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Origin of spin-orbit interaction

The spin-orbit interaction in a hydrogen atom is often explained as arising from an interaction energy $U=-\mathbf{m}\cdot\mathbf{B}$ where $\mathbf{m}$ is a magnetic moment due to the electron’s spin ...
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Spin Orbit ($LS$) interaction energy

Well, I am currently using a pretty old book by H.E White "Atomic Spectra", and he defined spin orbit interaction energy as the product of the resultant frequency and the projection of spin ...