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Hydrogen Atom

Hydrogen Atom. Returning now to the hydrogen atom we have the radial equation left to solve The solution to the radial equation is complicated and we must be content with the result. Hydrogen Atom. Comments The radial wave functions are listed and shown on the following slides

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Hydrogen Atom

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  1. Hydrogen Atom • Returning now to the hydrogen atom we have the radial equation left to solve • The solution to the radial equation is complicated and we must be content with the result

  2. Hydrogen Atom • Comments • The radial wave functions are listed and shown on the following slides • The solution near r=0 is • This means the larger the l the smaller the probability of finding the electron close to the nucleus • The asymptotic solution is

  3. Hydrogen Atom • Radial wave functions

  4. Hydrogen Atom • Radial wave function and probability distribution

  5. Hydrogen Atom • Comments

  6. Hydrogen Atom • Probability density function |ψnlm|2

  7. Hydrogen Atom • Problems • What is the expectation value for r for the 1s state? • What is the most probable value for r for the 1s state?

  8. Hydrogen Atom • Comments • The quantum numbers associated with the radial wave function are n and l • The quantum numbers associated with the angular wave function are l and m • Boundary conditions on the solutions lead to

  9. Hydrogen Atom • Comments • The energy eigenvalues for bound states are also found from the requirement that the radial wave function remain finite • This is identical to the prediction of the Bohr model and in good agreement with data • Note the eigenfunction degeneracy • For each n, there are n possible values of l • For each l, there are 2l+1 possible values of m • For each n, there are n2 degenerate eigenfunctions

  10. Hydrogen Atom • The hydrogen wave functions can be used to calculate transition probabilities for the electron to change from one state to another • Selection rules governing allowed transitions are found to be

  11. Hydrogen Atom • Hydrogen energy levels

  12. Atoms in Magnetic Fields • Return to the Bohr atom

  13. Atoms in Magnetic Fields

  14. Atoms in Magnetic Fields • This relation holds true in quantum mechanics as well thus

  15. Atoms in Magnetic Fields • Recall from E+M that when a magnetic dipole is placed in a magnetic field • We expect the operator for this potential energy to look like

  16. Atoms in Magnetic Fields • Now we have shown that the ψnlm are simultaneous eigenfunctions of E, L2, and LZ • Thus the additional term in the Hamiltonian only changes the energy • The m degeneracy of the hydrogen energy levels is lifted • In an external magnetic field there will be m=2l+1 states with distinct energies • This is why m is called the magnetic quantum number

  17. Hydrogen Atom • Normal Zeeman effect

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