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Properties of Atoms. Spectra.

Problem 6.163

The wavelengths of the Na yellow doublet \(\left({ }^{2} P \rightarrow{ }^{2} S\right)\) are equal to 589.59 and \(589.00 \mathrm{nm} .\) Find: (a) the ratio of the intervals between neighbouring sublevels of the Zeeman splitting of the terms \({ }^{2} P_{3 / 2}\) and \({ }^{2} P_{1 / 2}\) in a weak magnetic field; (b) the magnetic field induction \(B\) at which the interval between neighbouring sublevels of the Zeeman splitting of the term \({ }^{2} P_{3 / 2}\) is \(\eta=50\) times smaller than the natural splitting of the term \({ }^{2} P\).

Reveal Answer
6.163. (a) 2.1 (the ratio of the corresponding Landé factors); (b) \(B=2 \pi c \hbar \Delta \lambda / g \mu_{B} \eta \lambda^{2}=5.5 \mathrm{kG}\)