We investigate deviations from the leading-order Coulombic potential in the Scalar Temporal Field Ontology (STFO) and analyze their implications for atomic shell structure. Expanding the effective potential beyond the 1/r approximation, we examine how subleading terms modify the bound-state spectrum and lift degeneracies present in hydrogen-like systems. We show that these corrections introduce angular-momentum-dependent energy shifts, providing a structural mechanism for shell differentiation within the STFO framework. While approximate, this work establishes the necessary conditions for the emergence of structured atomic spectra beyond the hydrogenic limit.
Cale Scott Howe (Sat,) studied this question.