The number of possible orientations, calculated as
, of
the spin
angular momentum corresponding to a given total spin quantum
number
(
), for the same spatial electronic wavefunction. A
state of singlet multiplicity has
and
.
A
doublet state has
,
,
etc. Note that when
(the total
orbital angular
momentum possible) there are only
orientations of total
angular momentum
possible.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2255
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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