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Energy levels of helium atom
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[QUOTE="captainjack2000, post: 2677440, member: 94233"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] I have having difficulty explaining the splitting of helium atom energy levels for three different cases: 1)Coulomb interaction is ignored 2)Coulomb interaction is present but exchange interaction is neglected 3)Coulomb and exchange interactions are present [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] For 1) The helium atom has two outer electron. These electrons must have opposite spins due to pauli exclusion principle (-1/2 and +1/2). So we will have the case {n1=1 l=0} and {n2=1 l=0} for the first energy level. and {n1=1 l=0} {n2=2 l=0 or 1} for the second? For 2) Electron electron interaction is repulsive so it raises all energy levels wrt levels in 1). Coulomb potential is inversely proportional to separation of electrons. ? 3)I know that triplet states are lower in energy than singlet states since in the triplet state electrons want to keep away from each other. I don't really understand these effects and where degeneracy in l is lifted and when it isn't. If someone could clarify this I would really appreciate it! [/QUOTE]
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