selection rules
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
4K
Nuclear Spin and Selection Rules
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
9K
Undergrad Derivation of normal Zeeman-Effect
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Views
2K
Selection rules for atomic transitions
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
Do All Images with Applied Current Show the Normal Zeeman Effect?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
1K
Relative intensities of Zeeman components
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
4K
Undergrad Understand selection rules in ##\beta##-decay/EC
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
How Does the ΔS = 0 Selection Rule Arise?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Are \(\Delta n = 0\) Transitions Allowed in Hydrogen Atom Selection Rules?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
Undergrad What is the effect of ionization at low densities?
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
1K