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Assignment - 03
LS Coupling and JJ Coupling

Q1. Find the spectroscopic terms of the 3 p3d configuration and arrange them in the
increasing order of energy

Q2.  
Find the spectroscopic terms of carbon 1s 2 2s 2 2 p 2 and arrange them in the increasing

order of energy

Q3. Find all the spectroscopic terms for the d 2 configuration and arrange the states in the
increasing order of energy.

Q4. Find the ground states for the following electronic configurations.
(i) d 1 (ii) d 2 (iii) d 3 (iv) d 4 (v) d 5
(vi) d 6 (vii) d 7 (viii) d 8 (ix) d 9 (x) d 10

Q5. (a) What are the terms arising from the electronic configuration 2 p 3 p in an L - S
coupled atom? Sketch the level structure, roughly show the splitting and label the effect
causing the splitting.
(b) What are the electric-dipole transition selection rules for these terms?
(c) To which of your forbidden term could electric dipole transition from a 3 p1 term be

made?

Q6. Apply the L  S coupling scheme to obtain all the states associated with the electron
configuration 1s 2 2s 2 2 p5 3 p .

Q7. The ground configuration of scandium (Sc) is 1s 2 2s 2 2 p 6 3s 2 3 p 6 3d 4s 2 . To what term

does this configuration give rise?

Q8. Apply the j  j coupling scheme to obtain all the states associated with the electronic
configuration 2 p 3 p and also draw the energy level diagram also.

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Q9. For the p 2 configuration, find the possible states in the j  j coupling. Draw the energy
level diagram of the states and compare it with the states arises due to the L  S
coupling.

Q10. Couple a P - state and an S - state electron via (a) L  S coupling (b) j j coupling
and identify the resultant states with the approximate quantum numbers and also sketch
side by side the energy level diagram for the two cases.

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