Excited sodium atoms emit two closely spaced spectrum lines called the sodium doublet (Fig. 40-27) with wavelengths
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(a) What is the difference in energy between the two upper energy levels (n = 3, l = 1)?
(b) This energy difference occurs because the electron's spin magnetic moment can be oriented either parallel or anti-parallel to the internal magnetic field associated with the electron's orbital motion. Use your result in (a) to find the magnitude of this internal magnetic field.
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Fundamentals of Physics
ISBN: 978-1118230725
10th Extended edition
Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick
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