Which outcome occurs when an excited Helium atom transitions via spin-forbidden decay?

💡 Explanation

Photon emission with lower probability occurs because intersystem crossing changes the spin state resulting in a transition governed by weak spin-orbit coupling. Therefore emission intensity decreases rather than energy relaxing collisionally due to modified selection rules.

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