Hydrogen Atom Schrödinger Equation

G. Richard Fowles

Paul Mazur

Philip R. Wallace

Junmin Zhang

This article analysised the characteristics of the hydrogen atom system,simplified the hydrogen atom as two bodies questions,and infered the steady state Schrodinger equation of the hydrogen atom system.We obtained that the quality of steady state Schrodinger equation is not the electronic quality,and is not the atomic quality,but is the systematic reduced mass.

P. Anthony Cox

This chapter focuses on the hydrogen atom, which is the most important chemical application of the quantum theory. The hydrogen atom was Erwin Schrödinger's immediate goal when he developed his equation, and the solution obtained in 1926 persuaded him and indeed most interested physicists that his theory was successful. Indeed, the solutions of Schrödinger's equation — known as atomic orbitals — form the basis of our understanding, not only of atomic structure, but also of chemical bonding in molecules and solids. The chapter begins by considering the Rutherford–Bohr atom. It then looks at hydrogenic ions. The solutions described in the chapter are 'exact', in the mathematical sense that they can be obtained from the Schrödinger's equation without approximation. However, they are not quite 'correct', because this equation does not truly describe a real hydrogen atom.