Which prevents spontaneous emission from excited atomic orbitals?

💡 Explanation

Selection rules dictate possible transitions; spontaneous emission requires allowed transitions. The quantum mechanical prohibition of certain momentum changes due to selection rules removes the mechanism of spontaneous de-excitation, because only particular reductions in orbital spin or angular momentum are allowed rather than random shifts.

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