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New Reflections on Electron's Energy and Wavefunction in the Hydrogen Atom

General Physics 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

Schrodinger's equation predicts something very peculiar about the electron in the Hydrogen atom: its total energy must be equal to zero. Unfortunately, an analysis of a zero-energy wavefunction for the electron in the Hydrogen atom has not been attempted in the published literature. This paper provides such an analysis for the first time and uncovers a few interesting facts, including the fact that a "zero-energy wavefunction" is actually a quantized version of the classical wavefunction that has been known for decades.

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@article{arxiv.0907.2959,
  title  = {New Reflections on Electron's Energy and Wavefunction in the Hydrogen Atom},
  author = {Ezzat G. Bakhoum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.2959},
  year   = {2015}
}
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