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Properties of Atoms. Spectra.

Problem 6.163

The wavelengths of the Na yellow doublet (2P2S)\left({ }^{2} P \rightarrow{ }^{2} S\right) are equal to 589.59 and 589.00nm.589.00 \mathrm{nm} . Find: (a) the ratio of the intervals between neighbouring sublevels of the Zeeman splitting of the terms 2P3/2{ }^{2} P_{3 / 2} and 2P1/2{ }^{2} P_{1 / 2} in a weak magnetic field; (b) the magnetic field induction BB at which the interval between neighbouring sublevels of the Zeeman splitting of the term 2P3/2{ }^{2} P_{3 / 2} is η=50\eta=50 times smaller than the natural splitting of the term 2P{ }^{2} P.

Reveal Answer
6.163. (a) 2.1 (the ratio of the corresponding Landé factors); (b) B=2πcΔλ/gμBηλ2=5.5kGB=2 \pi c \hbar \Delta \lambda / g \mu_{B} \eta \lambda^{2}=5.5 \mathrm{kG}