Related Experiment Video
Updated: Dec 25, 2025

Photoelectron Imaging of Anions Illustrated by 310 Nm Detachment of F−
Published on: July 27, 2018
Energy Levels and SpectSSrum of Neutral Helium (4He I)
Abstract:
A table of energy levels based on the most accurate observations now available is given for the neutral 4He atom. The wavelengths contained in a revised list of 4He I lines from 320 A to 21132 A are also based on the best measurements, over half of them having been calculated from the wavenumber separations of appropriate levels. Several previously disturbing features of the 4He term scheme are obviated by the revised level values. In a discussion of the experimental results for this spectrum some comparisons with theory are made.
Related Concept Videos
Nuclear Binding Energy
Emission Spectra
The Bohr Model
The Pauli Exclusion Principle
The Aufbau Principle and Hund's Rule
Electron Configuration of Multielectron Atoms

