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The Spectrum of Neutral Helium

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IN a letter to NATURE of November 25, p. 700, concerning my first communication (NATURE, August 19) on this subject, Prof. Raman expresses the opinion that the representation of helium lines derived from my assumption of the mutual apathy of the two interatomic electrons has a purely arithmetical character and would thus be deprived of any “real physical basis.”

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SILBERSTEIN, L. The Spectrum of Neutral Helium. Nature 111, 46 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111046a0

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