what is the physical interpretation of a selection rule?
The transitions among quantum levels due to absorption or emission of electromagnetic radiation is specified by the selection rule. An oscillating electric field E0cos(t) that interacts with a transition dipole is as a result of the incident electromagnetic radiation.
A dipolar polarization is created by an interaction of
electromagnetic radiation with a molecule. It is called transition
dipole moment, z
z = 1*
z
2
d
In an experiment we present an electric field along the z axis
(in the laboratory frame) and we may consider specifically the
interaction between the transition dipole along the x, y, or z axis
of the molecule with this radiation. If mz is zero then
a transition is forbidden. The selection rule is a statement of
when mz is non-zero. in the section on electronic
transitions, these selection rules also apply to the orbital
angular momentum
( l=±1l=±1
, m=0m=0
).
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