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Transcribed Image Text:3. (a) Apply L-S coupling according to the Nuclear Shell model to explain the occurrence of
magic number 28.
(b) Draw the sketch of the appropriate energy level diagram before and after the spin-orbit
coupling phenomenon.
4. "Everything is radioactive", explain the statement using appropriate examples and the origin
of the radioactivity in your own words.
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