Electron excitation cross-sections between |1¹s,\,2³s,\,2¹s,\,2³p\,and\,2¹p| states of helium have been calculated recently using the R-matrix method. These cross-sections have been integrated over a Maxwellian distribution to give electron excitation rates.
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Berrington et al. (1982) studied this question.