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the sum <strong>of</strong> the two coupled angular momentum vectors J and I, in this case<br />

giving the total atomic angular momentum F<br />

F = J + I, (2.10)<br />

which is similarly constrained by the triangle inequality to have a magnitude<br />

with the range<br />

|J − I| ≤ F ≤ J + I. (2.11)<br />

To get a feeling for how this works, consider the ground state <strong>of</strong> 87 Rb<br />

which has the single term 5 2 S1/2. Because I = 3/2 and J = 1/2, Eq. 2.11<br />

indicates that F can take on two values: 1 or 2. In the excited state <strong>of</strong> the D2<br />

transition the term is 5 2 P3/2 so F can take on the values 0, 1, 2, or 3.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hamiltonian describing the interaction between the total electronic<br />

angular momentum J and the total nuclear angular momentum I is given by<br />

[44–47]<br />

Hhfs = Ahfs I · 3(<br />

J + Bhfs<br />

I · J) 2 + 3<br />

2 ( I · J) − I(I + 1)J(J + 1)<br />

, (2.12)<br />

2I(2I − 1)J(2J − 1)<br />

where the interaction between J and the magnetic dipole moment and elec-<br />

tric quadrupole moment <strong>of</strong> the nucleus has been included. Higher order terms<br />

resulting from interactions with higher order nuclear moments have been ne-<br />

glected in this Hamiltonian because experimental measurements are not suffi-<br />

ciently accurate to assign a non-zero contribution to them. In Eq. 2.12, Ahfs<br />

is the magnetic dipole constant and Bhfs is the electric quadrupole constant,<br />

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