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Energy Levels of Helium Nucleus
Department of Physics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
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Journal of Modern Physics·Volume 04 (2013)·Pages 459–462·Published 19 April 2013·DOI10.4236/jmp.2013.44064
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Abstract
The Helium-4 nucleus is more similar to the Hydrogen atom of atomic physics. In the case of hydrogen atom , there are many energy levels which were experimentally seen and theoretically explained using non-relativistic quantum mechanics. In this note , we use a central potential to derive the energy levels of Helium-4 nucleus. The ground state and the first few energy levels agree pretty well with experiment. The same potential can be used with nuclei like Oxygen-17 and many more nuclei.
KeywordsHelium-4Nuclear Energy LevelsDeuteronMorphed Gravitational Potential
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