Helium atom −54.41776311(2) eV. The total ground state energy of the helium atom is −79.005151042(40) eV, or −2.90338583(13) a.u. Helium atom A helium atom is an atom of the chemical element helium. Helium is composed of two electrons bound by the electromagnetic force to a nucleus containing two protons along with either one or two neutrons, depending on the isotope, held together by the strong force. Unlike for hydrogen, a closed-form solution to the Schrödinger equation for the helium atom has not been found. However, various approximations, such as the Hartree–Fock method, can be used to estimate the ground state energy and
Vector model of the atom considered the extension of the Bohr model because Niels Bohr also proposed angular momentum was quantized according to: where "m" is an integer, produced correct results for the Hydrogen atom. Although the Bohr model doesn't apply to multi-electron atoms, it was the first successful quantization of angular momentum applied to the atom, preceding the vector model of the atom. For one-electron atoms (i.e. hydrogen), there is only one set of cones for the orbiting electron. For multi-electron atoms, there are many states, due to the increasing number of electrons. The angular momenta of all electrons in the atom add vectorially.