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Chapter 7. Quantum Theory and Atomic Structure • A problem arose in Rutherford’s nuclear model. A nucleus and electron attract each other; to remain apart the electron must move. • The energy of the electron’s movement must balance the energy of attraction. • Physics established that a charged particle moving in a curved
6.1 The Schrödinger Wave Equation. There are several formalisms available to the quantum physicists. As stated in the previous chapter, the two original and independent formulations were those of Heisenberg and Schrödinger.
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There are many good reasons to address the hydrogen atom beyond its historical signiflcance. Though hydrogen spectra motivated much of the early quantum theory, research involving the hydrogen remains at the cutting edge of science and technology.
29 lis 2021 · Then Heisenberg remembered a principle of Einstein's: that the theory decides what can be observed. Heisenberg applied this idea to his attempts to build an atomic theory by throwing out any attempt to describe the orbits of the electrons directly.
We have seen that both the Schrödinger and the Heisenberg equation follows from Von Neumann’s Hilbert space formalism of quantum mechanics. Consequently, we have proved that this formalism properly unifies both Schrödingers wave mechanics, and Heisenberg, Born, and Jordans matrix mechanics.
The idea that matter (and thus an electron) has both particle-like and wave-like properties is introduced, and chemist Darcy Wanger Grinolds introduces us to quantum dot technology. We also start to consider the impact that the Schrödinger equation had on our understanding of the atom.
