Which one of the following statements about the exchange energy of the few lowest excited states of helium, in which the two electrons are in different subshells, is incorrect? Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a b с d e In the absence of the exchange energy, the degeneracy between 1s¹2s¹ and 1s¹2p¹ configurations would only be lifted by relativistic corrections. For a given configuration and L the exchange energy favours (ie the energy is lower for) S-1 compared with S=0 O For a given configuration and L the exchange energy favours states that are spatially anti-symmetric The exchange energy gives larger shifts in the levels than relativistic corrections L, S remain good quantum numbers in the presence of the exchange energy

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Which one of the following statements about the exchange energy of the few lowest excited states of helium, in which the two electrons are in
different subshells, is incorrect?
Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer.
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с
d
e
In the absence of the exchange energy, the degeneracy between 1s¹2s¹ and 1s¹2p¹ configurations would only be lifted by
relativistic corrections.
For a given configuration and L the exchange energy favours (ie the energy is lower for) S-1 compared with S=0
O
For a given configuration and L the exchange energy favours states that are spatially anti-symmetric
The exchange energy gives larger shifts in the levels than relativistic corrections
L, S remain good quantum numbers in the presence of the exchange energy
Transcribed Image Text:Which one of the following statements about the exchange energy of the few lowest excited states of helium, in which the two electrons are in different subshells, is incorrect? Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. b с d e In the absence of the exchange energy, the degeneracy between 1s¹2s¹ and 1s¹2p¹ configurations would only be lifted by relativistic corrections. For a given configuration and L the exchange energy favours (ie the energy is lower for) S-1 compared with S=0 O For a given configuration and L the exchange energy favours states that are spatially anti-symmetric The exchange energy gives larger shifts in the levels than relativistic corrections L, S remain good quantum numbers in the presence of the exchange energy
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