Solution

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For , the mixed states approach opposite-spin product states and
The omitted mixed-branch correction is of order . The four levels are generically nondegenerate, apart from special moment choices or crossings.
For equal-and-opposite signed moments, , and the parallel-spin level remains exactly twofold degenerate at ; the other two approach . Equal moment magnitudes are an extra assumption, not implied by opposite charges alone. If , the differential Zeeman term vanishes and the singlet/triplet-zero block stays unmixed by the field. This is the strong-field limit of a two-spin exchange spectrum.

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