Hund’s rules for ordering of terms

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Hund’s rules for ordering of terms are empirical guidelines in atomic spectroscopy that predict the relative energies and ground-state term of an atom by specifying how electron spins and orbital angular momenta combine under LS (Russell–Saunders) coupling.

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instanceOf empirical rule ⓘ
rule in atomic physics ⓘ
spectroscopic rule ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hund’s rules ⓘ
appliesTo LS coupling ⓘ
light atoms ⓘ
many-electron atoms ⓘ
open-shell electron configurations ⓘ
approximate true energy ordering of atomic terms ⓘ
assumes LS coupling is a good approximation ⓘ
weak spin–orbit coupling ⓘ
basedOn Russell–Saunders coupling ⓘ
category selection and ordering rules in spectroscopy ⓘ
characterizes combination of electron spins ⓘ
combination of orbital angular momenta ⓘ
component Hund’s first rule ⓘ
Hund’s second rule ⓘ
Hund’s third rule ⓘ
contrastedWith jj coupling scheme ⓘ
dependsOn less-than-half-filled subshells ⓘ
more-than-half-filled subshells ⓘ
describes ground-state term of an atom ⓘ
ordering of atomic term symbols ⓘ
relative energies of atomic terms ⓘ
field atomic physics ⓘ
atomic spectroscopy ⓘ
influences fine-structure splitting patterns ⓘ
magnetic properties of atoms ⓘ
involves electron–electron repulsion ⓘ
spin–orbit interaction ⓘ
namedAfter Friedrich Hund ⓘ
originatedIn early 20th century ⓘ
predicts for a given multiplicity, term with largest L lies lowest ⓘ
ordering of J levels within a term ⓘ
term with maximum multiplicity has lowest energy ⓘ
relatedTo term symbol notation 2S+1LJ ⓘ
relatesTo total angular momentum quantum number J ⓘ
total orbital angular momentum quantum number L ⓘ
total spin quantum number S ⓘ
states for less-than-half-filled subshells, lowest J has lowest energy ⓘ
for more-than-half-filled subshells, highest J has lowest energy ⓘ
usedFor assignment of spectroscopic terms ⓘ
qualitative prediction of atomic spectra ⓘ
usedIn construction of energy level diagrams ⓘ
determination of atomic ground states ⓘ
interpretation of atomic spectra ⓘ
validWhen electron–electron interactions dominate over spin–orbit coupling ⓘ

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Russell–Saunders coupling → governs → Hund’s rules for ordering of terms ⓘ
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Hund’s rules for ordering of terms → component → Hund’s second rule ⓘ
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