Hydrogen atom

Object — Proton-electron system with quantised energy levels.

Present in chapters

13 · 21

Linked atoms

14 linked atoms.

13 Forza di Coulomb ed elettrostatica

• Problem — Speculative physics: constant k doubled
• Problem — Coulomb force in the hydrogen atom

14 Campo elettrico e potenziale

• Speculative physics — protons with double mass
• r³

21 Introduzione alla meccanica quantistica

• Problem — Derive the radius of the Bohr orbit
• Problem — Confined electron and uncertainty
• Worked example — a red photon from the hydrogen atom
• The hydrogen atom model
• The electron as a standing wave
• The four equations of the Bohr model
• Hydrogen levels, Balmer and Lyman
• Energy levels of the hydrogen atom
• Why matter does not collapse
• Problem — Stability of the atom and Rutherford’s model