Rules for Determining the Ground State of a j-j Coupled Atom

Mark L. Campbell
Department of Chemistry, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402-5026
J. Chem. Educ., 1998, 75 (10), p 1339
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1339
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998

Abstract

Rules for determining the ground-state term and J state for atoms described by j-j coupling are presented. The rules are straightforward and give the same ground state values of J determined using Hund's rules for L-S coupling. A table of j-j coupled terms with their associated J values is presented. Tables of the ground-state term and J state are included for all the neutral atoms and for ions with only one partially filled subshell.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Subject):

Atomic Properties / Structure

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