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The discovery by the author(1) of a new ordering principle or extended symmetry in atomic physics (characterized by the quantum number k) in 1976 pertains to the excited-state energy spectra of atoms and ions consisting of a single valence electron outside a core of closed shells. The k ordering applies specifically to medium and heavy atoms and ions, i.e., those with atomic number Z ≧ 11 (Na), so that there is at least one filled p shell in the electron core of the atom or ion. The k-ordering symmetry thus discovered represents in a basic sense the opposite limiting case to the level ordering according to n (n degeneracy) of the hydrogen atom, which will be referred to as the H ordering.
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It should be noted that the present chapter is a revised and enlarged version of an earlier review article on the k ordering, published by the New York Academy of Sciences as part of ,”A Festschrift for Maurice Goldhaber,“ Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, Series II, 40, 190–210 (1980).
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Sternheimer, R.M. (1984). The k Ordering of Atomic Structure. In: Beyer, H.J., Kleinpoppen, H. (eds) Progress in Atomic Spectroscopy Part C. Physics of Atoms and Molecules, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2647-2_1
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