Re: "archaic" view of atom structure
From: Bjoern Feuerbacher (feuerbac_at_thphys.uni-heidelberg.de)
Date: 12/17/04
- Next message: Gregory L. Hansen: "Re: "archaic" view of atom structure"
- Previous message: Bjoern Feuerbacher: "Re: hadronic physics and aether"
- In reply to: Franz Heymann: "Re: "archaic" view of atom structure"
- Next in thread: Franz Heymann: "Re: "archaic" view of atom structure"
- Reply: Franz Heymann: "Re: "archaic" view of atom structure"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:49:07 +0100
Franz Heymann wrote:
> "Geoff Edwards" <edwardsg@magma.ca> wrote in message
> news:5pydnUNTLaJk1V_cRVn-tA@magma.ca...
>
>>The electron doesn't actually circle the atom like a planet. The
>
> electron
>
>>can be thought
>>of as smeared out all over the atom in such a way that the circle
>>representing the classical
>>orbit represents the most probable bit of space for it to be in,
>
>
> That is incorrect. In the case of the ground state of the Hydrogen
> atom, the maximum of the electron expectation density occurs bang in
> the centre of the proton.
Right. But when one calculate the *radius* at which the electron
is most likely to be found (by looking for the maximum of r^2 |psi^2|),
one gets Bohr's radius.
Bye,
Bjoern
- Next message: Gregory L. Hansen: "Re: "archaic" view of atom structure"
- Previous message: Bjoern Feuerbacher: "Re: hadronic physics and aether"
- In reply to: Franz Heymann: "Re: "archaic" view of atom structure"
- Next in thread: Franz Heymann: "Re: "archaic" view of atom structure"
- Reply: Franz Heymann: "Re: "archaic" view of atom structure"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
