AtomicK- andL-shell Compton defects for the study of electronic structures

An accurate treatment is developed for the calculation of Compton defects and their physical interpretation. The case of atomic K and L-shells analyzed here exhibits the strong dependency of Compton defects with overlapping properties of individual orbitals. For given azimuthal l and magnetic m quantum numbers, a simple generalization allows one to predict the sign of the Compton defect from the parity of $l+m$.