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why sodium has two lines D1 and D2 ?
Why does sodium light have two distinct wavelengths?
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The spin-orbit coupling splits the 3p orbital and removes the degeneracy. Read here:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/sodium.html
Zz.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/sodium.html
Zz.
kmp
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it may be due to transition between s1/2 and p3/2, p1/2 and p3/2 states
guerom00
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Those are transitions from two fine levels.
That's [tex]^2P_{1/2} \to ^2S[/tex] and [tex]^2P_{3/2} \to ^2S[/tex]
That's [tex]^2P_{1/2} \to ^2S[/tex] and [tex]^2P_{3/2} \to ^2S[/tex]
In addition to ZapperZ's link, there is
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/sodzee.html#c1
which has this image:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/sodzee.html#c1
which has this image: