Glossary

exchange interaction

a purely quantum mechanical effect that looks like a spin-dependent force but is actually a consequence of the symmetrization postulate. It is the mechanism behind:

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Quantum Mechanics — Chapter 15: Identical Particles — Bosons, Fermions, and the Pauli Exclusion Principle
Quantum Mechanics — Chapter 16: Multi-Electron Atoms and the Building of the Periodic Table

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$-mc^2\alpha^2/(2n^2) = -13.6\,\text{eV}/n^2$ $mc^2$ (b) 1. Delft (Hensen et al., Nature 526, 682, 2015) 1. Electron lines (solid lines with arrows): 11.1 14.1 14.2

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