L4.2 The uncoupled and coupled basis states for the spectrum

MIT 8.06 Quantum Physics III, Spring 2018
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L4.2 The uncoupled and coupled basis states for the spectrum
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[@halaelhag3682]

it should be mj instead of jm, right?

[@youtubeviewer7039]

Writing (s, m_s), (l, m_l) and (j, m_j) would probably be the most consistent notation.

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[@prabhatp654]

He's Kripke from TBBT

[@anomic1911]

Isn't the spectroscopic notation r L_j where r is multiplicity (r=2s+1) instead of n L_j?

[@Nina-nd2mg]

I think you're right the additiional term for spin usually a superscript in front of the L. It will be added especially when spectroscopic notation is used to specify the states of two electrons, (since the total spin may be 0 or 1), but here, it is not nessecary to note the total spin, as it will always be 1/2.