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Comment on "A 'local observables' method for wave mechanics applied to atomic hydrogen," by Peter Bowman [Am. J. Phys. 76, 1120-1129 (2008)]

Quantum Physics 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

This comment identifies a mistake in a paper by P. Bowman that claims that the total angular momentum of the ground state of atomic hydrogen is 1.

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@article{arxiv.0903.4438,
  title  = {Comment on "A 'local observables' method for wave mechanics applied to atomic hydrogen," by Peter Bowman [Am. J. Phys. 76, 1120-1129 (2008)]},
  author = {Hans C. Ohanian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.4438},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

2 pp. To be published in Am. J. Phys