The 3 quantum numbers:
is the principal quantum number is the ortbial angular momentum quantum number is the magnetic (azimuthal) quantum number The constraints of the quantum numbers are as follows:
- Total number of states is
- Higher values of
correspond to higher orbits from the nucleus, by a factor of , - Energy only depends on
, therefore and can vary while maintaining a constant energy. This means there are a lot of degenerate states!
Also Strangeness Also Charm
NL Shorthand
| Orbital Angular Momentum Quantum Number | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Letter | s | p | d | f | g | h | a | b | c |
| A state with |