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Homework Statement
Units of the problem are chosen to be such as KB = 1 and ħ = 1 so that energies are expressed in Kelvin and lengths in Å. The professor says the resulting value of ħ2 / 2 m for a 4-He atom is 6.0599278: how is that possibile?
Homework Equations
Natural units websites give many conversion factors:
https://thespectrumofriemannium.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/log070-natural-units/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_units
The Attempt at a Solution
as the 4-He mass is
m ≈ 6 * 10-27 Kg
ħ2 / 2 m ≈ 8,4 * 10^-43 m2/s
Now using conversions of meters and seconds to eV (given at https://thespectrumofriemannium.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/log070-natural-units/) we find
m2/s ≈ 0,0169
so the result is wrong.
I tried in many other ways, starting for example from ħ = 1 and converting the 4-He mass, but I cannot find any way to get the result
ħ2 / 2 m ≈ 6.0599278
Thank you very much in advance for your help!