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As a disagreement was found by Robinson1 between measured and calculated values for the ionization potential of Li+, I have made a direct calculation by the method described by Hylleraas2. The ionization potential in the 13th approximation is found to be 610,058 cm.-1. This result is in good agreement with the value 610,054 cm.-1 obtained from the Hylleraas' extrapolation formula for Z = 3.
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ERIKSSON, H. Ionization Energy of Li+ and He. Nature 140, 151 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140151a0
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