Solution to 1992 Problem 31


Recall the spectroscopic notation:
\begin{align*}^{2 S +1} L\end{align*}
So, in this problem, the orbital angular momentum quantum number is 0 and the spin angular momentum quantum number is 1. Therefore, the total angular momentum quantum number can only have one possible value: 1. Therefore, answer (B) is correct.


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