Volume 23: Pages 618-620, 2010
New reflections on electron’s energy and wave function in the hydrogen atom
Ezzat G. Bakhoum 1
1University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, Florida 32514, USA
Schrödinger’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 wave function 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 wave function that has been known for decades.
Keywords: Schrödinger Equation, Hydrogen Atom, Bohr Model, Balmer Energy, Wave Function
Received: October 30, 2008; Accepted: October 4, 2010; Published Online: November 19, 2010
