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Homework Statement
a hydrogen atom with its electron in the ground state 1s orbital can have proton and electron spins that are either parallel or anti parallel. which is the lower configuration and why? treat the electron as orbiting the proton in a plane perpendicular to the spin of the proton.
Homework Equations
the Heitler London model may have something to do with it but I am not sure.
i also know that the splitting of spectral lines is due to the property of spin
The Attempt at a Solution
im pretty sure the answer is anti parallel but i have no idea why. this was assigned for a general physics class which i think is crazy since we never even talked about anything like this. Please Help or steer me in the right direction or something. thanks