Classical Helium Model

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Classical Helium Model

written by Wolfgang Christian

The EJS Classical Helium Model is an example of a three-body problem that is similar to the gravitational three-body problem of a heavy sun and two light planets. The important difference is that the helium atom's two electrons repel one another, unlike the planetary case where the intraplanetary interaction is attractive.

The EJS Classical Helium Model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_mech_orbits_ClassicalHelium.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.

An OSP program implementation of this model is also available. Search the OSP collection for classical helium.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.

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Last Modified: June 3, 2014
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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in Two Dimensions = Central Forces General Physics - Computational Physics	- Upper Undergraduate - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license. Additional information is available.
Rights Holder:: Wolfgang Christian
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 14, 2009 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:: June 3, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 14, 2009

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/OSP/items/detail.cfm?ID=8691">Christian, Wolfgang. "Classical Helium Model." Version 1.0.</a>

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Christian, Wolfgang. Classical Helium Model. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2009. Java 1.5. 13 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8691&DocID=1089>.

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