Energy levels of a helium atom

2015

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DOI 10.1134/s1547477115050040
Data confidence 70 medium
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Abstract

The nonrelativistic ionization energy levels of a helium atom are calculated for S , P , and D states. The calculations are based on the variational method of “exponential” expansion. The convergence of the calculated energy levels is studied as a function of the number of basis functions ( N ). This allows us to claim that the obtained energy values (including the values for the states with a nonzero angular momentum) are accurate to 20 significant digits.