circular state

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of those quantum states of an atom, which has a high principal quantum number n, and a magnetic quantum number m_l with the maximum possible magnitude, |m_l|=n-1.
    — […] [T]he selection rules on the Auger and X-ray transition probabilities tend to populate preferentially the circular states, that is those for which the orbital angular momentum l is given by l#61;n-1.

词形变化

circular states plural

词源

Named after the torus-like shape of the valence electron orbital in these states, which resembles a classical circular orbit.
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