Hydrogen atom in a spherical well: linear approximation
Physics Education
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We discuss the boundary effects on a quantum system by examining the problem of a hydrogen atom in a spherical well. By using an approximation method which is linear in energy we calculate the boundary corrections to the ground-state energy and wave function. We obtain the asymptotic dependence of the ground-state energy on the radius of the well.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9912031,
title = {Hydrogen atom in a spherical well: linear approximation},
author = {David Djajaputra and Bernard R. Cooper},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9912031},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Revised version to appear in European Journal of Physics