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New Reflections on Electron's Energy and Wavefunction in the Hydrogen Atom
Physics Essays, Vol.23(4), pp.618-620
Physics Essays Publication
12/2010
Abstract
Schrodinger's equation predicts something very peculiar about the electron in the Hydrogen atom: its total energy must be equal to zero. Unfortunately, an analysis of a zero-energy wavefunction for the electron in the Hydrogen atom has not been attempted in the published literature. This paper provides such an analysis for the first time and uncovers a few interesting facts, including the fact that a "zero-energy wavefunction" is actually a quantized version of the classical wavefunction that has been known for decades.
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- Title
- New Reflections on Electron's Energy and Wavefunction in the Hydrogen Atom
- Publication Details
- Physics Essays, Vol.23(4), pp.618-620
- Resource Type
- Preprint
- Publisher
- Physics Essays Publication; Canada
- Copyright
- © Physics Essays Publication
- Identifiers
- 99380175882306600
- Academic Unit
- Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English