(from the article `spectroscopy`) For atoms in the first three rows and those in the first two columns of the periodic table, the atom can be described in terms of quantum numbers ... ...concentrated at that point. The quantity Lc in equation (83) is sometimes called the body`s spin, and r p is called the orbital angular momentum. ... ...
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the component of angular momentum of an electron in an atom or a nucleon in a nucleus, arising from its orbital motion rather than from its spin.
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