In 1890 Rydberg showed1 that for multielectron atoms the energy may be written in a form that resembles the now familiar −1/2n 2 for the hydrogen atom. (In this chapter we use atomic units.) For multielectron atoms there is no accidental degeneracy as for the hydrogen atom so the expression for the energy should depend on both n and ℓ.
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(2006). The Quantum Defect. In: Topics in Atomic Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-31074-6_11
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