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The Hydrogen-Like Atoms

Steven A. Adelman

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Abstract

In Section 1.3 , we developed the Bohr theory of the hydrogen-like atoms: H , H e + , L i 2 + https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429155741/5d159368-dc20-4763-957b-88b0e101c959/content/C010_equ_0001.tif"/> , and so on. Here, we develop the modern quantum theory of these atoms. Again, we deal with a two-particle system comprised of an electron of mass 10.1 m e = 9.10938972 × 10 − 31 k g https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429155741/5d159368-dc20-4763-957b-88b0e101c959/content/C010_equ_0002.tif"/>

DOI: 10.1201/9780429155741-10

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