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Quantum Mechanical Ground State of Hydrogen Obtained from Classical Electrodynamics

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

The behavior of a classical charged point particle under the influence of only a Coulombic binding potential and classical electromagnetic zero-point radiation, is shown to yield agreement with the probability density distribution of Schroedinger's wave equation for the ground state of hydrogen. These results, obtained without any fitting parameters, again raise the possibility that the main tenets of stochastic electrodynamics (SED) are correct, thereby potentially providing a more fundamental basis of quantum mechanics. The present methods should help propel yet deeper investigations into SED.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0307154,
  title  = {Quantum Mechanical Ground State of Hydrogen Obtained from Classical Electrodynamics},
  author = {Daniel C. Cole and Yi Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0307154},
  year   = {2015}
}

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