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Approximate Selection Rule for Orbital Angular Momentum in Atomic Radiative Transitions

Atomic Physics 2009-11-13 v1 Classical Physics

Abstract

We demonstrate that radiative transitions with \Delta l = - 1 are strongly dominating for all values of n and l, except small region where l << n.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0704.0856,
  title  = {Approximate Selection Rule for Orbital Angular Momentum in Atomic Radiative Transitions},
  author = {I. B. Khriplovich and D. V. Matvienko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.0856},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure