Magnetic field from a Zeeman diagram
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For weak-field sodium D lines neglecting hyperfine structure, the smallest adjacent spectral spacing in the full electronic pattern is . A drawing without a labelled energy axis can still estimate if it includes both unsplit D lines with known wavelengths: their separation calibrates . Divide the drawn split spacing by the drawn unsplit separation before using that energy scale. Graphical line thickness, unequal drawn spacings and uncalibrated rendering limit precision; they do not justify exact numerical field values.
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