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A quantum model of the Thomson helium atom is considered within the framework of stationary perturbation theory. It is shown that from a formal point of view this problem is similar to that of two-electron states in a parabolic quantum dot. The ground state energy of the quantum Thomson helium atom is estimated on the basis of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. The ground state energies obtained in the first order of perturbation theory and qualitative estimate provide, respectively, upper and lower estimates of eigenvalues derived by numerically solving the problem for a quantum model. The conditions under which the Kohn theorem holds in this system, when the values of resonance absorption frequencies are independent of the Coulomb interaction between electrons, are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © E.M. Kazaryan, V.A. Shakhnazaryan, H.A. Sarkisyan, A.A. Gusev, 2014, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2014.
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Kazaryan, E.M., Shakhnazaryan, V.A., Sarkisyan, H.A. et al. Quantum model of the Thomson helium atom. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 11, 109–113 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S154747711402023X
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