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joker314
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Homework Statement
What are the energies of the ground state and the first two excited states of the He+ ion?
Homework Equations
En= - Eo/n2
The Attempt at a Solution
n=1 for this problem (since there is only 1 electron) so the ground state would have the electron contained in the 1s subshell. Thus E= -13.6eV(1/12)=-13.6eV
The first excited state has the electron entering the 2s subshell, and the second excited state in the 2p subshell? What I'm getting confused about (assuming my solution for E for the ground state is correct) is that since n=1, the answer won't change depending on what subshell it is in according to how I am approaching the problem. And this I believe is incorrect... Any thoughts, help? Thanks!